Press

• Sự đồng hành hiệu quả của các tổ chức phi chính phủ ở Quảng Nam – Báo Quảng Nam, 11 July 2021
• Quang Nam disadvantaged students get e-bikes – Viet Nam News, 25 June 2021
• Lifestart Foundation donates e-bikes to disadvantaged students in Quang Nam – The Saigon Times, 23 June 2021
• Học sinh Quảng Nam được tặng xe đạp điện – Saigon Tiếp thị, 22 June 2021
• Scholarship Programs Supporting Disadvantaged Students – Viet Nam News, 24 June 2020
• Scholarship Programs Supporting Disadvantaged Students – VNExplorer, 24 June 2020
• Tặng Nhu Yếu Phẩm Cho Trẻ Mồ Côi – Tuoi Tre, Mien Trung 24 Gio Qua, 18 June 2020
• Trao Quà Cho Trẻ Em Có Hoàn Cảnh Khó Khăn Tại Chùa Quang Châu, Đà Nẵng – 15 June 2020
• Gần 50 Triệu Đồng Viện Trợ Cho Trẻ Em Tại Chùa Quang Châu – Cong An Da Nang, 2 June 2020
• Quà Ngày Thiếu Nhi Cho Trẻ Em Nghèo Quảng Nam – Sai Gon Tiep Thi Online, 2 June 2020
• Tặng Nhu Yếu Phẩm Cho Học Sinh Khó Khăn Quảng Nam – Tuoi Tre, Mien Trung 24 Gio Qua, 1 June 2020
• Rural IT Education in Central Vietnamese Province – Tuoi Tre News, 2 December 2018
• Tài Trợ Máy Tính Cho Học Sinh Nông Thôn Quảng Nam – Tien Phong, 1 December 2019
• Trao Máy Vi Tính Cho 2 Trường THCS ở Điện Bàn – Quang Nam Online, 1 December 2019
• Charities Provide Scholarships, Bkes For VN Kids
  – Viet Nam News, 16 May 2017
• Charity Ride Along Vietnam’s Central Coast
  Raises $22,500 For Needy Students
  – Tuoi Tre News, 3 May 2017
• Help for Quang Nam’s Needy
  – Viet Nam News, 17 September 2015
• Lifestart Foundation Workshop (PDF)
  – Vietnam Heritage, June 2013
• A New Challenge (PDF)
  – Physiotherapy Inmotion, May 2013
• Chuyện của Sinh (Sinh’s Story)
  – Tạp Chí Gia Đình, May 2013
• Lifestart Foundation Workshop
  – Tuoi Tre Online, 10 January 2011
• “Giáng Sinh Tháng Bảy” Vì Việt Nam
  – Tuoi Tre Online, 01 August 2009
• 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)
  – 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, 23 January 2007
• Expat Tales
  – Herald Sun, Sunday Magazine, October 2006
• Laying The Foundations (PDF)
  – The Age, 21 August 2006
• Karen’s Other World (PDF)
  – The Herald Sun, 19 August 2006
• Tuoi Tre
  – Saigon Newspaper, 29 September 2006
• It Happened To Me (PDF)
  – That’s Life Magazine, 28 July 2006
• Help Orphans
  – Moonee Valley Leader, 18 July 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, 26 July 2004
• Christmas Pledge Aids Viet Children
  – Moonee Valley Community News, 20 July 2004
• Lifestart For Vietnam’s Kids
  – Star, 29 June 2004
• Kick-Starting Thanh’s Life
  – The Times, 2004

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

Audio Interviews

Karen Leonard interviewed by Jon Faine on Radio 774’s Conversation Hour
– ABC Radio 774- 28 February 2008 (begins at 19:00)

August 2015
Tripvid is a place where wanderlusters can discover and share their passion for food, fashion and fun, and where people and cultures all over the world connect through video.

November 2015
Karen Leonard Interview | LifeStart Foundation

October 2014
A documentary in Vietnamese made by VTV3 about the Lifestart Foundation Free Disability Center

Video by VTV4
Karen Leonard – Chắp cánh ước mơ những mảnh đời bất hạnh

July 2012
ANTV Lifestart Foundation
Thank you to Linh Chau for providing English subtitling

August 2006
ABC 7.30 Report – Music teachers magnificent obsession