A grassroots organiser, environmentalist and women's advocate, Njehu is Executive Director of 50 Years is Enough a US based Network for Global Economic Justice. Soon she will be going back to her native Kenya to give back to her community the lessons accumulated during the 12 years she has lived in the United States.

"I am going to start Solidarity Africa, to fight for economic justice, globally, but from the epicenter of poverty, in my country Kenya."

She feels privileged that she has been able to live and work in the United States for 12 years heading one of the most formidable Networks in the world. That is about all she will say about herself. For such a public figure, Njehu is reticent about her personal life. She spouts economic policies and articulates neo-liberalism and the need for justice and equality. She says about herself: "I am just a miniscule cog in the wheel that cannot achieve anything by myself. There is no magic to me ."

Njehu is however passionate about the World Social Forum. "This is a fantastic opportunity for NGOs, civic society and others to network, build solidarity and speak with one voice, forcing the IMF and World bank to hear the cries of the people."

Social mobilization is enabling people to wrest control over their lives, Njeu says. She cites the considerable opposition to the war in Iraq. Although the war went ahead, posterity will recall that people opposed it with one voice.

Whether she ever gets disappointed, or even feels like packing it in when it would appear that governments and international institutions ignore Third World governments and poor peoples’ voices, Njeu says: "I would be very disappointed if people gave up in fatigue,"

"I have been privileged to have an education, to be able to come to the Forum to meet IMF and World bank officials and engage them in discussions. I have no business feeling weary. I am not the one breaking rocks in the scorching heat to send my children to school. I am not the one whose children are dying form preventable diseases. I can never be tired of advocating for social and economic justice. With my great privilege comes greater responsibility."

She agress that, yes, the poor will always be with us, but she says they do not need to be. "Poor people want justice and dignity. A society where they have the basics, water, education, health and shelter… a society without harassment. This will not make them necessarily rich, but it will enhance the quality of their lives."