Nyaguthii Chege
Nairobi, Kenya
Climate Action
Florian Guillaume: “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
Climate Action · Co-Being · Living Legends
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