World’s First Solar-Powered Refugee Camp Opens in Jordan

Energy from sunlight is now providing electricity to Syrian refugees at a camp in Jordan. The Azraq camp is the first in the world to completely operate on clean energy, according to the United Nations Refugee Agency, or UNHCR. The new power center u

Disease Spreading Among Rohingya at Refugee Camp

Unclean water, crowded shelters and dirty conditions create a perfect environment at the Balukhali refugee camp for spread of preventable diseases. The camp is in Coxs Bazaar, a town in southeastern Bangladesh. It is home to some of the estimated 650

2006年VOA标准英语-Thousands of Liberians Remain in Refugee C

By Nico Colombant Buduburam Refugee Camp, Ghana 27 March 2006 watch Refugee report Three years after peace was restored in the West African nation of Liberia, tens of thousands of refugees remain in c

VOA标准英语2012--Somali Refugees Face Insecurity Inside Dadaab Refugee Camp

Somali Refugees Face Insecurity Inside Dadaab Refugee Camp Inside Kenyas Dadaab refugee camp, 20-year-old Basharah speaks of violence in Somalia. She fled five months ago to create a better home for her child. Now, she worries Dadaab is not the chang

VOA标准英语2010年-Ethiopia Gives Freedom of Movement to

The U.N. refugee agency says it welcomes a decision by the Ethiopian government to relax restrictions on Eritrean refugees. Agency officials say a new policy introduced by the government allows Eritrean refugees who can support themselves to live out

VOA标准英语2009-Aid Group Deplores Conditions at Kenya Camp for

The international medical organization Doctors Without Borders is warning that conditions at the main camp for Somali refugees in Kenya have gotten so bad that many refugees are contemplating returning to Somalia, even as renewed fighting there caus

VOA标准英语2011--World Refugee Day Given Urgency by Arab

World Refugee Day Given Urgency by Arab Spring As the world marks UN Refugee Day on June 20, the number of people escaping violence across the Arab world is on the rise. Pro-democracy uprisings are being brutally suppressed in places like Libya and S

VOA标准英语2012--S. Sudan Refugee Camp Braces for New Arrivals

S. Sudan Refugee Camp Braces for New Arrivals Things are calmer now at the main hospital in South Sudan's Yida refugee camp. The hospital is run by Doctors Without Borders (MSF). Many beds in this makeshift tent hospital are still full, but according

VOA标准英语2011-Liberia Green Lights Camp to Shelter Ivor

Liberia's government has given the go-ahead to build a refugee camp for the 22,000 Ivorians who have already fled the violent, political crisis in Ivory Coast. The head of the Liberia Refugee Repatriation and Resettlement Commission says the country

VOA标准英语2011--New Somali Refugee Camp Set to Open in K

New Somali Refugee Camp Set to Open in Kenya 肯尼亚将为索马里难民开放新的营地 With more than 400,000 Somalis now in Dadaab, Kenya, the opening of a new refugee camp there is welcome news. Somalis begin moving to the Kambioos site Satu

Expert: Create Jobs in Europe's Refugee Camps

Expert: Create Jobs in Europe's Refugee Camps LONDON As European leaders met Thursday to discuss their response to the refugee crisis, one expert says the EU has its approach all wrong and it should instead spend millions of dollars to create jobs in

美国国家公共电台 NPR Rare Disease Finds Fertile Ground In Rohingya Refugee Camps

Rare Disease Finds Fertile Ground In Rohingya Refugee Camps SCOTT SIMON, HOST: A diptheria outbreak is worsening in Bangladesh in what's rapidly become the largest refugee camp in the world. The camp is home to some of the hundreds of thousands of Ro

每日一词【467】refugee：难民

今天我们要学的词是refugee。 Refugee, 是难民的意思。refugee camp 是难民营。外国人在南非受到攻击，造成数千人出逃。分析人士说， This is a classic refugee situation, 这是典型的难民情况。 最近，乍

VOA常速英语2008年-Australia Sets Up Simulated Refugee Camp in Mel

By Phil Mercer Sydney 25 February 2008 A simulated refugee camp has been set up in Melbourne to show Australians the sort of hardship suffered by millions of people around the world. Refugee Realities is the work of the charity Oxfam. The camp is set

VOA标准英语10月-UNHCR: Thousands of Refugees in Camps, Urban Area

A new report finds nearly a third of refugees and other people cared for by the U.N. refugee agency are not getting their basic needs met. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from UNHCR headquarters in Geneva. Congolese refugee's take shelter, at the Nyaka

Jewish refugee movie to be shot in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Schindler' s list producer（制作人） Branko Lustig visited the Jewish Refugees Museum in Shanghai on Friday, announcing his plan to produce a movie about Jewish refugees in Shanghai during the Second World WarWith

VOA标准英语2010-'Warehoused' Refugee Builds New Life in U

Laurel Bowman | Washington 08 April 2010 The United States resettles the largest number of refugees worldwide, allowing roughly 70,000 to enter the U.S. each year. Currently, large numbers of Bhutanese refugees, who lived for decades in camps in Nepa

学个词Learn a Word 第467期 Refugee

今天我们要学的词是refugee。 Refugee, 是难民的意思。refugee camp 是难民营。外国人在南非受到攻击，造成数千人出逃。分析人士说， This is a classic refugee situation, 这是典型的难民情况。 最近，乍

UNHCR reports cholera outbreak Kenya's refugee camp

NAIROBI, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- The UN refugee agency said on Tuesday there has been an outbreak of cholera in Dadaab, the world's largest refugee camp in Kenya, which is believed to have started among new arrivals who had most likely acquired it in Som

CCTV9英语新闻：Syrian carries Olympic Flame through refugee camp

A disabled Syrian refugee has been given the opportunity to carry the Olympic Flame through a refugee camp in Athens. Syrian bears Olympic Flame through refugee camp Ibrahim Al-Hussein, 27, is a freestyle swimmer, basketball player and former judo wr