M’mudzi wina womangidwa pamatero a phiri la Kenya Kum’mawa kwa Africa, kamtsikana kakang’ono kamagwira nchito m’munda ndi amai ake.Dzina lake anali Wangari.
In a village on the slopes of Mount Kenya in East Africa, a little girl worked in the fields with her mother. Her name was Wangari.
Her favourite time of day was just after sunset. When it got too dark to see the plants, Wangari knew it was time to go home.
She would follow the narrow paths through the fields, crossing rivers as she went.
Wangari anali mwana wocenjera kwambiri ndipo anali wofunitsitsa kupita kusukulu kukaphunzira. Koma makolo ake sanafune kuti kamtsikana aka kaphunzire koma kazikhala pa nyumba ndi kugwira ncthito. Pamene Wangari anali ndi zaka 7, mukulu wake wamwamuna anagonjetsa makolo awo pokambirana kuti Wangari apite kusukulu akaphunzire.
Wangari was a clever child and couldn’t wait to go to school. But her mother and father wanted her to stay and help them at home.
When she was seven years old, her big brother persuaded her parents to let her go to school.
Wangari anakonda kuphunzira kwambiri motero kuti anaphunzira kopitirira kupyolera mkuwerenga mabuku osiyana-siyana. Ndipo anakhoza kwambiri pa sukulu motero kuti anapeza umwayi wokaphunzira ku dziko lakutali la United States of America. Wangari anasangalala kwambiri cifukwa anali kufunitsitsa kudziwa zambiri zapa dziko lapansi.
She liked to learn! Wangari learnt more and more with every book she read. She did so well at school that she was invited to study in the United States of America.
Wangari was excited! She wanted to know more about the world.
Wangari anaphunzira zinthu zambiri pamene anali pa American Univeziti. Anaphunzira pa zomera ndi mumene zimakulira. Zimenezi zinamukumbutsa mumene anali kusewerera ndi abale ake mthunzi ya mitengo mthengo laku-dziko lokongola la Kenya.
At the American university Wangari learnt many new things. She studied plants and how they grow. And she remembered how she grew: playing games with her brothers in the shade of the trees in the beautiful Kenyan forests.
Pamene anali kuphunzira tsiku ndi tsiku anazindikira kuti akonda anthu akwao ku Kenya. Anali kufuna kuti anthu kudziko limeneli tsiku lina akapate ufulu ndi mtendere. Ndipo anayewa dziko lakwao pamene anapitiriza ndi maphunziro. Ake kwakanthawi.
The more she learnt, the more she realised that she loved the people of Kenya. She wanted them to be happy and free.
The more she learnt, the more she remembered her African home.
Anabwerera kudziko lakwao ku Kenya pamane anamaliza maphunziro ake ndipo nthawi imeneyi dziko la Kenya linali litasintha. Mapulazi akuluakulu anatenga malo ochuluka. Azimai anali kusowa kotheba nkhuni cifukwa mitengo kunalibe. Anthu anali osauka ndipo ana anali kuoneka anjala.
When she had finished her studies, she returned to Kenya. But her country had changed. Huge farms stretched across the land. Women had no wood to make cooking fires. The people were poor and the children were hungry.
Wangari anali kudziwa cofunika kucita kuti athetsa mabvuto amenewa: anaphunzitsa azimai kubzyala mitengo kucokera kumbewu. Azimai amenewa anayamba kugulitsa mitengo zao zitakula ndikupeza ndalama zosamalira ma banja awo. Cifukwa cacimenechi azimai anakhala wokondwera kwambiri ndi Wangari amene anawa thandiza kuti akhale ndi mphanvu komanso olimba.
Wangari knew what to do. She taught the women how to plant trees from seeds. The women sold the trees and used the money to look after their families. The women were very happy. Wangari had helped them to feel powerful and strong.
Patapita zaka zambiri, mitengo imene inabzyalidwa ija, inakula ndi ku panga thengo. Mitsinje inayambanso kukhala ndi madzi. Mbiri ya Wangari inafika ponseponse mu Africa. Lerolino, mitengo yamitundu-mitundu mamiryoni tirkuonayi inacokera ku mbewu ya Wangari.
As time passed, the new trees grew into forests, and the rivers started flowing again. Wangari’s message spread across Africa. Today, millions of trees have grown from Wangari’s seeds.
Wangari had worked hard. People all over the world took notice, and gave her a famous prize. It is called the Nobel Peace Prize, and she was the first African woman ever to receive it.
Wangari anamwalira mu caka ca 2011, koma timamukumbukira tikamaona mtengo wokongola uliwonse mthengo.
Wangari died in 2011, but we can think of her every time we see a beautiful tree.
