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Youngsters make mobile apps to support causes, solve problems
Mobile apps created by students range from ones that help them study to others that improve waste management or disseminate information about health.
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n an era when technology is developing rapidly, young people have not only been loyal users of various gadgets and programs, some have even developed their skills to contribute as creators.
Numerous high school and university students have been creating mobile applications to support causes or solve problems that attract their interest, ranging from apps that help them study to others that improve waste management or disseminate information about health..
Among the latest creators was Caitlyn Audrey Prabowo, 16, a student of National Jakarta High School, and a friend who studies in the United Kingdom, Gabrielle Audria Buntoro.
They recently launched an app named Peduli (caring) on Play Store that contains health tips that would come in handy during emergency situations.
The app also provides explanations of some mental problems to help people better understand conditions like anxiety and eating disorders. At the end of every explanation, the app suggests users seek professional help from doctors and psychiatrists.
“The targets are those from low education and economic backgrounds,” Caitlyn told The Jakarta Post on Sunday.
“One day, someone [in my circle] died from cardiac arrest because it occurred without symptoms and people around him had no clue how to make his heart beat again in such an emergency situation. I want to help people like them.”
