0000273414 00000 n "Maathai stood up courageously against the former oppressive regime in Controversy arose when it was reported by Kenyan newspaper I have warned people against false beliefs and misinformation such as attributing this disease to a curse from God or believing that sleeping with a virgin cures the infection.
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Topic: Wangari Maathai Following are nine question about Wangari Maathai. 0000074086 00000 n I am especially mindful of women and the girl child. Then we swept the floor, a common way of cleaning in those days that kept the dust from building up in the classroom and got rid of pests, like fleas.”“As a child, I used to visit the point where water bubbled up from the belly of the earth to form a stream. 0000261194 00000 n Wangari Maathai is an amazing example of the power of one person. As a result, they are often the first to become aware of environmental damage as resources become scarce and incapable of sustaining their families.”“Tree planting became a natural choice to address some of the initial basic needs identified by women. 0000080483 00000 n 0000063176 00000 n 0000003487 00000 n She escorted delegates to see nurseries and plant trees. The Kenyan forests are facing extinction and it is a man-made problem.”“Anybody can dig a hole and plant a tree. She met Peggy Snyder, the head of UNIFEM, and In the latter half of the 1980s, the Kenyan government came down against Maathai and the Green Belt Movement. A time when we have to shed our fear and give hope to each other.
I imagine that very few people have been lucky enough to see the source of a river.”“Education, of course, creates many opportunities. She went with the Green Belt Movement to Karura Forest, planting trees and protesting the destruction of the forest. As I was growing up, I witnessed forests being cleared and replaced by commercial plantations, which destroyed local biodiversity and the capacity of the forests to conserve water.”“In 1977, when we started the Green Belt Movement, I was partly responding to needs identified by rural women, namely lack of firewood, clean drinking water, balanced diets, shelter and income.”“Throughout Africa, women are the primary caretakers, holding significant responsibility for tilling the land and feeding their families. To the young people I say, you are a gift to your communities and indeed the world.
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Examining symptoms and root causes is how Maathai has succeeded in taking a seemingly simple idea, like tree planting, and has used it to fight larger, underlying problems. The essential one was that I reacted to a set of problems by focusing on what could be done.”“I saw rivers silted with topsoil, much of which was coming from the forest where plantations of commercial trees had replaced indigenous forest. Such views are wicked and destructive.On 28 March 2005, Maathai was elected the first president of the In June 2009, Maathai was named as one of PeaceByPeace.com's first peace heroes.Wangarĩ Maathai died on 25 September 2011 of complications arising from She is buried at the Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies in Nairobi. Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki presided over a state funeral in Nairobi, making her only the third Kenyan and the first woman to receive such an honor. Mark Twain. In 1991 she received the The following year, ethnic clashes occurred throughout Kenya. The entry to the forest was guarded by a large group of men. On 5 June 1977, marking World Environment Day, the NCWK marched in a procession from Maathai and her husband, Mwangi Mathai, separated in 1977. 0000062387 00000 n She was recognized in 2004 as the first African woman and first environmentalist to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
As the first African woman to receive this prize, I accept it on behalf of the people of Kenya and Africa, and indeed the world.
0000091632 00000 n But I have always been interested in finding solutions….It just came to me: ‘Why not plant trees?’”“The future of the planet concerns all of us, and all of us should do what we can to protect it. Explain that they will follow this format to write their own biography or “future” biography of their act ivism in their environments (page 17). She did many “little things.”Wangari passed away in September 2011. Such was the case in Kenya, especially during the 1990s. The courts decided that she was ineligible to run for office because she had not re-registered to vote in the last presidential election in 1979. This sustains interest and commitment.”“[W]e have planted over 30 million trees that provide fuel, food, shelter, and income to support their children’s education and household needs. You Business Time Yourself. How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg?
It is therefore critical for me to state that I neither say nor believe that the virus was developed by white people or white powers in order to destroy the African people. 0000003402 00000 n During the conference, Maathai arranged seminars and presentations to describe the work the Green Belt Movement was doing in Kenya. You worry that you, your family, or your friends will be arrested and jailed without due process.