Maggie Borg
Maggie Borg
was a pioneering Maltese activist for environmental and social rights.
She was born in Kalkara on 14 January 1952 to Carmel and Ċettina nee' Camilleri. She was the second of their ten children, the eldest daughter. She grew up in Bormla attending the local government school, and later worked as a tourist guide while being very supportive of her close friends and younger members of the family. Her younger sister Jenny Borg spent a spell singing, including a single track released on vinyl.
After living in Naxxar and Mosta, drifting between jobs with various companies, including Good Earth, she settled down in Żebbuġ and started studying once more after a gap of more than 25 years away from school.
In 1993 she graduated with a degree in Sociology & Environmental Studies from the University of Malta. Subsequently she started teaching senior classes in her area of expertise at San Anton School. She was best known to her students as a kind, different and serene teacher who taught through her experience, especially in their ‘live-ins’.
She used to share all she had whether materialistic items or her incredibly vast knowledge on anything, from weaving wool and making her own little cottage industry, however this did not last long, as she used to give away most of her woven items, instead of selling them for a profit.
Borg was a keen member of the Greenpeace movement and also traveled to other countries campaigning causes she believed in quite strongly.
She lost her battle against cancer at the age of 52, after fighting the disease for almost ten years. She died on 3 August 2004 at the age of 52.