Wangari Maathai, a Kenyan woman, planted trees to help save the environment in Africa. She started the Green Belt Movement, which first assisted thousands of women in Kenya to plant trees. Women in other countries in Africa took notice, and they too started planting trees. In 2004 Wangari Maathai became the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
Highlights
The Tree Woman of Africa
Justin Thiel
People & Places
|Vocabulary|Social-Emotional Learning|helpers|Rights and Responsibilities|Africa|Greek Roots and Latin Roots|biography|community|trees|Phrasing|democracy|Irregular Verbs|environment|Nobel Prize|Accuracy|Point of View|plants|SEL|Problem and Solution
VLL
5
1,106
B2
English
9781792254208
Wangari Maathai, a Kenyan woman, planted trees to help save the environment in Africa. She started the Green Belt Movement, which first assisted thousands of women in Kenya to plant trees. Women in other countries in Africa took notice, and they too started planting trees. In 2004 Wangari Maathai became the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
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