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11 de may. de 2024 · Three journalists were awarded the Wangari Maathai Young Journalists award during this year’s AllAfrica Media Leaders’ Summit (AMLS) held in Nairobi from May 8 to 10, 2024. This year’s summit brought together more than 300 African media owners and operators, government officials, corporate ...
11 de may. de 2024 · Ms Nabalayo said the award validates her work, and it drives her to humanise and dignify critical issues such as mental health. Second runner up Zachary Nyakweba, who works for Nation Media Group’s video desk, said he was elated to be among the finalists. “When I came across Juliet and heard her story about living with Narcolepsy, a sleep ...
18 de may. de 2024 · Wangari Maathai grew up at the foot of Mount Kenya where, as the oldest child in her family, her responsibility was to stay home and help her mother. When the chance to go to school presented itself, she seized it with both hands. In the 1960s, she was awarded the opportunity to travel to the US to study, where she saw that even in the land of the free, black people were not welcome.
30 de abr. de 2024 · The Story of Wangari Maathai. Wangari Maathai's narrative is a testament to the transformative power of amazing resilience and courage. Born in 1940 in the rural village of Ihithe, in the Nyeri District of Kenya, Maathai's early life was imbued with the spirit of adaptive resilience and determination. Growing up in a traditional Kikuyuhome, she ...
15 de may. de 2024 · 5 min. Wanjira Mathai was just six years old when her mother, Wangari Maathai, founded the Green Belt Movement, a grassroots effort to fight deforestation through planting trees. Nearly 30 years later, Maathai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for that work, and her daughter had become a respected environmentalist and leader in her own right.
19 de may. de 2024 · After returning home, Wangari blazed a trail across Kenya, using her knowledge and compassion to promote the rights of her countrywomen and to help save the land, one tree at a time. Seeds of Change: Planting a Path to Peace brings to life the empowering story of Wangari Maathai, the first African woman and environmentalist, to win a Nobel Peace Prize.
30 de abr. de 2024 · La Historia de Wangari Maathai. La historia de Wangari Maathais es un testimonio del poder transformador de una resistencia y una valentía asombrosas. Nacida en 1940 en la aldea rural de Ihithe, en el distrito keniano de Nyeri, los primeros años de la vida de Maathai estuvieron impregnados de un espíritu de resistencia, determinación y adaptabilidad.
