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Planet Ark World Environment News - in partnership with Colonial First State Oprah Winfrey And Kenyan Environmentalist Wangari Maathai During A Tree Planting & Dedication Ceremony

Date: 26-Nov-08
Country: SOUTH AFRICA
Author: Siphiwe Sibeko

Oprah Winfrey And Kenyan Environmentalist Wangari Maathai During A Tree Planting & Dedication Ceremony Photo: Siphiwe Sibeko
Photo: Siphiwe Sibeko

U.S. talk show host Oprah Winfrey (R) and Kenyan Environmentalist Wangari Maathai (L) smile after planting a tree during a Tree Planting & Dedication ceremony commemorating the two-day "Be the Change" leadership conference addressed by both women at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in Henley-on-Klip, outside Johannesburg, November 25, 2008.

The Academy's leadership conference held at the school addressed challenges facing South Africa today and the role that youth can play to "Be the Change" within their society and communities.

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