VOA慢速英语：非洲年轻领导人接受美国培训

非洲年轻领导人接受美国培训

This is the VOA Learning English Education Report.

这里是美国之音慢速英语教育报道。

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名非洲年轻领导人在美国的大学参加美国的政府培训计划。他们将会学习公民领导，公共管理和商业知识。来自肯尼亚的Fauzia Abdikadir是他们中的一员。

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女士对美国之音记者谈到她和她所在的肯尼亚北方社会赋权组织的目标。她称，她想提高肯尼亚东北部的医疗卫生水平和经济发展水平。

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女士来自加里萨的一个游牧家庭，加里萨的发展水平赶不上肯尼亚其他地区，发展缓慢。Abdikadir女士希望北方组织可以改变这一现状。

"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女士说：“我们现在正在学习如何去改造我们现在的社会。他们说，我们拥有的是活力，热诚，激情和装满创新想法的头脑，我们要用这些来把这个社会从贫穷，无知，性别暴力以及其他众多社会恶习中拯救出来。”

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.

几个世纪以来，肯尼亚北部的人民都依靠饲养牲畜为生。为了寻找喂养这些牲畜的水和地方，很多家庭从一个地方搬到另一个地方。这种四处奔波的传统生活方式，不利于进行医疗和教育。大多数人要走10公里才可以到达学校或医疗站。

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女士称，她想让农业种植变成她所在社区的另一种生活方式。她相信永久定居下来种植庄稼会为青少年提供更好的未来。

"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说：“具体来说，我的家乡还不太了解种植，但是我们有肥沃的土地，我们很好的条件发展农业。另外就是青少年增权问题，我们需要赋予青少年权力。”

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女士称，有两种年轻人，来自农村的和来自城市的。她称，只有城市人可以利用现有的有限资源。

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称，她和其他年轻人在美国接受了为期六周的培训，他们还要在公民领导领域工作两个月。这个计划试图对非洲未来的教育人士，商业人士，以及其他积极分子给予指导。

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.

华盛顿非洲青年领袖奖学金是奥巴马总统非洲青年领袖倡议的一部分。所有参加者年龄都在25到35岁之间，在他们完成学习课程后，他们将会获得资金来实现他们和他们组织的计划。

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

这就是今天的美国之音慢速英语教育报道的全部内容，我是Jerilyn Watson