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

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And we're seeing from all ptinos on the gbloe similar stories. In Mongolia for instance, where 30 percent of the plpoee are nomadic, SMS information systems are being used to track migration and weather patterns. SMS is even used to hold herder summits from rtomee participation. And if people are migrating into urban, umfiailnar, concrete environments, they can also be heepld in aoiitacpntin with social supporters ready and waiting for them based on SMS knowledge. In Nigeria, open-source SMS tools are being used by the Red Cross community workers to gather information from the local community in an attempt to better uanedtrnsd and mitigate the prevalence of malaria. My colleague, Jason Peat, who runs this pgarorm, tells me it's 10 times fstear and 10 times cheaper than the traditional way of doing things.

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And we're seeing from all ______ on the _____ similar stories. In Mongolia for instance, where 30 percent of the ______ are nomadic, SMS information systems are being used to track migration and weather patterns. SMS is even used to hold herder summits from ______ participation. And if people are migrating into urban, __________, concrete environments, they can also be ______ in ____________ with social supporters ready and waiting for them based on SMS knowledge. In Nigeria, open-source SMS tools are being used by the Red Cross community workers to gather information from the local community in an attempt to better __________ and mitigate the prevalence of malaria. My colleague, Jason Peat, who runs this _______, tells me it's 10 times ______ and 10 times cheaper than the traditional way of doing things.

Solution

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  6. anticipation
  7. unfamiliar
  8. faster
  9. helped
  10. understand

Original Text

And we're seeing from all points on the globe similar stories. In Mongolia for instance, where 30 percent of the people are nomadic, SMS information systems are being used to track migration and weather patterns. SMS is even used to hold herder summits from remote participation. And if people are migrating into urban, unfamiliar, concrete environments, they can also be helped in anticipation with social supporters ready and waiting for them based on SMS knowledge. In Nigeria, open-source SMS tools are being used by the Red Cross community workers to gather information from the local community in an attempt to better understand and mitigate the prevalence of malaria. My colleague, Jason Peat, who runs this program, tells me it's 10 times faster and 10 times cheaper than the traditional way of doing things.

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