Phenomenal woman she is. We can refer her to as WOMAN OF STEEL or
WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE.
From the 7 women who changed the world, we get to learn from a Political activist Dr. Wangari Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement in the 1970s.
"When we plant trees, we plant the seeds of peace and hope," said 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winning environmentalist Wangari Maathai.
The Kenyan political activist founded the Green Belt Movement in 1977 in an effort to empower rural women who had started reporting their streams were drying up, their food supply was less secure, and they had to walk further than ever before for firewood.
The movement has since spread across the world, campaigning on climate change and teaming up with the United Nations Environment Programme.
Africa celebrates Africa Environment Day and life of #WangariMaathai.
Below are some of her best quotes In celebration of
#InternationalWomensDay on March 8:
1. "There are opportunities even in the most difficult moments,"
2. Your voice matters
3. "It's the little things citizens do. My little thing is planting trees."
4. Its the little things that we do that make the difference
5. I'm doing the best I can." That I can't & will never forget
6. 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.~
7. "We are called to assist the Earth, to heal her wounds and in the
process heal our own — indeed to embrace the whole of creation in all
its diversity, beauty, and wonder."
8. "When we plant trees, we plant the seeds of peace and hope."
9. All of us have a God in us, and that God is the spirit that unites
all life, everything that is on this planet.
10. "Finally I was able to see that if I had a contribution I wanted
to make, I must do it, despite what others said. That I was okay the
way I was. That it was all right to be strong."
THE 1ST AFRICAN WOMAN TO WIN A NOBEL PRIZE
Wangari Maathai from the Republic of Kenya was the first African
woman, and the first environmentalist, to win a Nobel Peace Prize.She
had been nicknamed 'Mother of Tree.
Kenya burnt a stockpile of 15 tonnes of elephant tusks in honour of WorldWildlifeDay and #WangariMaathaiDay2015. President Uhuru Kenyatta, First Lady Margaret Kenyatta visited the Green Belt Movement display to mark this special day.
Truly a great woman. Your work
lives on!
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