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OUR SPORTS AND ENVIRONMENT AMBASSADORS

1.Lorna Kiplagat is Green Africa Foundation’s Goodwill Ambassador on Enivironment. Since 2008, she has promoted Green Practices in each place she has visited and events she has participated in. Green Africa Foundation’s vision is to see a Green World that is safe, clean and healthy to live in.

Biography:

Lornah Kiplagat (born 1 May 1974) is a Dutch long-distance runner. She was born in Kabiemit, Kenya and came to the Netherlands in 1999. She gained Dutch citizenship in 2003 and has run for the Netherlands since. She is specialized not only in road running; she also runs track. She currently holds the world records at the distances 5000 meters on the road, 10 Mile, 20,000 meters on the road, and half marathon.

She was the first woman to win both the Falmouth Road Race and the Peachtree Road Race. As of 2006 she is still the only woman to achieve this, but she achieved it three times in a row (2000, 2001 and 2002) and a fourth time in 2005 as well. Among her other achievements are the Amsterdam Marathon, the Rotterdam Marathon, the Osaka Marathon and the Los Angeles Marathon.

2.Edwin Moses is Green Africa Foundation’s Goodwill Ambassdor on Sports and Environment to the US.

He has pledged to plant 500 trees in Kenya and support the Foundation’s Sports and Environment initiatives

Biography:

Edwin Corley Moses (born August 31, 1955) is an American track and field athlete who won gold medals in the 400 metre hurdles at the 1976 and 1984 Olympics. Between 1977 and 1987, Moses won 107 consecutive finals (122 consecutive races) and set the world record in his event four times. In addition to his running, Moses was also an innovative reformer in the areas of Olympic eligibility and drug testing. In 2000, he was elected the first Chairman of the Laureus World Sports Academy, an international service organization of world class athletes.

In May 2009, the University Of Massachusetts Boston conferred upon Dr. Edwin Moses the degree of Doctor of Science (Sc.D) Honoris Causa for his efforts to maintain the integrity of Olympic sports and for his use of sports as a tool for positive social change. The University of Massachusetts citation reads: "Edwin Moses will receive the degree of Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa, for his outstanding contributions as a three-time Olympic track and field medalist, champion of drug-free athletics, motivational speaker and chairman of the Laureus World Sports Academy, an organisation that promotes sporting activities for youth worldwide for the purpose of social change. The Laureus Sport for Good Foundation maintains and finances more than 70 projects in 38 countries.

3.Nabalayi Khameme