Wangari Muta Maathai (Pix: abww.wordpress.com) |
"Professor Maathai’s departure is untimely and a very great loss to all who
knew her—as a mother, relative, co-worker, colleague, role model, and heroine;
or who admired her determination to make the world a more peaceful, healthier,
and better place."
Prof. Wangari Muta Maathai started the Green Belt Movement in 1977, working
with women to improve their livelihoods by increasing their access to resources
like firewood for cooking and clean water. She became a great advocate for
better management of natural resources and for sustainability, equity, and
justice. A synopsis of her life and work can be read here.
Prof. Maathai leaves her three children—Waweru, Wanjira, and Muta—and a
granddaughter, Ruth Wangari. They are truly very grateful for all the prayers
and support they have received.
"Further information on how Prof’s life will be celebrated, where to share
memories and condolences, and how to join us to build her legacy for
generations to come will be provided shortly," The Green Belt Movement International concluded.
- The African Press Organization mourns the death of Wangari Maathaï
In another brief statement the Africa Press Organisation (APO) said "It is with great sadness that the African Press Organization learns about the
death of Mrs. Wangari Maathaï.
Wangari Maathaï, first African women to receive the Nobel peace prize,
contributed to the dissemination of the African voice across the world."
APO noted it had been honored to relay her message of
peace through her various positions on account of the International Criminal
Court, the Rotary International, or yet again via Nobel Women Initiative.
“I wish, on behalf of the African Press Organization, and on my personal
behalf, to extend my sincere condolences to her daughter Wanjira Mathaï, to her
personal Assistant Lucy Wanjohi, as well as to all the members of staff of
Green Belt Movement International”, declared, on Monday, the Secretary General
of the African Press Organization, Mr. Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard.
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