There is a push to find medical equipment that may be used to help COVID-19 patients. A team of young students, aged 12-15, in the Mekong River Delta in Vietnam, is working on an initiative to develop a prototype for a low-cost breathing machine. 30 club members have been guided by Dariu’s technical advisors to assemble two different designs, including an open-source blueprint from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Some parts of the ventilator are 3D-printed by the students. There are groups of university lecturers, students, and researchers trying to develop the prototype in Vietnam. However, these are the youngest kids being on a life-saving mission.
