Media
Media Releases
- Two young Vietnamese to learn trade under leading Australian Designer
- Media Release – 27 May 2008
- Lifestart to assist disabled in Vietnam
- Media Release – 03 December 2007
- The Lifestart Foundation Annual Charity Auction and Fundraiser
- Media Release – 13 July 2007
- RMIT Students to Design Housing for Street Kids in Vietnam
- Media Release – 25 June 2007
- Music Teacher Realises a Dream in Central Vietnam
- Media Release – 29 June 2006
Television Interviews
ABC 7.30 Report – Music teachers magnificent obsession (7MB)The ABC 7.30 Report went to air on the 03 August 2006
VNTV Report (Vietnamese Language)
Audio Interviews
- Karen Leonard interviewed by Jon Faine on Radio 774′s Conversation Hour
- ABC Radio 774- 28 February 2008NB. To get straight to Karen’s part of the interview move the audio scroller to 19:00
Press Interviews
- Tuoi Tre Online, 10 January 2011
- Giáng sinh tháng bảy” vì Việt Nam
- Tuoi Tre Online, 01 August 2009
- Marelyn cycles for Lifestart
- Fairfax Community News, 27 August 2008
- Bike Ride that gets life off to great start
- The Courier, Ballarat, 24 June 2008
- Among the frocks, a fresh start
- The Age – 25 July 2008
- Fashioning a future (PDF 700kb)
- Moonee Valley Leader Newspaper – 16 June 2008
- I Believe I can Fly
- The Age/METRO, 4 March 2008
- A Design Class in Helping Others
- The Age, 3 September 2007
- Success lives up to its name
- The Navy’s Newsletter “Gangway”, 18 May 2007
- The Village Voice
- The Herald Sun – Tuesday, January 23, 2007
- Expat Tales
- Herald Sun, Sunday Magazine October, 2006
- Laying the Foundations (PDF 300Kb)
- The Age – Saturday, August 21, 2006
- Karen’s Other World (PDF 400Kb)
- The Herald Sun – Saturday, August 19, 2006
- Tuoi Tre – Saigon newspaper
- Link to the Saigon website – 29 September 2006
- It happened to me (2MB)
- That’s Life Magazine – 28 July 2006
- Help orphans
- Moonee Valley Leader – July 18, 2005
- Patron of poor builds a future
- Star – 28 June 2005
- Karen gives Viets a start
- The Times – 2005
- Reaching out from comfort
- THE AGE – 23 December 2004
- Vietnam visit inspires charity
- Moonee Valley Leader – July 26, 2004
- Christmas pledge aids Viet children
- Moonee Valley Community News – July 20, 2004
- Lifestart for Vietnam’s kids
- Star – Tuesday 29 June 2004
- Kick-starting Thanh’s life
- The Times – 2004





