The Face of Peace
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Wangari Maathai, 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner, seen here holding her gold Nobel medal and a diploma. She separately receives a cheque for 10 million Swedish crowns (US$1.48 million) which she has said she will use to expand her Green Belt Movement around the world.
Green Belt Movement began as a campaign she founded that has planted 30 million trees across Africa in a bid to slow deforestation.
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