Next Generation Nepal 尼泊爾的人生大轉彎2

When traffickers arrived in Kathmandu with these village children, they sold some to wealthy local families as servants and forced others to become street beggars. Some children were even sold for international adoptions.

Finding a solution

Grennan and Farid Ait-Mansour, a fellow volunteer, soon discovered that even though the war had ended in 2006, child trafficking was ongoing. As a result, thousands of village children were living in Kathmandu, abandoned and forgotten. Both men agreed that the best solution was to try and reunite the kids with their families. So in 2006 Grennan started the organization Next Generation Nepal (NGN).

Using a three-pronged approach, NGN search teams travel to remote mountainous areas in search of the children’s families. Once located, the family is reconnected to their child through photos, letters and visits. During this time, rescued children stay in NGN transitional homes in Kathmandu or in Humla, in western Nepal. Finally, if conditions in the village are safe for the child’s return, he or she is then reunited with the family. Five years later, NGN has reconnected more than 300 families with children they feared they’d never see again. Thanks to NGN, these once-lost children are now finding their way back home.

ongoingàcontinuing

pronged

transitional

【Chat room】

thanks to 因為、由於、拜…之賜

Thanks to this medicine, my headache is gone.

Thanks to your foolishness, we lost a lot of money. (帶有諷刺意味)

【Key word】

adoption 領養

The procedure of adoption is complicated, so the couple sought help from a lawyer.

領養的程序相當複雜，所以這對夫妻向律師求助。

The adoption of their daughter was kept secret until she turned 20.

他們女兒被收養的事情一直到她20歲才被公開。

adopt

Rita was adopted when she was 6.

Rita是她六歲的時候被領養的

pronged 分岔的、分成幾類的(通常放在一數字後面構成形容詞)

prong

The government developed a three-pronged project to solve the unemployment problem.

為了解決失業問題，政府發展出了一套三方同時進行的方案。

transitional 過渡性的、過渡期的

While we were remodeling, we stayed at my mother’s during the transitional period.

當我們房子正在裝修的時候，過渡期間我們住在我媽媽的家裡。

The transitional government failed to maintain order in the country.

這個過渡政府無法保持國家的秩序。