Green Belt Movement | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-03

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00:05:22 1 The movement
00:05:30 1.1 Divisions, programs and structure
00:05:40 1.1.1 Divisions
00:06:02 1.1.2 Core programs
00:06:32 1.1.3 Organization structure
00:10:16 1.1.4 Areas of activity
00:13:09 2 History
00:21:46 3 Political context of women involved
00:29:32 4 Projects
00:31:20 4.1 2006
00:34:16 4.2 2007
00:38:47 4.3 2008
00:40:44 4.4 2009
00:42:33 4.5 2010
00:43:57 4.6 2011
00:46:20 4.7 2012
00:47:39 4.8 2013
00:50:44 4.9 2014
00:53:36 4.10 2015
00:57:15 5 Activism
00:59:27 5.1 2005
01:00:27 5.2 2006
01:02:27 5.3 2007
01:03:57 5.4 2008
01:04:26 5.5 2009
01:06:13 5.6 2010
01:07:18 5.7 2011
01:09:46 5.8 2012
01:10:41 5.9 2013
01:12:53 5.10 2014
01:14:55 5.11 2015
01:16:24 6 Future prospects
01:17:45 7 See also



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The Green Belt Movement (GBM) is an indigenous, grassroots, non-governmental organization based in Nairobi, Kenya that takes a holistic approach to a development by focusing on environmental conservation, community development and capacity building. Professor Wangari Maathai established the organization in 1977, under the auspices of the National Council of Women of Kenya.
According to an annual report done in 2003, ‘‘the mission of GBM is to mobilize community consciousness for self-determination, justice, equity, reduction of poverty, and environmental conservation, using trees as the entry point’’ (Green Belt Movement, 2003, p. 6).[1] The Green Belt Movement also aims at organizing women in rural Kenya to plant trees, combat deforestation, restore their main sources of fuel for cooking, generate income, and stop soil erosion. Maathai has incorporated advocacy and empowerment for women, eco-tourism, and overall economic development into the Green Belt Movement.
Since Wangari Maathai started the movement in 1977, over 51 million trees have been planted, and over 30,000 women have been trained in forestry, food processing, bee-keeping, and other trades that help them earn income while preserving their lands and resources. Communities in Kenya (both men and women) have been motivated and organized to both prevent further environmental destruction and restore that which has been damaged. The Green Belt Movement’s mission is to “mobilize community consciousness for self-determination, justice, equity, reduction of poverty, and environmental conservation, using trees as the entry point”.
Wangari Maathai, the founder of the Green Belt Movement, and was born to peasant farmers on April 1, 1940 in Nyeri, Kenya.  She grew up in rural community, called Kikuyu in Kenya, raised by her mother and father. “My parents raised me in an environment that did not give reasons for fear or uncertainty. Instead, there were many reasons to dream, to be creative, and to use my imagination. Maathai’s ﬁrst memories are of life on the farm helping her mother, working in the ﬁelds, planting, tilling, plucking, and harvesting.” Eventual,ly in the late 1940’s, Maathai was able to begin school as a young adolescent. She later went on to earning a bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences from Mount St. Scholastica College in Atchison, Kansas (1964) and a Master’s degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Pittsburgh (1966).  Then she pursued her doctoral studies in biology at the University of Nairobi, and in Germany, which led her to obtaining her Ph.D. in biology in 1971 from the University of Nairobi. Maathai was the first Eastern African woman to receive a PhD from the University College of Nairobi, and was a leader in the ecofeminist movement.
Maathis went on to serving as an active member in the National Council of Women in Kenya from 1976 to 1987.  During her time as a member she served as the chairman for several years and she began in ...