VOA慢速英語：非洲年輕領(lǐng)導人接受美國培訓

非洲年輕領(lǐng)導人接受美國培訓

This is the VOA Learning English Education Report.

這里是美國之音慢速英語教育報道。

500 young African leaders are taking part in a US government program at American universities this summer. They would study Civic Leadership, Public Management and Business. Fauzia Abdikadir of Kenya is among the young people.

今年夏天，500名非洲年輕領(lǐng)導人在美國的大學參加美國的政府培訓計劃。他們將會學習公民領(lǐng)導，公共管理和商業(yè)知識。來自肯尼亞的Fauzia Abdikadir是他們中的一員。

Ms. Abdikadir spoke to VOA about her goals and the goals of her group in Kenya — the Northern Organization for Social Empowerment. She says she wants to improve health care and development in the northeastern part of the country.

Abdikadir女士對美國之音記者談到她和她所在的肯尼亞北方社會賦權(quán)組織的目標。她稱，她想提高肯尼亞東北部的醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生水平和經(jīng)濟發(fā)展水平。

Ms. Abdikadir comes from a family of travelling animal herders in Garissa. Garissa has failed to develop as fast as the rest of the country. Ms. Abdikadir hopes the Northern Organization can change that.

Abdikadir女士來自加里薩的一個游牧家庭，加里薩的發(fā)展水平趕不上肯尼亞其他地區(qū)，發(fā)展緩慢。Abdikadir女士希望北方組織可以改變這一現(xiàn)狀。

"We are being taught how to transform the societies with what we have. They say what we have is the energy, the zeal, the enthusiasm and the brains of coming up with new ideas in order to save the society from poverty, illiteracy, gender-based violence and so many social vices," said Abdikadir.

Abdikadir女士說：“我們現(xiàn)在正在學習如何去改造我們現(xiàn)在的社會。他們說，我們擁有的是活力，熱誠，激情和裝滿創(chuàng)新想法的頭腦，我們要用這些來把這個社會從貧窮，無知，性別暴力以及其他眾多社會惡習中拯救出來。”

The people of northeastern Kenya have depended for centuries on their animals. Families move from one place to another in search of water and places to feed the animals. This traditional life — always on the move limits education and health care. Most people walk more than 10 kilometers to reach schools, or a health center.

幾個世紀以來，肯尼亞北部的人民都依靠飼養(yǎng)牲畜為生。為了尋找喂養(yǎng)這些牲畜的水和地方，很多家庭從一個地方搬到另一個地方。這種四處奔波的傳統(tǒng)生活方式，不利于進行醫(yī)療和教育。大多數(shù)人要走10公里才可以到達學?；蜥t(yī)療站。

Ms. Abdikadir said she wants to make agriculture another way of life in her community. She believes settling permanently and planting crops would provide a better future for young people.

Abdikadir女士稱，她想讓農(nóng)業(yè)種植變成她所在社區(qū)的另一種生活方式。她相信永久定居下來種植莊稼會為青少年提供更好的未來。

"Specifically, where I come from we are not so much into agriculture yet we have very fertile land, we have very good opportunities to practice agriculture. The other thing is the youth empowerment, we need to empower the youth," Abdikadir said.

Abdikadir說：“具體來說，我的家鄉(xiāng)還不太了解種植，但是我們有肥沃的土地，我們很好的條件發(fā)展農(nóng)業(yè)。另外就是青少年增權(quán)問題，我們需要賦予青少年權(quán)力。”

Ms. Abdikadir said there are two kinds of young people — those from rural areas and those from cities. She said only the city people can make use of what limited resources that exist.

Abdikadir女士稱，有兩種年輕人，來自農(nóng)村的和來自城市的。她稱，只有城市人可以利用現(xiàn)有的有限資源。

In the United States, Ms. Abdikadir said she and the other young people receive six weeks of training, they will also work for two months in the civil leadership field. The program seeks to guide Africa's educators, business people and activists of the future.

Abdikadir稱，她和其他年輕人在美國接受了為期六周的培訓，他們還要在公民領(lǐng)導領(lǐng)域工作兩個月。這個計劃試圖對非洲未來的教育人士，商業(yè)人士，以及其他積極分子給予指導。

The Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders is part of President Obama's Young African Leaders Initiative. Those attending are between ages 25 and 35. They will receive money to support their plans and organizations after they complete the program.

華盛頓非洲青年領(lǐng)袖獎學金是奧巴馬總統(tǒng)非洲青年領(lǐng)袖倡議的一部分。所有參加者年齡都在25到35歲之間，在他們完成學習課程后，他們將會獲得資金來實現(xiàn)他們和他們組織的計劃。

And that's the VOA Learning English Education Report. I'm Jerilyn Watson.

這就是今天的美國之音慢速英語教育報道的全部內(nèi)容，我是Jerilyn Watson