From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report.Last year, a typhoon seriously damaged Leyte Island in the Philippines. More than 7,300 people died or are missing.Four million Filipinos lost their homes, and many of them lost their incomes.Many fishermen were among them. They lost their wooden boats. Without them, they had no way to make money.The fishermen used boats called "bancas." These boats were made from wood taken from the island's forests.But the forests were damaged by the powerful storm, making it difficult to quickly rebuild the boats.So a large, non-governmental environmental protection group is helping the fishermen rebuild their boats using a material made of glass and plastic.The material is called fiberglass.The group says fiberglass lasts longer than the wood and plywood materials the fishermen have traditionally used to build their boats.Patrick Vincent Co manages the bancas rebuilding project for the WWF.
