OCEAN OPPORTUNITIES

The 2019 FGC game challenge theme 'Ocean Opportunities' draws attention to the global challenge of polluted waters and the urgent need for decontamination and preservation using STEM and Robots solutions.
 

Since 2017, when Suriname first became part of FIRST Global to this 3rd consecutive year, about 350 students and pupils in various regions in Suriname and from different levels of education have been exposed to FG Robotics. From motivational awareness sessions to STEAM-IT Fairs, to being part of the Open Day of the Math and Science Faculty of the University in Suriname. YHS has continued to mentor youth in developing robotics, innovation and (international) collaboration skills while also empowering peer mentors through projects like Tech Genius. Our Team has been to Washington DC in 2017 to Mexico City in 2018 and now, in 2019 to Dubai (UAE) in the far east !

By adding new students to the teams representing Suriname at the FGC, YHS supports FG's goal to grow the network of young STEM minds within all countries  across the globe and FG's mission to inspire Science and Technology Leadership and Innovation in young people from all nations in order to increase understanding, impress the importance of cooperation, address the world’s most critical issues, and improve quality of life for all. The FGC games in general aim to stimulate STEM, Innovation and its application through Robotics for solving the most urgent challenges of our planet, as related to water, energy, security, medicine, food, and education. Each year's FG theme originates from one of these real-life challenges and while it creates awareness and educates young minds, it also triggers them to be creative to use Tech/Robotics to tackle the issues on a simulated field, they are quiped and empowered to persui STEM careers and tackle the issues in the real world using the global resources network of FIRST.

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FOCAL POINT IN SURINAME

Foundation Young Help Suriname (YHS), is the official counterpart of Suriname to FIRST Global, represented bij YHS's

co-founder Ms. K.  Ashna Mahepal. 

For YHS, the FGC games are not only the highlight for a young person to have a life impacting global inspirational experience amidst like-minded tech peers from over 180 countries, but they’re increasingly about the students and mentors becoming aware of the many opportunities of collaboration in the field of technology, innovation and robotics (now and in the future). FG is a platform opening doors of global cooperation and opportunity to contribute and for this Suriname needs to be present and part of the Robotics/Tech movement.