A Call for Help

Télécoms Sans Frontiers shares technology with those in need

Apr.14

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When trouble comes, what do we usually do? We pick up our cell phones and call for help. That's easy, right? People with cell phones often take them for granted. But in an emergency, many people are unable to call for help. Floods and earthquakes come suddenly. Wars can hurt or kill. Families can become separated. Successful communication can sometimes mean the difference between life and death.

The beginning
Meet French NGO Télécoms Sans Frontiers(Telecommunications without borders). Its goal is to use mobile communication technology to help people in need. TSF began in 1998. First, they opened their main base in France. Then in 2003, they started another base in Nicaragua. The next year they opened their Thailand base. Now if a disaster strikes anywhere in the world, TSF is ready. They can send workers to a disaster site to set up communication systems within 24 hours.

Word Bank:

take someone or sth for granted (idiom)將某人或某物視為理所當(dāng)然；不把某人或某物當(dāng)一回事
Most people take clean water for granted, but we won’t have any if we don’t stop polluting the rivers.

communication (n)通訊，傳播
To be a good salesperson, you need to have good communication skills.

mobile (adj)移動(dòng)式的；活動(dòng)的
Mobile phones are so popular that hardly anyone uses a public phone nowadays.

disaster (n) 災(zāi)難
The last major earthquake here was a big disaster. Many lives and homes were lost.

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