Fifteen-year-old Jonah Larson, whose dream is to become a surgeon one day, is a master at crochet—and he taught himself the craft when he was 5. What’s even more remarkable is that Larson is using his skill to change the lives of schoolchildren in Ethiopia, where he was born and adopted as a baby.
Larson, who lives in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and sells his gorgeous handmade creations on his website, Jonah Hands, has raised enough to fund a library, a science lab, new desks, and restrooms in the rural area where he was born, partnering with U.S.-based charity Roots Ethiopia. And the crochet wonder was awarded the 2023 William R. Simms Award for Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy on April 18.
