Fatima Jibrell

Fatima Jibrell (* around 1950 in Somalia) is a Somali environmental activist, founder of the environmental and development organization Horn Relief and winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2002.

Biography

Fatima Jibrell grew up in Somalia and went to the USA where she completed her education later. She is U.S. citizen.

At the beginning of the 1990s, she returned to Somalia to serve and build the organization Horn Relief (now Adeso ). These campaigns against overfishing and pollution of coastal, against desertification and in particular against the trade and export of charcoal, which endangers the last tree populations in the country. 2000 could reach Jibrell and her colleagues that local clan leaders of their homeland banned the export of charcoal. In order to reduce domestic coal consumption, Horn Relief promotes the use of solar cookers.

Fatima Jibrell is also coordinator of the Resource Management Somali Network ( Somali Network for Resource Management ), is the Women 's Coalition for Peace ( Coalition of Women for Peace ) to.