LO: To learn about the life of Mama Miti
and the impact she has had on her
country.
SC: I can recall facts about Mama Miti
I can recall why she won the Nobel
Peace Prize
Wangari Muta Maathai was the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. That was in
2004.
The Nobel Peace Prize is the most prominent award given to any person who has worked to
encourage peace among countries or groups of people anywhere in the world.
She started the Green Belt Movement to combat deforestation of Kenya. She wants peaceful
coexistence of people and nature and battles people who want to make money from cutting
down trees. She has been arrested many times and put in prison for what she believes.
In 1976 Wangari Maathai introduced the idea of planting trees for peace to Kenyan citizens.
Since then the Green Belt Movement has planted more than thirty million trees in Kenya and
other African countries. The trees prevent soil erosion, filter water and air, and provide
firewood and food and timber for shelters.
Can you create a fact file about
Mama Miti.
Where did she grow up?
What did she start and why?
What difference did it make?
What did she get awarded with?