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The teenagers of the County Somerset launch a non -profit organization to help solve the world’s problems

The teenagers of the County Somerset launch a non -profit organization to help solve the world’s problems

Bridgewater – For teenagers Rohan Pavel, Lucas Larros, Jashit Gorreti and Eiden Desai solve problems – this is their superpower.

Four juniors at the Academy of Health and Medical Sciences aim to solve problems in the real world through practical education with their non -profit organization, Nextgen STEM.

The Academy of Medical and Medical Sciences is a four-year honors for students related to colleges. The program is a partnership between the Professional and Technical School of the Somerset district and the Raritin Valley. Successful students will finish both high school diploma and associated degree of general science.

Although they are 16 and 17, they have already made a dent in several urgent issues, including fire safety.

“When we are looking for a topic, we try to find something where we could use education, especially practical education to solve it,” said Gorretai, who, like Desai, is originally from the green pavement. “It was our goal. We wanted to use science to influence.”

Founded in 2023, Nextgen STEM develops scientific experiments to teach students to solve problems outside class.

“NEXGEN Stem” has two values. “Nexgen” means the next generation, showing that they aim to help young people prepare for the future with skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. It also means “Nexus”, which means they want to be a source where people can connect and learn about STEM.

Nextgen STEM implies that “a society where socio -economic experiences do not determine the availability of STEM education,” Pavel said. “Our STEM sets are designed to make students solve problems in the real world. In STEM Nexgen we strive to ignite curiosity, inspire creativity and promote love for learning that goes beyond classes.”

Nextgen STEM solved some social problems. For example, Senegal has a huge problem with electricity – doctors should deliver babies in the dark, Gorreti said.

“We talked to students there and we did an experiment to show students how to organize a base electrical circuit,” he said. “We have sent more than 200 of these experiments to Senegal, which went to two schools. This was equipped with their knowledge to solve the problems of their community. We find seats with a certain problem and then we solve it through our kits or a certain project. What

Another project included water pollution. At the high school exhibition, the team conducted practical laboratory sessions, explaining water purification through three laboratory stages-wrapping, sedimentation and disinfection.

Their last endeavor Nextgen is a fire project. Although it is timely, it did not inspire California fires. Most likely, it was inspired by the brush fire last year near the Horetya House in Green -Brook.

“I thought it was a distant problem, and it’s not really something that would affect my community,” Gorreti said. “But I began to notice that we were really close fires, and many people did not know about things such as fire limitation and similar things in our community. No one really knew anything except signs on the highway. So I saw it as a problem and I wanted to figure out how to prevent this, and in fact, something to do with it. “

Four began to work, exploring the historical information about the fire in the country and presenting their conclusions in the report on 16 pages and presentations of slide shows.

By the end of 2024, they organized volunteers, conducted an exhibition of high school to study students on fire safety and distributed 300 fire safety sets to high -risk areas. The sets include burn gel, whistles, N95 masks and infographics, – said Pavel, who lives in Hillsboro.

“The main idea of ​​a fire project is to prevent,” Gorretay said. “A lot of people do not know about fire restrictions, and they do not know how to safely manage the fire.”

They also presented the program in schools, including Green Brook High School. They demonstrated how the fires begin and how to prevent them, the experience of virtual reality in the spread of fires and how to suppress fire.

The Wildfire project is an element of their public service project for future business leaders at school (FBLA), an organization that helps high school students learn business skills. The team is preparing for state competitions in March.

To raise funds for their projects, Larrosa, a resident of Bridgewater, said Nextgen STEM has baking sales and is working on sacrifices and grants.

“We will continue to expand to different districts and perhaps in different states,” Pavel said. “We want to have enough volunteers and deliveries. So if another event happens like La Wildfires, we would be ready to send these kits and have a sufficient network to have people around the United States who can put these kits directly and have a direct impact. “

Four plan to continue their projects during their college years and work to create a system of chapters that will help with fundraising and project implementation. The quartet also has Internet -fund raising.

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