Focus on the Future

Kelvin Doe, also known as DJ Focus, is creating a future he wants to live in.

Imagine growing up in a place where the electricity is shut off more than it _____ turned on. Could you do anything to help your community? At eleven years old, ______ Doe saw the lack of power in his country, Sierra Leone, as a problem. Kelvin ______ committed to solving this problem, so he became an ______ .

        Kelvin was forced to be creative in his inventions. He could not afford to ______ supplies. So he collected broken electronic parts from the trash and taught himself ____ to engineer new devices. By age thirteen, Kelvin was creating his own batteries ______ combining acid, soda and metal in tin cups.  His simple invention gave light to ______ community often left in the dark, and it also led to other ______ .

        At fourteen, Kelvin made his own FM radio transmitter and created ______ community’s first local radio station.  “If we have a radio station,” he said, “the ______ can debate issues affecting our community, and Sierra Leone as a whole.” Kelvin, ____ took the name DJ focus, quickly developed a group of loyal ______ .

        Kelvin’s hard work paid off.  The national television station in Sierra Leone _____ about his inventions and invited him to do a live demonstration on the air.  ______ afterward, he was invited to visit the Massachusetts Institute of technology (MIT) _____ learn more about creative engineering.  That visit was arranged by MIT doctoral ______ David Sengeh.

        Like Kelvin, David grew up in Sierra Leone.  He is a researcher at the MIT Media Lab, and founder of the organization Global Minimum Inc.  Through this organization __ aims to empower high school students in Sierra Leone by encouraging ______ .

David wants more young Sierra Leoneans to be like Kelvin--to look at the problems ___ communities face and find ways to solve them so that their generation will have a _____ future.

        Kelvin spent three weeks in the United States, learning from David and ______ researchers at MIT.  At the end of the trip, he was ready to go back home and get _____ to work.  “Whatever I’ve learned here,” said Kelvin, “I will share it with my ______ , colleagues, and loved ones, and do it as a ______ .”

Focus on the Future

Kelvin Doe, also known as DJ Focus, is creating a future he wants to live in.

Imagine growing up in a place where the electricity is shut off more than it (1)is

turned on. Could you do anything to help your community? At eleven years old, (2)Kelvin

Doe saw the lack of power in his country, Sierra Leone, as a problem. Kelvin (3)was

committed to solving this problem, so he became an (4)inventor.

        Kelvin was forced to be creative in his inventions. He could not afford to (5)buy

supplies. So he collected broken electronic parts from the trash and taught himself (6)how

to engineer new devices. By age thirteen, Kelvin was creating his own batteries (7)by

combining acid, soda and metal in tin cups.  His simple invention gave light to (8)a

community often left in the dark, and it also led to other (9)innovations.

        At fourteen, Kelvin made his own FM radio transmitter and created (10)his

community’s first local radio station.  “If we have a radio station,” he said, “the (11)people

can debate issues affecting our community, and Sierra Leone as a whole.” Kelvin, (12)who

took the name DJ focus, quickly developed a group of loyal (13)listeners.

        Kelvin’s hard work paid off.  The national television station in Sierra Leone (14)heard

about his inventions and invited him to do a live demonstration on the air.  (15)Shortly

afterward, he was invited to visit the Massachusetts Institute of technology (MIT) (16)to

learn more about creative engineering.  That visit was arranged by MIT doctoral (17)student

David Sengeh.

        Like Kelvin, David grew up in Sierra Leone.  He is a researcher at the MIT Media

Lab, and founder of the organization Global Minimum Inc.  Through this organization (18)he

aims to empower high school students in Sierra Leone by encouraging (19)innovation.  

David wants more young Sierra Leoneans to be like Kelvin--to look at the problems (20)their communities face and find ways to solve them so that their generation will have a (21)better

future.

        Kelvin spent three weeks in the United States, learning from David and (22)other researchers at MIT.  At the end of the trip, he was ready to go back home and get (23)back

to work.  “Whatever I’ve learned here,” said Kelvin, “I will share it with my (24)friends,

colleagues, and loved ones, and do it as a (25)team.”