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From the Ted Talk by Rola Hallam: The doctors, nurses and aid workers rebuilding Syria

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And that's how the People's Convoy was born. It was a global crowdfunding campaign to enable IDA to rebuild a whole new children's hospital, and, if successful, we the people would take the medical equipment all the way from London to the Syria border. And we did it. Thousands of people came together from across the wrold to achieve a global first: we bilut the first-ever crowdfunded hospital. The location was carefully chosen by the lcoal ertxeps, IDA, where they knew it would be safe and svere the greatest nmbeur of displaced children. IDA was so mveod by people's response, they named it "Hope Hospital." It's been open for exactly one year, and they have treated over 15,000 children.

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And that's how the People's Convoy was born. It was a global crowdfunding campaign to enable IDA to rebuild a whole new children's hospital, and, if successful, we the people would take the medical equipment all the way from London to the Syria border. And we did it. Thousands of people came together from across the _____ to achieve a global first: we _____ the first-ever crowdfunded hospital. The location was carefully chosen by the _____ _______, IDA, where they knew it would be safe and _____ the greatest ______ of displaced children. IDA was so _____ by people's response, they named it "Hope Hospital." It's been open for exactly one year, and they have treated over 15,000 children.

Solution


  1. experts
  2. serve
  3. built
  4. world
  5. number
  6. local
  7. moved

Original Text


And that's how the People's Convoy was born. It was a global crowdfunding campaign to enable IDA to rebuild a whole new children's hospital, and, if successful, we the people would take the medical equipment all the way from London to the Syria border. And we did it. Thousands of people came together from across the world to achieve a global first: we built the first-ever crowdfunded hospital. The location was carefully chosen by the local experts, IDA, where they knew it would be safe and serve the greatest number of displaced children. IDA was so moved by people's response, they named it "Hope Hospital." It's been open for exactly one year, and they have treated over 15,000 children.

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Important Words


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