write a character sketch of wangari maathai

Wangari Maathai is a renowned environmentalist from Africa. She is the first woman of Africa to won the Nobel Peace Prize. Her career subtly reflects the sense of responsibility she feels toward environment and her fellow citizens. She dedicated her life to help African people get an easy access to their basic requirements. She made them realise that it is their responsibility to protect the environment and its resources because all their needs are related to environment only. Her personality shows the rarely available determination to help people gain not only basic amenities but also dignity, self respect and autonomy.