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(VIDEO) Own Your Beauty: What We've Learned

8/30/11 9:54pm by Karen Walrond
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Smiling Woman

A year ago, we began our journey here on Own Your Beauty; as with all good things, we have come to our end.  Read more >

Seven Tips for Better Photography This Summer

8/27/11 6:04pm by Karen Walrond
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Bubbles

[Editor's note: Here's a post from last year by Karen Walrond of Chookooloonks and Own Your Beauty -- they're such good tips from such an amazing photographer that I had to re-feature them in this Month of Photo Tips. -- Julie]  Read more >

Poverty and Promise in Kibera

7/29/11 12:47pm by Karen Walrond
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Kibera slum

Today, we visited Kibera, a huge slum located in Nairobi, and the largest slum in Kenya. In preparation for this trip, I did considerable online research about Kibera, and much of the information that I found was contradictory: I heard that Kibera is the second-largest slum in Africa, and third-largest in the world, but I'm not sure if either of those statistics are true. I've read information that states the population of Kibera is 250,000, but I've also read that it tops 1,000,000 people, so who knows what the real number is.  Read more >

How Kenyan Women Are Decreasing Infant Mortality

7/27/11 8:32am by Karen Walrond
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Kenya Villagers

After a first full day of learning about home healthcare visits and HIV testing, day 2 of our trip to Kisumu was dedicated to learning about maternal and newborn health in Kenya.  Read more >

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Full Name
Karen
Member Since
January 2006
About Me: 
I'm a writer, photographer and author living 
in the Houston area.  
You can see my work at Chookooloonks.
And you can buy my book, The Beauty of Different.
BlogHer Conference '06: 
I attended
BlogHer Conference '08: 
I attended
BlogHer Conference '09: 
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