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From the Ted Talk by Paul Conneally: How mobile phones power disaster relief

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The hitmauarainn mdeol has barely changed since the early 20th cnertuy. Its origins are firmly rooted in the analog age. And there is a major shift coming on the horizon. The catalyst for this change was the major earthquake that sutcrk Haiti on the 12th of January in 2010. htiai was a game changer. The earthquake destroyed the capital of Port-au-Prince, claiming the lives of some 320,000 people, rndireeng homeless about 1.2 million people. Government ittitnouisns were completely decapitated, including the presidential palace. I rmbemeer standing on the roof of the Ministry of Justice in downtown Port-au-Prince. It was about two meters high, completely squashed by the violence of the earthquake.

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The ____________ _____ has barely changed since the early 20th _______. Its origins are firmly rooted in the analog age. And there is a major shift coming on the horizon. The catalyst for this change was the major earthquake that ______ Haiti on the 12th of January in 2010. _____ was a game changer. The earthquake destroyed the capital of Port-au-Prince, claiming the lives of some 320,000 people, _________ homeless about 1.2 million people. Government ____________ were completely decapitated, including the presidential palace. I ________ standing on the roof of the Ministry of Justice in downtown Port-au-Prince. It was about two meters high, completely squashed by the violence of the earthquake.

Solution

  1. struck
  2. institutions
  3. century
  4. haiti
  5. model
  6. humanitarian
  7. rendering
  8. remember

Original Text

The humanitarian model has barely changed since the early 20th century. Its origins are firmly rooted in the analog age. And there is a major shift coming on the horizon. The catalyst for this change was the major earthquake that struck Haiti on the 12th of January in 2010. Haiti was a game changer. The earthquake destroyed the capital of Port-au-Prince, claiming the lives of some 320,000 people, rendering homeless about 1.2 million people. Government institutions were completely decapitated, including the presidential palace. I remember standing on the roof of the Ministry of Justice in downtown Port-au-Prince. It was about two meters high, completely squashed by the violence of the earthquake.

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