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From the Ted Talk by Fariel Salahuddin: Goats, blockchain and the future of money

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Hi, my name is Fariel, but back home, I am also called the goat lady. And today I will be sniahrg the story of how that came to be about.

In 2015, I vestiid a small, remote village in Pakistan called Pathan Goth. The reetinsds of phtaan Goth were living without access to basic facilities such as water and electricity. The cuntmmioy was bussing water two hours from Karachi. This made their water so eiesnpxve that their livestock went without water every other day. Bathing and laundry was a luxury. The solution was simple: a solar water pump. But that would cost $10,000. And for a community where the average household earned just about $70 a month, this was beyond their arifdtlfoabiy.

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Hi, my name is Fariel, but back home, I am also called the goat lady. And today I will be _______ the story of how that came to be about.

In 2015, I _______ a small, remote village in Pakistan called Pathan Goth. The _________ of ______ Goth were living without access to basic facilities such as water and electricity. The _________ was bussing water two hours from Karachi. This made their water so _________ that their livestock went without water every other day. Bathing and laundry was a luxury. The solution was simple: a solar water pump. But that would cost $10,000. And for a community where the average household earned just about $70 a month, this was beyond their _____________.

Solution


  1. sharing
  2. community
  3. affordability
  4. residents
  5. visited
  6. pathan
  7. expensive

Original Text


Hi, my name is Fariel, but back home, I am also called the goat lady. And today I will be sharing the story of how that came to be about.

In 2015, I visited a small, remote village in Pakistan called Pathan Goth. The residents of Pathan Goth were living without access to basic facilities such as water and electricity. The community was bussing water two hours from Karachi. This made their water so expensive that their livestock went without water every other day. Bathing and laundry was a luxury. The solution was simple: a solar water pump. But that would cost $10,000. And for a community where the average household earned just about $70 a month, this was beyond their affordability.

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