Charmaine Mupara

Mathebeleland North, Zimbabwe

Charmaine is an 18-year-old environmental advocate who volunteers for Environmental Buddies Zimbabwe. She was a 2022 Bow Seat Fellowship Program grantee, where she successfully helped lead a project to dig harvesting pits and plant trees to address the interrelated issues of water insecurity and food scarcity in her community. She advocates for reforestation, clean water and climate justice for all, and food security for rural villages, as they are most affected by climate change.