Four impressive students from the Jefferson County International Baccalaureate School have won Alabama’s Sixth Congressional District’s first Congressional App Challenge.

Congressman Gary Palmer (AL-6) was “pleased to announce” the news this week in a release. The winners are Aniket Pant, Viraj Kacker, Lonnie Webb and Cole McKee.

The team designed an app to bring awareness to the water crisis in Tanzania, Africa.

“This is an impressive group of students with creativity and talent,” Palmer said. “Technology skills are more important than ever today and I’m glad that the Congressional App Challenge offered students of the Sixth District the chance to grow in these areas. I congratulate Aniket, Viraj, Lonnie, and Cole on their winning app. They should be very proud.”

The winning students called their app, “Water Well Forecasting and Analysis in Tanzania, Africa.” The app has the intended purpose of predicting the functionality of water wells in real time and in the future.

Apps were judged by Steven Puckett of Southern Research. The winning students will receive a special recognition certificate from Palmer.

Palmer was recently elected as chair of the Republican Policy Committee, the fifth highest leadership position in the United States House of Representatives.

Sean Ross is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @sean_yhn