The young people from three residence projects with a job placement program in Lleida have manufactured 17 splints and 92 oxygen connectors with 3D printing
Making, too, is caring. That is why the young people we care for in a service in Lleida, where we offer a residential resource with support for social and job placement, have manufactured medical products with 3D printers for victims of the earthquake in Venezuela.
In detail, they have produced from the headquarters of the Social Digital Lab, the innovation laboratory of Suara Cooperativa, 17 thermoadaptable splints, which are used to temporarily immobilize injured hands, arms or elbows. In addition, they have also developed 92 connectors for oxygen distribution systems, which are used to safely join the different elements of an oxygen circuit to ensure that distribution can be carried out without leaks.
In this way, they have joined the campaign of the International Mundo Solidario Association to deliver essential materials to the victims of the double earthquake, which took place on June 24 and left a total of 5,500 people dead and 16,700 injured.
Innovation at the service of people
In an era where technological changes are constant, at Suara Cooperativa we believe that innovation must be put at the service of breaking the existing social, digital and economic gaps and, thus, leaving no one behind.
Therefore, with this experience, innovation has been put at the service of people in a broad sense: since it has not only benefited the people of Venezuela who will receive these medical products that are so essential for them; but also young people in vulnerable situations.
This experience has allowed young people to learn about how 3D printers are used and, therefore, acquire knowledge that they will be able to use in the world of work tomorrow.
In addition, they have also been able to verify that what they manufacture provides a real response to people who are in a situation of vulnerability, such as the victims of the earthquakes in Venezuela.
The young people of Lleida have been able to carry out this task from the laboratory headquarters in this city, since one of the proposals of Suara Cooperativa is to decentralize innovation so that it reaches throughout the territory and, therefore, does not stay in the metropolitan area of Barcelona. For this reason, we have started a campaign to have innovation pulses in different parts of the territory. Specifically, beyond Barcelona, we also have innovation headquarters in Girona, Lleida and Terres de l’Ebre.
So, with this project we have put innovation at the service of people affected by the double earthquake in Venezuela; the young people we serve in Lleida so that they acquire knowledge that can open doors for them in the job market; and, finally, of the territory where we have installed this innovation hub. Another example that innovation has more meaning when we put it at the service of people.
