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AS IT IS 2013-08-22 Global Program Helps Cancer Patients

Hello again, and welcome.  I’m Jim Tedder1 in Washington.  At a time when it seems there is so much bad news in the world, on today’s program, we have some good news.  First we’ll hear about some cancer survivors2 who are fighting the effects of this terrible disease in a rather unusual way.

Then we are off to the mysterious Himalayas to hear some very good news about efforts to save and protect Royal Bengal tigers.  As It Is, the Education Report, and more about the history of the United States are straight ahead from VOA.

The Personal Care Products Council is a leading national trade association for the cosmetic3 and personal care products industry.  It represents more than 600 companies. Its “Look Good, Feel Better” program operates around the world to help people who are fighting cancer.  It aims to help people look and feel more normal at a difficult time in their lives.

When Cathy Davelli started chemotherapy for breast cancer, she knew her body would change. But the cancer also changed her feelings about herself.

“I lost a piece of who I was. I would walk by the mirror and did not recognize myself.”

The Personal Care Products Council created their program for cancer survivors like Cathy Davelli. Free classes teach them how to use beauty products to deal with the problems caused by chemotherapy.

The Personal Care Products Council says the beauty care industry donates seven to ten million dollars’ worth of products each year for the classes. But Cathy Davelli says looking better is not the only reason she took the classes.

“It’s been wonderful. Not only do you meet people, women, who are going through the same thing that you are going through and develop a camaraderie4, but the tips that you learn are invaluable5. They give you back some of what you’ve lost.”

Sometimes the program can help people who teach the classes, like make-up artist Jodie Hecker.

“I lost my mother to cancer and I lost my aunt to cancer, within 9 months of each other. And one of my aunt’s best friends works here at the Vince Lombardi Center and told me that if I got involved here with my make-up skills, it would be a healing process for me. When I was cheering them up, it took all the emphasis off me.”

The Look Good Feel Better program has now helped more than 1.2 million women in 25 countries around the world. 

There is Something to Roar About in Nepal

A new study shows that the wild tiger population of Nepal has risen 63 percent in the last five years.  Conservation groups say the country is demonstrating new resolve to protect the big cat.

The Nepali government says the number of Royal Bengal tigers in the nation has jumped from 121 in 2009 to 198.

Officials in Katmandu say Nepal wants to be the first South Asian country to double the number of large cats by 2022.  That will be the Year of the Tiger, a worldwide campaign launched to save the animal from dying out. 

Santosh Nepal of the World Wildlife Fund says the country has made good progress,  because the government has taken illegal wildlife trade seriously. Its actions include working with conservation groups and local communities and creating a Wildlife Crime Control Bureau.  The Nepali government also has sent soldiers and police officers to guard national parks from poachers… thieves and killers6 of wildlife for profit.  Santosh Nepal says that with this effort, the supply chain for illegal trade has been broken.

Nepal is a major area for the movement of illegal wildlife trade. Animal parts are taken from India and other places in the world and moved through the area to China. Tiger bones are in especially high demand for use in traditional Chinese medicine.  The pelts7, or skins, are often seen in the province of Tibet.

Conservation officials say Nepal has been able to control poachers and smugglers better because of cooperation in the area.  Neighboring countries are holding meetings on the issue.  China and India are sharing intelligence.  India has more than half of the world’s Royal Bengal tigers.

In December, India and Nepal are set to release the results of a year-long joint8 tiger survey.  The study includes a 965-kilometer segment of land stretching across both countries.

Ghana Gurung directs the conservation program for WWF-Nepal.  He says better control has resulted in much better intelligence about poaching.

He says, “In terms of India, we are not just talking about intelligence and sharing trade information, but about physically9 protecting the tiger, because tigers move between India and Nepal.” 

Nepal is also working to increase the large cat’s habitat, its homeland. The government is creating new national parks, and pledging more than 2.5 million dollars over the next five years for tiger conservation.  

But with increased numbers of tigers, officials are worried about possible conflict between these animals and humans. Santosh Nepal says the government provides financial help to tiger-attack victims and their families.  He also says the government is working closely with villages near national parks to deal with peoples’ concerns.  But the problem is a difficult one.

 “We want to teach or make people learn to live in harmony with the tiger and other animals in the landscape.  This is a critical issue.  I don’t have any concrete answer to it.”

I’m Christopher Cruise on this Thursday edition of As It Is.


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1 tedder 2833afc4f8252d8dc9f8cd73b24db55d     
n.(干草)翻晒者,翻晒机
参考例句:
  • Jim Tedder has more. 吉姆?特德将给我们做更多的介绍。 来自互联网
  • Jim Tedder tells us more. 吉姆?泰德给我们带来更详细的报道。 来自互联网
2 survivors 02ddbdca4c6dba0b46d9d823ed2b4b62     
幸存者,残存者,生还者( survivor的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
  • survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
3 cosmetic qYgz2     
n.化妆品;adj.化妆用的;装门面的;装饰性的
参考例句:
  • These changes are purely cosmetic.这些改变纯粹是装饰门面。
  • Laughter is the best cosmetic,so grin and wear it!微笑是最好的化妆品,所以请尽情微笑吧!
4 camaraderie EspzQ     
n.同志之爱,友情
参考例句:
  • The camaraderie among fellow employees made the tedious work just bearable.同事之间的情谊使枯燥乏味的工作变得还能忍受。
  • Some bosses are formal and have occasional interactions,while others prefer continual camaraderie.有些老板很刻板,偶尔才和下属互动一下;有些则喜欢和下属打成一片。
5 invaluable s4qxe     
adj.无价的,非常宝贵的,极为贵重的
参考例句:
  • A computer would have been invaluable for this job.一台计算机对这个工作的作用会是无法估计的。
  • This information was invaluable to him.这个消息对他来说是非常宝贵的。
6 killers c1a8ff788475e2c3424ec8d3f91dd856     
凶手( killer的名词复数 ); 消灭…者; 致命物; 极难的事
参考例句:
  • He remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice. 他要将杀人凶手绳之以法的决心一直没有动摇。
  • They were professional killers who did in John. 杀死约翰的这些人是职业杀手。
7 pelts db46ab8f0467ea16960b9171214781f5     
n. 皮毛,投掷, 疾行 vt. 剥去皮毛,(连续)投掷 vi. 猛击,大步走
参考例句:
  • He did and Tibetans lit bonfires of the pelts. 他做到了,藏民们点起了篝火把皮毛都烧了。
  • Description: A warm cloak fashioned from thick fabric and wolf pelts. 一个由厚布和狼皮做成的暖和的斗篷。
8 joint m3lx4     
adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合
参考例句:
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤,肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
9 physically iNix5     
adj.物质上,体格上,身体上,按自然规律
参考例句:
  • He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服,心绪也很乱。
  • Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

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