Kimberley Walsh, Pop star and actress

Kimberley Walsh is a pop star and actress who burst on to the scene with the girl group Girls Aloud. She recently travelled to eastern Uganda to visit a project called MIFUMI to see how money raised through Red Nose Day is helping girls and women to escape a life of violence and lift themselves out of poverty.

Girls allowed: empowering women in Uganda

Kimberley Walsh, Pop star and actress, 13 August 2013 - Africa, Development Debates, Girls & Women

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