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Based on your reading of Wangari Maathai’s interview answer the following question :
What transformation did Wangari Maathai see in people and the environment ?
Solution
The women planted trees. They sold them after five or ten years This gave them income, sense of pride and dignity. This gave them power. Besides this the landscape was transformed. Birds and rabbits came back and made the environment beautiful.
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