Orchestra Comprised of Afghan Street-Children Concludes US Tour This is Bolro. It is an orchestral piece by Maurice Ravel, first performed at the Paris Opera in 1928. The composition is played here by Afghan students in Boston, Massachusetts. Classic...
Armed DRC Militias Pose Risk for Children A family seperated When rebels attacked their village, siblings Imani, Anicet, Baraka and Kibonge - who is just four years old - were forced to flee into the surrounding forests. Their parents were out gettin...
Ugandan Children Perform to Raise Awareness for Orphans Their dances are joyful. Their voices raise awareness about the orphaned children in Uganda. With vibrant African music, the Watoto Childrens Choir guides audiences through their life-transformi...
Economics Report - How an Allowance Helps Children Learn About Money 经济报道 - 帮助孩子们学会理财 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语经济报道。 Many children first learn the value of...
Lack of soap means illness, death for millions of children STORY HIGHLIGHTS Millions of people in developing countries don't have access to soap or clean water Many young children die because their immune systems can't fight diarrheal diseases Often,...
Syrian Refugee Children Welcomed in Lebanese Schools It is Friday afternoon at Averroes college in Taalabaya, Lebanon and these children are filing out, getting picked up by their parents or boarding buses to go home for the weekend. But just a half...
AMERICAN STORIES - Childrens Story: John Henry Now, the Special English program, AMERICAN STORIES. 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 descriptions in the s...
Health Report - Fewer Children Under the Age of Five are Dying This is the VOA Special English Health Report. In recent years, the world has made progress in reducing deaths among children under the age of five. A new report says an estimated six-poi...
THIS IS AMERICA - Second Chances for Prisoners, Horses and the Unemployed; Dogs Help Children Learn to Read CAROLYN PRESUTTI: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Carloyn Presutti. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember. This week on our sh...
Life-saving Heart Pump Developed for Children Sixteen-year-old Marco Murguia can now play basketball and live a normal life. But in early 2007, when he was ten, his mother, Connie Murguia, noticed he was acting sluggish and took him to Texas Children...