Fatima Jibrell
Fatima Jibrell (* around 1950 in Somalia ) is a Somali environmentalist, founder of the environmental and development organization Horn Relief and recipient of the Goldman Environmental Prize 2002 and the Champions of Earth Award 2014.
biography
Fatima Jibrell grew up in Somalia and later went to the USA , where she completed her education. She is a US citizen.
In the early 1990s she returned to Somalia to set up the Horn Relief organization (now Adeso). This campaigns against overfishing and pollution of the coast, against desertification and especially against the trade and export of charcoal , which endangers the country's last tree populations. In 2000, Jibrell and her colleagues succeeded in getting local clan leaders to ban charcoal exports from their homeland. In order to reduce the local coal consumption, Horn Relief propagates the use of solar cookers.
Fatima Jibrell is also the coordinator of the Resource Management Somali Network and a member of the Women's Coalition for Peace .
Web links
- Goldman Environmental Prize for Fatima Jibrell (Engl.)
- Interview with Fatima Jibrell (Engl.)
- Adeso, African Developement Solutions (Eng.)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jibrell, Fatima |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Somali environmentalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Somalia |