Wangari Maathai
Wangarĩ Maathai was a Kenyan social, environmental, and political activist who founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmental organization focused on planting trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights. In 2004 she became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Nyeri
- Educated at
- Benedictine CollegeLoreto High School, LimuruLudwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenUniversity of PittsburghUniversity of Giessen
- Awards
- 🏆 Goldman Environmental Prize🏆 Sophie Prize🏆 Petra-Kelly-Preis🏆 Indira Gandhi Peace Prize🏆 Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding
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Trending topics shown first"The people are starving. They need food; they need medicine; they need education. They do not need a skyscraper to house the ruling party and a 24-hour TV station."
"Until you dig a hole, you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive, you haven't done a thing. You are just talking."
"I kept stumbling and falling and stumbling and falling as I searched for the good. 'Why?' I asked myself. Now I believe that I was on the right path all along, particularly with the Green Belt Movemen…"
"As I conclude I reflect on my childhood experience when I would visit a stream next to our home to fetch water for my mother. I would drink water straight from the stream. Playing among the arrowroot …"
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1940
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Birth2011
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