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Helped mobilize the planting of more than 30 million trees.
The movement spread its community-based approach within Kenya and into other African countries.
GOTDONE ARCHIVE · 1940-2011
3 public itemsWangari Maathai
Environmental organizer and biologist
PHOTO: Kingkongphoto / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 ↗Connected tree planting with women’s livelihoods, democracy, and peace through a grassroots movement.
What Wangari got done.
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Became the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
The prize recognized her contribution to sustainable development, democracy, and peace.
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Founded the Green Belt Movement.
Maathai organized rural Kenyan women to plant trees while strengthening livelihoods and local leadership.