Rise Fellow 2021

From a young age, Nyasha has always been intellectually curious. When he found himself without a teacher in the second semester of his fifth year, he knocked on other teachers’ doors until they agreed to teach him after regular school hours. He is currently a student at the United Students Achievers Program Community School. For his Rise project, he worked on increasing awareness around deforestation and reforestation as linked to climate change. He won a district chess tournament for players under 13 within a week of learning how to play.