Phyllis Omido

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Phyllis Omido

Phyllis Omido (* 1978 ) is a Kenyan environmental activist and writer.

Life

Omido studied business administration. She first worked in the administration of a recycling plant in Owino Uhuru , a slum in Mombasa. Their son was born around 2009 and was soon to be diagnosed with lead poisoning.

Environmental commitment

Omido began her environmental commitment with the knowledge of a disease-causing effect of her breast milk on her child, caused by her work; thereupon she called together other women with the same fate and fought for the closure of a metal hut in Mombasa, the exhaust fumes of which led to the pollution of the surrounding area. In 2015 she was awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for her commitment .

plant

  • Phyllis Omido, Andrea C. Hoffmann: The anger of a mother. The story of the African Erin Brockovich Europa Verlag 2019 Munich.

Individual evidence

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  1. ↑ a b https://www.daserste.de/information/wissen-kultur/ttt/sendung/ttt-22092019-phyllis-omido-100.html
  2. ↑ a b https://www.oeko.de/e-paper/rohstoffe-gewinnung-verarbeitung-recycling/artikel/wir-mussten-lange-fuer-das-eingestaendnis-kaempfen-dass-die-bevoelkerung-vergiftet-wurde /
  3. ↑ a b https://www.geo.de/natur/oekologie/11088-bstr-die-umwelt-oscars-iegen/152690-img-phyllis-omido-kenia
personal data
SURNAME Omido, Phyllis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Kenyan environmental activist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1978