The council has selected Rwanda and Gambia as the winners of an award for best. Image under CC License from Wikipedia.
Wangari Maathai died at the age of 71 after a long struggle with cancer.
Kenya's Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai has died in Nairobi while undergoing cancer treatment.
Wangari Maathai Africa's first female Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and founder of the Green Belt Movement passed away this weekend. in African WomenEnvironmentKenyaObituaryWomen making a difference. by Sokari on September 26 2011. In her honour let us continue to plant trees plant seeds of life plant.
She was also part of the jury at the World Future Council Award this past week.
Professor Wangari Maathai started the Green Belt Movement in Kenya in 1977 working with women to improve their livelihoods by increasing their access to resources like firewood for cooking and clean water.
Wangari Maathai's husband ran for Parliament in the 1970s and she became involved in organizing work for the poor which eventually became a national grassroots organization providing work and improving the. She was a passionate environmentalist who founded the Green Belt Movement an organization that led the planting of trees and increased awareness.
Visionary and extraordinary woman RIP Wangari Maathai. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for promoting. Her Personal Assistant Lucy Wanjohi said.
It is with great sadness that the family of Professor Wangari Maathai announces her passing away on 26th September 2011 at the Nairobi Hospital after a prolonged and bravely borne struggle with cancer. Her loved ones were with her at the.
Kenyan Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai dies in Nairobi while undergoing cancer treatment Reuters.
NAIROBI Kenya Sep 26 Kenyan environmentalist and the 2004 Nobel Peace prize winner Wangari Muta Maathai has died while undergoing treatment at the Nairobi Hospital.