VOA常速英语2015--一位帮助穷人脱贫的母亲

一位帮助穷人脱贫的母亲

NEW YORK— When Albina du Boisrouvray was confronted with one of life’s mostdifficult losses – the death of her only child – she turned her grief into somethingpositive: she created a legacy 1 for her son by helping 2 people around the world out ofpoverty in his name.

Albina du Boisrouvray was born into privilege, had a successful career in film and literary artsand married a business magnate. She seemed to have a charmed life. But in 1986, her worldwas forever changed when her son Francois-Xavier Bagnoud was killed in a helicopter accident.

阿宾娜出身于权势家庭，在电影和文学方面事业成功，然后与一名商界巨头成婚。她的生活似乎很美满，但1986年，她的儿子弗朗索瓦-泽维尔·巴努在一次直升机事故中遇难，她的世界从此永远地改变了。

“He was a very dedicated 3 search-and-rescue pilot and he lost his life at age 24 in a mission inMali,” said du Boisrouvray.

“他是一位非常敬业的搜救飞行员，24岁那年在马里的飞行任务中失去了生命。”

She created FXBVillage to accomplish what Francois-Xavier died too soon to do himself.

她创立了FXB村庄来完成泽维尔·巴努未能亲自完成的事业。

“So when I set up this organization, I wanted it to take on his commitment to rescuing peopleon a large basis, and that’s why I started with those children who were so destitute 4 and thepeople living in poverty,” she said.

“当我成立这个组织时，我想完成他援救更多人的承诺，因此我就从帮助这些贫困儿童和贫困人口开始。”

FXB began working in 1990 in Uganda, helping children orphaned 5 by HIV/AIDS and theirguardians move from poverty to self-sufficiency by investing in them. Today, FXB works ineight countries with some of the highest chronic 6 poverty rates in Africa, Asia and LatinAmerica.

FXB项目于1990年在乌干达开始运营，帮助因艾滋病毒/艾滋病失去父母的孤儿和他们的监护人，通过投资帮助他们从贫困走向自给自足。如今，FXB在非洲、亚洲和拉美8个长期贫困率最高的国家都有项目。

Eighty to 100 families at a time are brought into the program or “village” for three years. In thefirst year, they receive free food, health care, education and housing, so the breadwinner canfocus on building a business to sustain the family long-term. Whether it is the purchase of asingle cow, a sewing machine or farming tools, FXB provides it all, none of it is a loan.

3年来，每次有80到100个家庭被纳入这个“村庄”，第一年，他们收到食物、医疗帮助、教育和住房，这样养家糊口的人就可以集中精力经营一门可以长期糊口的营生。无论是购买一头牛、一台缝纫机还是农具，FXB都会提供，都无需贷款。

“And so the second year they have made savings 7 and they participate in the budget, about25 percent, we invest 75 percent. Third year it’s 50-50; the fourth year they are on their own,”said du Boisrouvray.

“第二年他们有了积蓄，就可以提供25%的预算，我们提供75%，第三年是各提供一半，第四年他们就完全自立了。”

She said building a family’s ability to provide for itself has helped lift more than 80,000 peopleout of poverty over the past 25 years. The program costs a modest $125 to $230 per personper year but the payoff is huge, with 86 percent of families who have completed the programsucceeding in getting out -- and staying out -- of extreme poverty.

她说，过去25年来，帮助家庭获得自给自足能力的努力，已经使得8万多人摆脱了贫困。这个项目需要每年在每人身上花费125到230美元，但其成效是巨大的，那些完成该项目的家庭中有86%的家庭成功摆脱了极端贫困。

“It also gives women and children, but mostly women, back their dignity, their pride and itunleashes all their capabilities 8 of creativity and work,” she said.

“同时也让妇女和儿童—主要是妇女—找到了尊严和骄傲，这样她们的创造性和工作能力就完全得到了释放。”

When people are empowered, she said, they can help themselves and their families achieve abetter 9 life.

她说当人们被赋予权利时，他们就能实现自助，他们的家庭就能过上更好的生活。