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 ...

My name is Wangari Maathai. In my country of Kenya ... When I was 11 years old, I went to a Catholic boarding school. The teachers there taught me two truly important things.

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Wangari Maathai's daughter Wanjra Mathai Kenyan environmentalist and activist Wanjira ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero has immortalised award-winning conservationist Wangari ...

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 ...

Wangari Maathai, a human rights advocate and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, started a movement to plant more than 30 million trees and generate nearly 1 million jobs. Amid cuts to federal funding, US ...