Nairobi, Feb. 28 -- Mariam Al Jaajaa, 37, arrived in Nairobi to attend the 6th session of the UN Environment Assembly (Unea-6).

But she saw this as an environment to send a message to President William Ruto: Palestine, her home, needs his voice to bring peace.

Mariam was born and raised in Gaza City in the Gaza Strip. So when she packed her bags for Nairobi on Sunday, she knew she was leaving behind a country under constant bombardment from Israel.

On Monday, she led a silent protest as Unea-6 began at the UN Complex in Gigiri, Nairobi.

In an interview with the Nation, she said all she wanted was for President Ruto, a man she sees as a climate champion for Africa and the global South, to lend them his voice.

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