Showing posts with label kenya. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kenya. Show all posts

Sunday, May 22, 2011

3 Videos: Kristin Cavallari & Jay Cutler Behind The Scenes in Kenya and Watch Kristin Dish On The Non- Reality Of The Hills



We all got to know Kristin Cavallari on MTV’s reality show “Laguna Beach.” After that show ended she moved on to “The Hills” and is now working on many other things.
A lot of times reality stars get a bad rep for being manufactured or for “having it easy.” We asked Kristin to share her opinion on this topic and what she says might be surprising. She shares quite an interesting story about an incident with Stephanie Pratt.



5 Things You Don’t Know About Kristin (Did you know she auditioned for “Glee”?!?)



Behind the Scenes as Kristin Cavallari and fiancee Jay Cutler spend time in Kenya with One Kid One World.
Click here to see photos of Kristin & Jay in Kenya
Click here to see photos of Kristin & Jay helping the kids with their penpal letters at the Daniel Freeman elementary school

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~Kelli at Hills Freak

Friday, April 15, 2011

From The Hills to the African desert: Kristin Cavallari & Jay Cutler take a charitable trip to Kenya


The Hills' Kristin Cavallari has swapped her glamorous L.A lifestyle to lend her hand to charity.
Using her star power, the 24-year-old reality star travelled to Africa last month with her NFL boyfriend Jay Cutler, 27, for her charity, One Kid World.
Her trip to Kenya was to rebuild two different schools, bring school supplies,
In recently released pictures of the philanthropic trip, Jay and Kristin are seen connecting with African children at the school.
The touching images show the couple interacting with the youths and working hard at the important task at hand.
Kristin spent most of the time distributing specially made packs with supplies in the classrooms at the school.


She handed out envelopes and letter writing materials, so the African children could write to other kids at a Los Angeles school.
She also stopped to chat with the youths who happily smiled and posed with the reality star.
The stunning images showed a gentle side to the reality star, who is known for her boisterous persona.
Dressed in a grey 'Charity One World' t-shirt, a simple pair of cargo pants and a pair of sneakers, Kristin was beaming throughout the day.
Before she left for the trip, Kristin tweeted to her fans about how excited she was to help.


'So excited for kenya with my charity @onekidworld@' she wrote.
Since becoming a more well-known name, Kristin has been using her star power to help a number of causes.
Her other charitable deeds include appearing in the 'Until There's a Cure' public service advertising campaign to raise awareness and funds for AIDS and HIV research and vaccine development.
She also appeared in campaigns for PETA, and as a celebrity spokesperson for 'We Are Ellis Island', a campaign for the restoration of historic buildings on Ellis Island.


In February 2009, she posed for the NOH8 Campaign in support of gay marriage.
Throughout most of her time at the African school, Kristin had her Chicago Bears quarterback beau Jay at her side, who was also busy chatting with the children.
Kristin and Jay were later given tokens of appreciation by members of a Kenyan tribe.
The charitable overseas jaunt is just another sign that the couple's relationship is going from strength to strength.


Based in Los Angeles, Kristin spends an increasing amount of time in the windy city to be close to Jay.
They met in August last year and became inseparable almost instantly.
Back in January, while celebrating her birthday, Kristin revealed that the pair are very much in love.
'I'm just enjoying my personal life and taking a little time away from the public eye, which is why Chicago is great for me,' she told People Magazine at the time.
'My mom and that whole side of the family is there. And Jay is there. It's nice to be able to hang out with my mom, and, you know, I'm in love and it's been great.'



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~Kelli at Hills Freak

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Kristin Cavallari & Jay Cutler's Trip to Kenya


excerpt of an article by Sean Jensen
Oftentimes, wrapped up in the busyness of one’s own life, a person’s perspective might need to be reset.
That happened constantly during Bears quarterback Jay Cutler’s two-week trip last month to Kenya with the non-profit OneKid OneWorld , including on a visit to the small town of Wamba in the Rift Valley that had been without water for 2½ months. Locals are forced to travel long distances — often by walking — to get the precious resource, and many get sick from drinking contaminated water.
‘‘It cost us $300 to provide for water for a few months,’’ Cutler said before pausing for a moment.
‘‘After all the turmoil we go through here, everyone thinks we have so many problems. But to see what they have to deal with and to see how grateful they are to have water is just amazing.’’
‘‘I’ve never been to Africa,’’ Cutler said. ‘‘You see it on TV, but until you’re there and you see it with your own eyes, you have no idea.
‘‘It was an amazing experience to see what they have to go through. It puts a lot of things in perspective for you.’’
Toward the end of the 2010 season, Cutler talked to his girlfriend, Kristin Cavallari, about the trip to Kenya with OneKid OneWorld. But he didn’t get serious until he headed to Los Angeles after the Bears’ season ended in the NFC title game at Soldier Field.


Established in 2006, OneKid OneWorld is a modest but growing non-profit that’s proud to have funneled 95 percent of the $450,000 it has raised to benefit students and teachers in El Salvador and Kenya.
Cutler marveled at the spirit of the students he interacted with, and he marveled at the challenges they face in even going to class because of family obligations.
‘‘They have 1,000 reasons not to go to school,’’ Cutler said. ‘‘But you could tell how grateful they were for the opportunity.’’
Cutler and Cavallari encouraged students to pursue any career they desired, played assorted sports with them and painted classrooms and murals.
Cutler is torn about his approach toward community relations. Fiercely private, he would prefer to donate his money and his time without fanfare or media coverage, as he did when he handed out Christmas gifts to patients at the University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital in December.
But he also recognizes the importance of raising funds and awareness, particularly because he has the Jay Cutler Foundation, which is dedicated to underprivileged children and those suffering from diabetes.


‘‘I want to give back as much as possible,’’ Cutler said. ‘‘I understand you want to bring as much publicity as possible; that’s how you raise money. At the same time, you have to do it for the right reasons.”
OneKid OneWorld isn’t trying to attach itself to any and every celebrity, but it welcomes the support of Cavallari and Cutler.
‘For us, we do what we do,’’ said Tracy McCubbin, the co-executive director of OneKid OneWorld. ‘‘We will do it whether there are celebrities or not. But they were there, and I will start crying if I start to talk about what kind of impact they can have.”
credit - Sean Jensen @ suntimes.com
~Kelli at Hills Freak