Saturday, November 10, 2018, 11:45 AM
Guillermo MartínezA 24 -year -old Spanish engineer who designs and prints 3D and arms prostheses has been awarded in the World Youth Forum It was held from 3 to 6 November in Sharm the Sheikh, Egypt. The jury has recognized Guillermo’s work for his volunteer and development work with the Help meAn association created by itself that has been devoted to designing, producing and sending ‘Trésis’ – as he mentions them – from 3D -handen to “only part of the world”, which created the first 3D printed for people without elbow.
So Guillermo becomes the first Spaniard to win this prize, who recognizes the altruistic work of young people around the world to improve society in which they live. World Youth Forum is an international congress that has organized more than 5,000 people – Between 120,000 registered- interested in sustainable development to attend experts from experts in these matters. Guillermo has been one of the speakers with a lecture on technological volunteering. The forum was followed this year by more than 3 million people via the internet.
Both this summer and the previous Guillermo traveled to Kenya, in particular Kabarnet. A dozen has already delivered Trende for people without resources That they were left without a superior member due to a traffic accident or something. His work was announced in the media and the Help me He continued to grow with the delivery of trésisis to many more countries thanks to the contributions of hundreds of people and the work developed by Guillermo in his spare time, because he is professionally dedicated to designing robot toys.
Help me continues to grow
A few months ago that Help me It has become a non -profit association, whose goal is to create a world cooperation network of makers who have printed this Trésdesis and another Van Oenegés looking for those who need it all over the world and therefore “reach all the people who cannot afford to help them in their daily tasks,” explains the young man.
Help ME3D wants to create small projects that yield the social value of new technologies to schools and universities and therefore “let people realize that helping is too easy not to do this.”
