VOA常速英语:Ghana’s Capital Businesswomen Support Northern Counterparts

These women own businesses in Accra,
这些女性在阿克拉做生意，
work with noNPRofits and women in northern Ghana to source raw materials for their goods,
与加纳北部的非营利组织和妇女合作，为她们的商品寻找原材料，
such as shear butter (the butter extracted from the nut of the African shea tree, is a staple)
如切黄油（从非洲乳木树的坚果中提取的黄油，是一种主食），
and violet, a Mobs line of Natural Beauty products.
还有紫罗兰，Mob旗下的自然美容产品系列。
She says one of their goals is to help women keep the next generation out of poverty.
她说，他们的目标之一是帮助妇女使下一代摆脱贫困。
So we ensure that theyre able to use the profit.
我们确保她们能够有利润。
So the money they get from our purchase is to improve their livelihood by doing things like building clinics.
她们从我们的买卖中得到的钱用来改善其生活，比如建造诊所。
Im taking their children to school and ensuring that they have a job.
我要送她们的孩子上学，确保其有工作。
Mobarika Awudu supports women and the north by buying their handmade favorites to make bags from market.
Mobarika Awudu通过从市场购买她们最喜欢的手工包来支持妇女和北方。
The father came from a small northern village,
父亲来自北方的一个小村庄，
so she is aware of the many hardships and legend.
她意识到其中的艰辛和传奇。
She says womens economic independence has become especially important this year,
她说，今年女性经济独立变得尤为重要，
as incomes were stretched because of the coronavirus pandemic.
由于冠状病毒大流行，收入紧张。
Some of them are doing well.
他们中的一些人做得很好。
They have started with living alone.
他们从独居开始。
Now we have a princesses that they are trading as well,
现在我们有一个公主，也在做生意，
especially now that the schools that most of the girls are now learning how to make a living from within.
尤其是现在的学校，大多数女孩正在学习如何自力更生。
Threaded Tribes puts a modern twist on traditional fashion to encourage young people to appreciate African style.
Threaded Tribes在传统时尚上加入了现代元素，鼓励年轻人欣赏非洲风格。
It sources fabrics from across Africa and works with northern Ghana women who do the waving.
该公司从非洲各地采购布料，并与加纳北部的编织女工合作。
The fact theyre with women makes me happy.
和这些女性合作让我很开心。
I dont think barely any men with this to be honest,
说实话，我不认为几乎所有男性都有这个问题，
because theyd be in the farms and even though women being in a film school,
因为她们在农场里，即使女性在电影学校，
but the weaving is a woman business and being a woman in a black area.
编织是一个女性行业，作为一个在黑人地区的女性。
Its amazing.
太神奇了。
Its so amazing to be able to do this with women.
能和女人一起这么做真是太棒了。
To be on earth is great.
在世界上是伟大的。
While the north produces quality materials,
北方生产优质材料，
there are few jobs leading young people to move south,many to already crowded cities.
几乎没有什么工作能让年轻人搬到南方去。许多已经搬到拥挤的城市。
Ghanas experts say more investment is needed in the north to expand job prospects,
加纳专家表示，北部地区需要更多投资，以扩大就业前景，
aimed to improve working conditions.
旨在改善工作条件。
In terms of development, when you look at all the different regions in Ghana,
就发展而言，当你看看加纳所有不同地区时，
some of the most deprived can be found in north.
你会在北方发现一些最贫困的地区。
So its only fair that given that they have given us so much value,
只有考虑到他们给了我们这么多的价值，
at least we give back a bit to ensure that the community also twice.
至少我们的一点回馈能确保社会需求，甚至加倍。
Investing on the women, say experts, is one of the best ways to develop local economies,
专家们说，在女性身上投资是发展当地经济的最佳途径之一，
a practice that these are crops the women are only too happy to support.
这种做法是妇女们非常乐意支持的。
Stacy Noha for VOA news, Accra
VOA新闻，斯泰西·诺哈，阿克拉报道。