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

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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。

Next Generation Nepal 尼泊爾的人生大轉彎

Reconnecting children to their culture, their traditions and their loved ones

讓孩子與其文化、傳統和親人重新連結

When Conor Grennan decided to volunteer at a Nepali children’s home, he assumed he’d have an interesting experience and then get back to his “real” life. Little did he know that his stint as a volunteer would change his life and the lives of many others.

Consequences of war

Grennan visited Nepal for three months in 2004 while the country was in the midst of a civil war. The conflict especially affected remote villages and local schools where teachers and students face fear and intimidation.

With only a limited understanding of this situation, Grennan returned in 2006 and began volunteering with kids he assumed had been made orphans by the war. But one day, a mother appeared at the orphanage gate asking to see her children. When questioned, she told Grennan that many of the children actually had families and went on to explain how the kids had gotten there. Knowing people feared for their children’s safety, a politician’s brother traveled to villages, offering protection and an education for children. Desperate, many parents gave him their life savings and their children, believing the arrangement to be temporary. It took months for some to realize they had turned their children over to a child trafficker!

stint

intimidation 恫嚇,恐嚇;脅迫

trafficker

【Grammar on the go】

It took months for some to realize they had turned their children over to a child trafficker!

to turn A over to B

1.change something's position

You can turn over an egg in a frying pan.

2. send or move A to B (把A轉送至B ，使B握有控制權)

The police officer turned the evidence from the crime scene over to the investigations.

The tourists were asked to turn their passports over to their tour guide so he could have them stamped by the customs officer.

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life saving 一生的積蓄 (可加sàlife savings)

nest egg 儲備金(單數)

They want to build up their nest egg so they can retire comfortably.

stash 把東西偷偷藏起來、儲藏、私房錢

【Key word】

stint 工作期間、所分配的工作

Sandra’s stint as a foreign correspondent ended last month.

Sandra國外特派員的工作上禮拜告一段落

Chris came to Chicago after a short stint as a pilot.

Chris擔任飛行員一段很短的時間，後來來到芝加哥

intimidation 恐嚇、威脅

The workers were forced to sign the contract under intimidation from their employer.

在雇主的脅迫之下這些員工簽署了合約

Their enemy used all kinds of threats and intimidation, but they refused to surrender.

他們的敵人用盡了各種恐嚇與威脅，但他們拒絕投降

intimidate 使感到威脅或恐嚇

The little boy was intimidated by the school bully.

這個小男孩被校園的惡霸所威脅

trafficker 商人或販子(通常是從事不法的買賣)

The international firearms trafficker was arrested in Russia.

這個國際軍火販子在蘇俄被逮捕。

These drug traffickers traveled with fake passports.

這些毒販在旅行時使用偽造的護照。