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Marie Christina Kolo

Founder of Green'N'Kool

Marie Christina Kolo is the eco-feminist founder of Green’N’Kool NGO, where she leads ecological initiatives and builds community in urban and rural areas of Madagascar mostly with vulnerable women. She mobilises youth too through the platform she co-founded in 2015, the Indian Ocean Climate Network, a youth network that promotes and encourages youth initiatives regarding climate change in Madagascar, La Reunion and Comoros islands. In 2021, she became the coordinator and spokesperson of the Gender and Climate Justice national coalition of Madagascar and also launched a national movement fighting against rape culture. Marie Christina was one of the first Malagasy Youth delegates included in international climate negotiations within the national delegation of Madagascar at COP21. In 2020, she got the Martine Anstett International Prize on human rights as a recognition for her efforts for climate justice and women’s rights.