Moira Kelly (31 January 1964) is an Australian humanitarian worker.
She is the legal guardian of four orphaned children: Trishna and Krishna Bangladeshi conjoined twins (since separated with surgery), and Iraqi-born Emmanuelle and Ahmed Mustafa who were found in a shoe box in a park.
Emmanuelle tells his story and sings on the XFactor in this video (warning: get tissues before watching, seriously):
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2012-05-11
Posted in Profiles & Bios
Guest blog post by Brenda Slavin.
Why do we hold ourselves hostage to rules that don’t really even exist? Day after day we play out conforming to rules that we ourselves have created which only hold us back.
Some of these “rules” have been instilled into us. Not only by our upbringing and influences, also by our society and the media. We follow them habitually never giving much thought to if they make sense to what is right for us as individuals.
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2012-05-07
Posted in AWR Guest Blogs
If you are at first lonely, be patient. If you’ve not been alone much, or if when you were, you weren’t okay with it, then just wait.
You’ll find it’s fine to be alone once you’re embracing it.
We could start with the acceptable places, the bathroom, the coffee shop, the library. Where you can stall and read the paper, where you can get your caffeine fix and sit and stay there.
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2012-05-04
Posted in Poetry & Prose
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2012-05-04
Posted in Pearls of Wisdom
Susan notes: Barely concious, unable to speak, and in excruciating pain after having had sulphuric acid thrown in her face, 25-year-old model and TV presenter Katie Piper wrote a two-word note to her mother in 2008. "Kill me," it said.
Two years later, Piper created a foundation to help burn victims, is leading a full and happy life and is an inspiration to all whom she meets.
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2012-04-28
Posted in Women Worldwide