Imagine Wangari Maathai visited your school. You had a chance to talk to her.
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conversation between you and Wangari Maathai.
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Conversation between Me and Wangari Maathai
Me: Good morning Madam. It is our greatest honour and privilege to have such a great person like you in our school. We feel so proud of you.
Wangari Maathai: Oh my, thank you so much.
Me: What brings you to India Madam?
Wangari Maathai: India has always been the country of my dreams. Ever since I read about the ‘Chipko Movement’ I decided I must visit this amazing country. It has as rich a flora and fauna like my Africa.
Me: you have achieved such great feats in humanity. What has given you the energy?
Wangari Maathai: Being born a woman and watching my mother, grandmother, aunty work so hard taught me the lesson of hardship and struggle. From them I derived the energy to work on and fight for justice. I am also a great admirer of Nelson Mandela. His patience and tolerance gave me the inspiration and endurance.
Me: why did you give away your Nobel Prize money.
Wangari Maathai: Just as your Nobel Laureates Rabindranath Tagore and Mother Teresa had a dream and they fulfilled their dream with the money. I too accomplished my dream with the Nobel Prize money.
Me: Thank you so much for being here and sharing your valuable time with us.
Wangari Maathai: Thank you.
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TV News Reader: Our corresponding reports from the Koko Village? What is the situation there? How do you find the village? What are the people around saying?
TV Reporter: Here the situation is Horrible. We find many people in the beds being sick. The people are in need of help.
TV News Reader: Is the Enormous heap of identical drums there? Where is it located?
TV Reporter: Yes, the drums are still there. They are in a clearing 100m away from the village, next to a stream, that the villagers get their drinking water from.
TV News Reader: Do you find the symbols on those chemical drums?
TV Reporter: Yes, sull and crossbones symbol is clearly visible on each which indicates Danger.
TV News Reader: How many years ago were the drums unloaded and who unloaded?
TV Reporter: Here, the people said that they were unloaded five years ago and many big lorries came and unloaded them.
TV News Reader: How do they come to know that the drums contain Poisonous chemicals?
TV Reporter: Thomas Agonyo, one of the brighest boys in the village who started universityin Lagos found out this problem.
TV News Reader: Did you talk to him?
TV Reporter: Yes, I talked to him. He said that they had come from China and due to this chemical pollution 20 people have already died until now. Lots of children are sick. They have been in pain, terrible pain before death.
TV News Reader: Did you inquire anybody else in the village?
TV Reporter: Yes, I inquired Mr. Gopal whose elder brother died because of this chemical pollution.
TV News Reader: What did they want to do now? Is there any chance to vacate the village and to go to another place?
TV Reporter: They have no choice as they are poor and they have No money to buy land.
TV News Reader: So what do they want to do?
TV Reporter: They finally concluded that the mountain of Death in the clearing is their neighbour.
TV News Reader: OK! Thank You for your report.
TV Reporter: Thanks!
TV News Reader: I request all the authorities concerned to respond positively at least now and to find out the solution for their problem.