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