VOA慢速英语 2007 0514a

This is the VOA Special English Development Report.

A little money can go a long way, especially in the developing world. This is one of the main beliefs of the non-profit group GlobalGiving.  Two former top officials at the World Bank launched GlobalGiving seven years ago. Mark Kuraishi and Dennis Whittle¹ wanted to connect personal donors³ to projects in mostly poor countries using the Internet.  So far, the group has raised over five million dollars, mostly through its Web site, globalgiving.com.  The money has paid for or helped finance about seven hundred projects around the world.

Joan Ochi is a spokeswoman for the Washington D.C.-based organization.  She says donors can search the GlobalGiving Web site to find projects that interest them. Right now, for example, donors can give to a program called “Reach the Unreached…Delivering Care in Africa.‿nbsp; This project provides nurses in Zimbabwe with motorcycles and safety equipment.  Miz Ochi says the nurses can now provide better care and health services to more people, especially in rural areas.

 
In Uganda, children who have lost their parents to  HIV/AIDS receive care at the Nyaka School
GlobalGiving and about forty other non-governmental organizations help identify social leaders or small local groups.  After the projects are approved, Miz Ochi says a description is added to the GlobalGiving Web site.  Donors can give any amount of money to a project using different methods of payment.  These include credit card, the PayPal system or a stock transfer. All donations are fully⁴ tax-deductible.  GlobalGiving also works with large companies and private foundations that support socially responsible giving. 

Miz Ochi says about ninety percent of all donations to GlobalGiving go directly to the project selected by the donor². The organization uses ten percent for operating expenses.  GlobalGiving urges its project leaders to provide progress reports every few months about how donor money is spent.

Joan Ochi says GlobalGiving hopes to double its donations every year.  However, this is difficult because so many organizations are collecting money for important causes.  Still, she says GlobalGiving is a way for small solutions to have a big influence in the developing world.

And that's the VOA Special English Development Report, written by Jill Moss⁵. You can read and download audio of Special English programs at our Web site, voaspecialenglish.com.  I’m Shep O'Neal.

1 whittle   

v.削（木头），削减；n.屠刀

参考例句：

• They are trying to whittle down our salaries.他们正着手削减我们的薪水。
• He began to whittle away all powers of the government that he did not control.他开始削弱他所未能控制的一切政府权力。

2 donor   

n.捐献者；赠送人；(组织、器官等的)供体

参考例句：

• In these cases,the recipient usually takes care of the donor afterwards.在这类情况下，接受捐献者以后通常会照顾捐赠者。
• The Doctor transplanted the donor's heart to Mike's chest cavity.医生将捐赠者的心脏移植进麦克的胸腔。

3 donors   

n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 )；献血者；捐血者；器官捐献者

参考例句：

• Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。
• About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

5 moss   

n.苔，藓，地衣

参考例句：

• Moss grows on a rock.苔藓生在石头上。
• He was found asleep on a pillow of leaves and moss.有人看见他枕着树叶和苔藓睡着了。