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October 8, 2004

Nobel Peace Prize for Kenyan Ecological Activist

Prof. Wangari Maathai (b.1940), founder of the Green Belt Movement(GBM) won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize for her "for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace"(www.nobelprize.org). She is the first African woman to receive the peace prize since its institution in 1901. GBM is a grassroots non-governmental organization based in Kenya that focuses on environmental conservation, community development and capacity building. GBM works in areas like tree planting/biodiversity conservation, civic & environmental education, advocacy & networking, food security, capacity building for women and girls and Green Belt Safaris. To know more, go to http://www.greenbeltmovement.org/index.htm