Hollywood actress and founder the non-profit organization
Faces of Kibera, Rooney Mara has teamed with a jewellery company to make a necklace for
charity. KORA - a Los Angeles and East Africa-based jewellery company - has
created the recycled cow bone and brass piece, which is being sold to benefit
Rooney’s favourite charity Uweza. They aim to abolish poverty in the Kibera slums.
“I’m thrilled to work with KORA to help raise awareness of
Uweza, an organisation that does such good work and that I’m proud to be a part
of,” said Rooney.
The 26-year-old actress famed for her role in The Girl With
The Dragon Tattoo star has been working with the non-profit for years and has
visited the troubled slums of the region help.
Uweza Aid Foundation was
created because of the resiliency and ingenuity of Kenyans working to better
their communities, without any external assistance. By providing community
members the resources to implement their own ideas, Uweza believes that the
impact of their work will be sustainable and valued by those reached. Their main aim is to fight the cycle of
poverty that persists in Kenya's Kibera slum.
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