Tanaka Chirara

• UWC Go and Make Difference Grant 2023
• Regeneron International Science and Engineering fair finalist (2021 and 2022) fourth place award
• Bronze Medal at Eskom Expo for Young Scientists (2022)
• Yale Most Outstanding Exhibit award in Science and Technology Award 2022
• China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) winner 2021
• Yale Young African Scholars participant (2022)
• Arizona State University Science Fair Award 2021
• Zimbabwe Science Fair Gold Medal (2021 and 2022)

• Volunteered at the Red Cross Humanitarian Food Distribution (October 2022 and February 2023)
• Led school project to volunteer at the Serve the City Red Cross Refugee Food Distribution Centre in February 2024
• Science projects mentor at Musha Wevana Orphanage in Marondera, Zimbabwe
• Jungof Horse farm caretaker (2022)
• African Science Buskers Festival Volunteer (2023)
• UWC Robert Bosch College school animal caretaker (2023)
• Worked in the UWC second-hand clothes store that promotes sustainability 2023

Go Make A Difference Grant

• During the summer break, I was awarded the GoMakeADifference Award which is given to 15 students across the UWC school to fund a solution to socio-economic problems. From the award, I developed a clean cooking stove to help the people who are suffering from Indoor Air Pollution in the rural areas of Zimbabwe.

Musha Wevana Children´s Home in Partnership with African Science Buskers

• During the summer break, I am mentoring residents at Musha We, which is local orphanage. After two months, 10 children had developed science projects which I then helped register in the African Science Buskers Festival, which is one of the largest science fairs in Africa. The top award winner Blessing Manheru won the fair's top award for his project a calculator to