Today Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize winner, was laid to rest in Kenya. The BBC stated:

A state funeral for Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai has taken place at a Kenyan national park she fought to save.

Mrs Maathai, whose Green Belt Movement planted an estimated 45 million trees in Kenya, died last month of cancer.

Thousands of mourners lined the route of the procession to the funeral in Uhuru National Park in Nairobi.

President Mwai Kibaki praised her courage, tenacity and “selfless service to the nation”.

Mrs Maathai, who died on 25 September, was the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, in 2004. She won the award for her campaigns to promote conservation, women’s rights and transparent government.

Maathai’s legacy is a blessing for us all.