Friends, household increase funds in honor of socially enlightened Corona teen killed in golf cart crash

Funds are being raised in honor of a 17-year-old boy killed in a golf cart accident in Corona on Friday, March 22. According to organizers of the trouble, the funds are going to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), which works in over 190 international locations to convey diet, well being, schooling and different applications to kids and households.

Adam Nemat, 17, was a pupil at Santiago High School in Corona. He had joined the Thirst Project, which builds freshwater wells in creating communities,  and Unity, a program to assist scale back discrimination, the GoFundMe web page established in his honor reads.

Adam’s mom, Mona Nemat, mentioned in a Facebook publish that he not too long ago was fitted for a tuxedo for his senior promenade and was set to graduate on May 29 with honors. He was additionally accepted to UC San Diego to check physics whereas ready to listen to from Berkeley and Ivy League faculties.

Adam refused to take prep lessons for the SAT or Advanced Placement exams and refused assistance on his private statements, his mom added, believing the help gave him an unfair benefit in comparison with these with out the means to afford such assist.

He was within the entrance passenger seat of a golf cart that turned over and landed on him, killing him shortly after, mentioned Mona Nemat, a Superior Court of Riverside County judge.

The California Highway Patrol discovered the car rolled over with a number of individuals inside, and none injured apart from Adam. Alcohol or medication weren’t an element within the car turning over, Javier Navarro, a spokesperson for the CHP Riverside workplace, mentioned.

“On high of being a cherished son, a fantastic brother, a reliable pal, and a stellar educational, he was a socio-economic warrior. He wished to raised the lives of people who weren’t afforded an opportunity,” reads the fundraising enchantment.

Adam hung out feeding these in want through the COVID-19 pandemic and through his time with Unity.

Additionally, he went on a visit to South Africa, the place he noticed the poverty affecting the area. His mom mentioned this prompted him to interrupt down when he obtained again and consider methods to assist individuals there.

“He simply wished to make the world higher,” Mona Nemat added within the Facebook publish.

“The solely approach to honor Adam is to attempt to proceed the work that he would have undoubtedly completed,” reads the fundraising enchantment. “We ask, if you’ll be able to, to make a donation and that donation will go on to UNICEF in Adam’s identify. Let’s proceed giving again to the world.”

The fundraiser by Tuesday had raised greater than $30,000.