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From the Ted Talk by Priscilla Chomba-Kinywa: Why a free and fair internet is more vital than ever

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In my own home village of Kasama in rural Zambia, a beautiful and brilliant young girl named Chomba faces the exact same fate of not being able to continue her education. Because, you see, they don’t have aeccss to the internet. And the longer the pandemic rages on, the further and further and further away her dream of becoming a medical dtcoor go, and the higher her chances become of becoming a teenage mum or getting married off as a teenager.

Many of us use the internet for so many things, even if it was just tanlkig to our pantres on video calls. And we did so without a second tgohhut to those without internet. Did it ever cross your mind how they, those without internet, were cipnog?

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In my own home village of Kasama in rural Zambia, a beautiful and brilliant young girl named Chomba faces the exact same fate of not being able to continue her education. Because, you see, they don’t have ______ to the internet. And the longer the pandemic rages on, the further and further and further away her dream of becoming a medical ______ go, and the higher her chances become of becoming a teenage mum or getting married off as a teenager.

Many of us use the internet for so many things, even if it was just _______ to our _______ on video calls. And we did so without a second _______ to those without internet. Did it ever cross your mind how they, those without internet, were ______?

Solution


  1. parents
  2. access
  3. talking
  4. doctor
  5. thought
  6. coping

Original Text


In my own home village of Kasama in rural Zambia, a beautiful and brilliant young girl named Chomba faces the exact same fate of not being able to continue her education. Because, you see, they don’t have access to the internet. And the longer the pandemic rages on, the further and further and further away her dream of becoming a medical doctor go, and the higher her chances become of becoming a teenage mum or getting married off as a teenager.

Many of us use the internet for so many things, even if it was just talking to our parents on video calls. And we did so without a second thought to those without internet. Did it ever cross your mind how they, those without internet, were coping?

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