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Honoring a Visionary Leader: NAD and AfIA Remembers Wangari Maathai

"I just have something inside me that tells me that there is a problem, and I have got to do something about it."- Wangari Maathai

NAD and AfIA mourns the loss but celebrates the life of our great friend,visionary and sister, Professor Wangari Maathai, who passed away in Nairobi at the age of 71.

"NAD and AfIA is greatly saddened by the passing away of Wangari Maathai, and our heartfelt condolences go out to her family. We've known her as the founder of the Green Belt Movement, a women-driven grassroots reforestation and sustainable development movement. Her actions and courage will live on in all of our hearts to be passed on to future generations who will carry on her work." – David Ndiwanyu, CEO/Founder NAD & AfIA

"Her leadership, brilliance, devotion and passion will live on in a powerful legacy for the environmental and women's movements,for the world, and for future generations. For those of us lucky enough to knowher - even a little bit, even for mere moments - she will continue to guide our activism, fuel our determination, and inspire us to achieve more. She changed so many lives, including mine, and I will miss her."

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