Nyaguthii Chege
Climate Action
Why Florian Guillaume recommends Nyaguthii Chege
“Carrying Wangari Maathai's vision forward is no small task. Under Chege, a founding African environmental movement stays rooted in the women and communities who do the planting.”
Nyaguthii Chege chairs the Board of Directors of The Green Belt Movement, the Kenyan environmental organisation founded by Wangari Maathai in 1977. The movement empowers rural women through tree planting, watershed restoration and civic education, linking ecological repair to community livelihoods and democratic participation. As a social sector executive, Chege helps steward Maathai's legacy, guiding the organisation's governance as it continues to mobilise grassroots networks across Kenya to d
- Place
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Recommended by
- Florian Guillaume
- Collections
- Climate Action · Co-Being · Living Legends
Kiswahili
Kuendeleza maono ya Wangari Maathai si kazi ndogo. Chini ya uongozi wa Chege, vuguvugu la mazingira la Kiafrika lililoweka misingi linabaki limekita mizizi kwa wanawake na jamii ambao ndio wanaopanda.
Nyaguthii Chege ni Mwenyekiti wa Bodi ya Wakurugenzi ya The Green Belt Movement, shirika la mazingira la Kenya lililoanzishwa na Wangari Maathai mwaka 1977. Vuguvugu hilo huwawezesha wanawake wa vijijini kupitia upandaji miti, urejeshaji wa vyanzo vya maji na elimu ya uraia, likiunganisha urekebishaji wa mazingira na riziki za jamii pamoja na ushiriki wa kidemokrasia. Akiwa kiongozi katika sekta ya kijamii, Chege husaidia kulinda urithi wa Maathai, akiongoza utawala wa shirika hilo linapoendelea kuhamasisha mitandao ya mashinani kote Kenya ili kulinda misitu, kurejesha ardhi iliyoharibika na kutetea haki ya mazingira.
