Press

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)

Videos

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