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WANGARI  MAATHAI (1940-2011)

Wangari Maathai understood how important trees are (1) _______ the future of the world ever since she was a little girl. Maathai (2) ______ up on a farm in Nyeri, in Kenya. She was very clever and studied at universities in the USA and Germany as well as in Kenya. In 1977, Maathai began a group in Kenya called the Green Belt Movement. Members of this group work hard to save her country’s forests, which are cut down by builders, farmers and people who need wood for cooking. With (3) ______ help of schoolchildren, they have planted more than 20 million trees in Kenya. Maathai took her message to (4) _____ African countries and many Africans are now following her ideas. Maathai was (5) _______ around the world for her work and won many international prizes.

Wangari Maathai understood how important trees are (1) _______ the future of the world ever since she was a little girl.