Wangari Maathai was a Kenyan environmental and political activist who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004, making her the first African woman to win the prize. She founded the Green Belt Movement in 1977 to promote environmental conservation and empowerment of women by having them plant trees. Through her activism, she fought against corruption and advocated for democracy and sustainable development in Kenya. She received numerous awards for her environmental and political work before passing away from cancer in 2011.

1. WANGARI MUTA MAATHAI
Manuel Alejandro Moreno Cano
Daniel Navarro Acemel
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2. Wangari Maathai: INTRODUCTION
• Wangari (1940-2011) was a Kenyan environmental
and political activist.
• She received the Nobel Peace Price and she was
the first african woman to receive it

3. Wangari Maathai: HER LIFE 1
• She was born on 1 April 1940, in ‘Lhithe’, a central
village of Kenya.
• Maathai was a Kikuyu member ( Kikuyu group was
an ethnic group)
• She received the scholarship and years after she
got a master’s degree in biology

4. Wangari Maathai: HER LIFE 2
• She also granted Doctorate of Anatomy from the
University College of Nairobi .
• A few years later, Mathai led the Department
of Veterinary Anatomy at the University of Naibori

5. Wangari Maathai: ACTIVISM
• She founded the GREEN BELT MOVEMENT in
1977.
• She went to prison several times.
• Maathai wanted an end to corruption and the
freedom to vote to different political parties.

6. Wangari Maathai: Nobel Prize
• She was awarded the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize for
her "contribution to sustainable development,
democracy and peace“
• She became the first African woman, and the first
environmentalist, to win the prize.

7. Wangari Maathai: Achievements
• She saved Nairobi’s Uhuru Park stopping the
construction of a tourist resort there.
• She has been mentioned Minister since 2003 to
2011
• In 2005 she was chosen as the president of African
Union's Economic, Social and Cultural Council

8. Wangari Maathai: Awards
1984: Right Livelihood Award
1991: Goldman Environmental Prize
1991: Africa Prize
1993: Edinburgh Medal
2004: Petra Kelly Prize
2004: Sophie Prize
2004: Nobel Peace Prize

9. Wangari Maathai: Death
• A cancer killed Wangari Maathai on September
2011.
• Lots of women have been influenced and
encouraged to manifest after Maathai’s example.

10. "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."