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DEVELOPMENT REPORT

July 29, 2002: Tools for Development

By Jill Moss1


(Photo -CARE)
This is the VOA Special English Development Report.

Building things or making clothes can be difficult in developing countries, especially without the correct tools.
However, an international humanitarian2 organization called CARE is trying to change this. CARE runs a special
program called Tools for Development to help workers in developing countries.

The Tools for Development program sells used tools and equipment at low cost to people who have small
businesses. The tools are priced low enough so that poor people can buy them.

Roy Megarry (Ma-GARY) started Tools for Development fifteen years ago. At the
time, he was the publisher of the Globe and Mail, a Canadian newspaper. Mister
Megarry got the idea for the program while visiting a technical training school for
boys in Lima, Peru.

The Catholic3 priest4 who operated the school told Mister Megarry that the school
needed equipment for its training program. Mister Megarry sent a letter to the
president of Sears Company in Canada requesting help. The company gave
equipment to the school in exchange for advertising5 in the newspaper. Today, Tools
for Development receives free equipment and gifts from companies and organizations all over the world.

Since the program began, more than two -thousand people have purchased more than six-thousand tools and
equipment. They paid a total cost of one-million -two-hundred-thousand dollars. Mister Megarry says at least ten-
thousand jobs have been saved or created because of the program. Money gained from the sale of the tools is
used for loans, training and shipping6 costs.

People can buy many kinds of equipment through Tools for Development. For example, there are tools for metal
workers, shoemakers, pipe builders, clothing makers7 and people who fix vehicles. Some computers are also sold.

Tools for Development is currently8 operating in Ecuador, Costa Rica and Jamaica. However, CARE is hoping to
expand the program to other developing nations. You can learn more about Tools for Development. Write to
CARE Canada, the Globe and Mail newspaper, four-four-four Front Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M-five -V,
two-S-nine, Canada. Or you can visit the CARE Canada Internet Web site at w-w-w-dot-c-a-r-e-dot-c-a.

This VOA Special English Development Report was written by Jill Moss.


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1 moss X6QzA     
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。
2 humanitarian kcoxQ     
n.人道主义者,博爱者,基督凡人论者
参考例句:
  • She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业,并作了很大的贡献。
  • The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。
3 catholic irxzd     
adj.天主教的;n.天主教徒
参考例句:
  • The Pope is the supreme leader of the Roman Catholic Church.教皇是罗马天主教的最高领袖。
  • She was a devoutly Catholic.她是一个虔诚地天主教徒。
4 priest D1JzH     
n.神父,牧师,司铎,司祭,领导者,神甫;vt.使成为神职人员
参考例句:
  • He confessed to a priest that he had sinned.他向神父忏悔他犯了罪。
  • The priest visited all the old people in the parish.牧师探望了教区里的所有老人。
5 advertising 1zjzi3     
n.广告业;广告活动 a.广告的;广告业务的
参考例句:
  • Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
  • The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。
6 shipping WESyg     
n.船运(发货,运输,乘船)
参考例句:
  • We struck a bargain with an American shipping firm.我们和一家美国船运公司谈成了一笔生意。
  • There's a shipping charge of £5 added to the price.价格之外另加五英镑运输费。
7 makers 22a4efff03ac42c1785d09a48313d352     
n.制造者,制造商(maker的复数形式)
参考例句:
  • The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
  • The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》
8 currently SvMzI2     
adv.通常地,普遍地,当前
参考例句:
  • Currently it is not possible to reconcile this conflicting evidence.当前还未有可能去解释这一矛盾的例证。
  • Our contracts are currently under review.我们的合同正在复查。

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