REMEMBERING PROF. WANGARI MAATHAI

MOI UNIVERSITY PARTNERS WITH TRANS AFRICAN CARAVAN OF HOPE

COMMEMORATION ACTIVITIES

Pan African Climate Justice Alliance,PACJA, through the Trans African Caravan of Hope is partnering with the Moi University Student Organization and the City Council of Nairobi in activities that will be conducted on Saturday,  29^th October from 9:30am to 2:00 pm within Nairobi Central Business District.

This coming Saturday has been earmarked by Moi University as their Environmental Day. The activities chosen will be in remembrance of Prof Wangari Maathai and the bid to keep her legacy alive. In attendance will be the university’s faculty who will be joined by the PACJA team, led by its continental coordinator, Mithika Mwenda among others. The activities will include:

·         Tree planting around Nairobi  Jeevanjee gardens and other areas;

·         Cleaning of Nairobi markets like the City Market and others;

·         Engage in a massive petition signing that will be tabled in Durban, South Africa to demand for our climate rights during the United Nations Framework Convention of Climate Change on the 15^th December 2011.

For more information contact PACJA at info@pacja.org