The idea behind microfinance is to empower borrowers by helping them build a business which can create income and grow.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

That can have a big effect on their behavior, helping them work harder and longer in therapy sessions.

VOA: special.2009.12.17

Defense lawyer Peter Quijano told the court that al-Qaida members tricked Mr.Ghailani into unknowingly helping them.

VOA: special.2010.11.20

He says he spoke last year about helping them, adding that every effort should be made to enhance their authority.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

Residents who are coping with the ravages of nature say the bonds of community are helping them recover.

VOA: standard.2009.10.04

"Crist running as an independent has a much greater likelihood of hurting the Republicans than helping them."

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

What we will have to do is, we and our international partners, work with the Afghan government in building legitimacy and in helping them tackle the problem of corruption."

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

(APPLAUSE) The president also devoted a large portion of his speech to assuring military veterans that his administration is committed to helping them receive the medical care and assistance they require.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

Ray Tye was a Boston philanthropist who was dedicated to helping children get the surgeries they needed, by paying for them.

VOA: standard.2010.06.30

And he says the Indonesian government is helping factories purchase modern equipment to make them more competitive.

VOA: standard.2010.05.13

Most of them had never done anything to this magnitude as far as volunteering and helping out.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

"Wearing the suit, and being quick on your feet, and helping the people, and reassuring casualties, if they're conscious, and lifting and moving them."

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

"I was looking for work and then I found the Salvation Army, and I decided I wanted to work with them, and volunteer to try to help somebody else while helping myself,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.16