Vic Falls teenager appointed Unicef climate advocate

Seventeen-year-old Nkosilathi Nyathi from Victoria Falls has been appointed United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) youth climate advocate to advance the climate and environment agenda in Zimbabwe as well as mobilise other youths to take a stand against climate change.

A strong advocate since the age of 10, Nkosi is passionate about environmental issues.

He has been engaged with Unicef as well as Greenline Africa on many platforms since 2015 to advocate for action against climate change, providing a voice of young people about climate change in Zimbabwe and Africa.

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