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因特网搜索引擎公司google(谷歌)日前宣称将拿出超过2500万美金以现金和投资的形式来帮助穷人。公司在其后的5到10年将在扶贫和个人商业发展等诸多方面投入这笔资金...

【生词摘录】
early warning systems 预警系统
microfinance 小额资金
Google.org Announces Major Plans to Help the Poor (1/2)

The Internet search engine company called Google has announced it will give more than twenty-five million dollars in money and investments to help the poor. The money will be spent over the next five to ten years in several areas, including poverty reduction and private business development.

The company says the effort is to use the power of information and technology to help people improve their lives.

    Aleem Walji works for Google.org -- the part of the company that gives money to good causes. He spoke to us from San Francisco, California. He said the first project to receive money will help identify where infectious diseases are developing. In Southeast Asia and Africa, for example, Google.org will work with partners to strengthen early warning systems and take action against growing health threats.

    Google.org will also invest in ways to help small and medium size businesses grow. Mister Walji says microfinance is generally small, short-term loans that create few jobs. Instead, he says Google.org wants to develop ways to bring investors and business owners together to create jobs and improve economic growth.

     

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    因特网搜索引擎公司google(谷歌)日前宣称将拿出超过2500万美金以现金和投资的形式来帮助穷人。公司在其后的5到10年将在扶贫和个人商业发展等诸多方面投入这笔资金。

    公司称将致力通过使用信息技术来提高人民生活水平。

    Aleem Walji一直为网站google.org(谷歌公司为公益事业进行投资的部门)工作。他在加州,旧金山与我们进行了谈话。他称受资金资助的首个项目将用于确定传染病传播的地点.例如在东南亚和非洲google.org与合作伙伴一起工作,强化了早期的预警系统并采取行动对抗不断增加的健康威胁。

    Google.org也将通过扶持中小企业成长的方式进行投资。Mister Walji 说小额信贷通常是指创造少量就业机会的小笔的短期贷款。然而他说Google.org想要改善方式使投资者与企业所有者携手创造就业机会、促进经济发展。

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    2005 年Google 创建了一个非盈利性人道主义站点 Google.org,初始投资 10 亿美元。
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