VOA常速英语:U.S. Pledges Additional Aid to Lake Chad Area(翻译)

On September 23, at a Lake Chad Basin side event at the UN General Assembly, the United States pledged an additional $41 million in funding to meet emergency needs for conflict-affected and vulnerable households in the Lake Chad Basin.This additional funding to UN and NGO partners will ensure tens of thousands of people receive critical humanitarian assistance, including emergency food assistance, safe drinking water, and shelter support, as well as interventions to address acute hygiene, nutrition, and protection needs.
9月23日，在联合国大会上举行的乍得湖流域边会上，美国政府承诺增加4100万美元资金，以应对乍得湖流域受冲突影响而出现的紧急情况，并帮助那些脆弱的家庭。此次供联合国以及非政府组织使用的后续资金，将会使成千上万的人们得到关键的人道主义救援，这其中包括：提供紧急食物救援、安全饮用水和庇护所。同时，还有一系列干预措施帮助他们解决严重的卫生问题、营养问题和保护需要。

According to the United Nations, there are more than 2.5 million internally displaced persons and more than 169,000 refugees living in the Lake Chad Basin.During the Lake Chad Basin side event the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power highlighted the pervasive food insecurity in the region.Ambassador Power stated that the crisis is so severe that an estimated 134 children will die every day of severe malnutrition in Nigeria’s Borno State unless treated."And this is just a sliver of the consequences if we come up short [on raising enough funds],” she said.
根据美国政府的数据显示，乍得湖流域内现在生活着超过250万名的境内难民，以及16万9千名流亡难民。在乍得湖流域边会期间，美国大使Samantha Power向联合国强调了该地区普遍存在的粮食匮乏问题。她说，粮食问题已经岌岌可危，据估计，在尼日利亚的博尔诺州，每天都会有134名儿童死于严重的营养不良。除非我们伸出援手。“如果我们能够尽快筹集足够的资金的话，我们将能提供更多的帮助，”她说道。

United States has now provided more than $359 million in humanitarian aid to the region since 2015. United States continues to be the largest donor to the area.At the recent high-level meeting, donors pledged $163 million of the $542 million needed between September and December.In addition to the U.S., major donors include Belgium, Italy, and Britain.
自2015年起至今，美国政府已经向该地区提供了超过3.59亿美元的人道主义救援。美国政府将继续向该地区提供资金，保持最大捐赠国的地位。在最近的一次高级别会议上，几个捐赠国已经承诺捐赠1.63亿美元，而乍得湖流域在九月到十二月期间需要的资金为5.42亿美元。除了美国之外，几个主要的捐赠国还包括比利时、意大利和英国。

United States urges other donors to fulfill their pledged contributions and consider donations of additional humanitarian assistance for the millions of people in the region whose lives have been devastated by Boko Haram’s senseless violence.
美国政府督促各个捐赠国实现他们当初的承诺，并仔细考虑后续的人道主义救援捐赠，因为该地区人们的生活已经被博科基地组织毫无意义的暴力摧毁，他们非常需要我们的帮助。