Syrian Children Find Shelter in Turkey Camp Reyhanli Refugee Camp in Turkey, just across the Syrian border, is home to more than 3,000 refugees, many of them children. The Turkish government provides the basics - even a school, a playground and some...
Education Report - These Pirates Help Children Learn to Write This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A group called Story Pirates goes into schools and performs shows for children. But these shows are based on stories written by the childr...
Health Report - New Findings on Sleep in Children, Older Adults 健康报道 - 儿童、老年人睡眠问题上的新发现 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语健康报道。 Sleep-disordered breathing is...
Syrian Activists: Women, Children Massacred in Homs Activists say the bodies of at least 45 women and children have been discovered in the central city that has been a flashpoint for an anti-government uprising and retaliatory attacks and shelling by...
THIS IS AMERICA - American Helps Reunite Trafficked Nepalese Children with Their Families FAITH LAPIDUS: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: And I'm Christopher Cruise. This week on our program, w...
PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Barbara Cooney, 1917-2000: She Created Many Popular Books for Children MARY TILLOTSON: Now, the VOA Special English program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, Shirley Griffith and Steve Ember tell about the life of Barbara Cooney, the cre...
Adopted Russian Children in US Maintain Homeland Ties Russia may suspend adoptions to U.S. parents over concerns about the treatment of some children. Last year Moscow lifted a previous ban after signing an agreement with the United States to provide...
AMERICAN STORIES - Childrens Story: Pecos Bill STEVE EMBER: Now, the Special English Program AMERICAN STORIES. (MUSIC) Today we tell a traditional American story called a tall tale. A tall tale is a story about a person who is larger than life. The d...
American Helps Return Trafficked Nepalese Children to Their Families Eighteen small children were living in the Little Princes Children's Home near Kathmandu. Grennans volunteer job was to take care of those children and teach them English. I was ver...
EXPLORATIONS - A Beloved Family Pet Dies. What Does a Mother Tell Her Children? MARIO RITTER: This is EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Im Mario Ritter. What do you do when a family pet dies? How would you explain the death of a dog or cat to a yo...