Professor Wangari Maathai contributed over many decades to furthering the ideals and objectives of the United Nations. A globally recognized champion for human rights and women’s empowerment ...

"However, it was Wangari Maathai, this amazing Kenyan woman, who had planted millions of trees in her community to spread awareness about what tree planting can do, and how it can develop a ...

4 African Women Trailblazers in Championing Peace and Security Wangari Maathai (Kenya) The late Wangari Maathai was the first ...

Hello! I am very pleased to meet you! My name is Wangari Maathai. In my country of Kenya, I became famous for helping groups of local people, and protecting the environment. That’s not how ...

The Green Belt Movement (GBM) has urged Chief Conservator of Forests Alexander Lemarkoko to address concerns over potential encroachment near Karura Forest.The organization, founded on the legacy of ...

This old fig tree was spared the axe after a campaign to save it Elizabeth Wathuti, from the Green Generation Initiative and Wangari Maathai Foundation, who earlier this month was among those ...

The celebration was in honour of the Mandir, a temple, located off Wangari Maathai road that was turning 25 years after its construction. The celebration was marked with pomp and colour as ...

All traffic will be diverted through the Embu - Nairobi Highway/Prof. Wangari Maathai Road, Kipande Road, Limuru Road and Kolobot Road as an alternative route during this period. The authority has ...

Wangari Maathai was the first African woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work on environmentalism and social justice. She was born in 1940 into a Kenya still under British colonial rule ...

The Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) launched the first Wangari Maathai Award in 2012 to honour the memory of Kenyan Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai, who championed forests around the ...