Lee Karen Stow has reported on humanitarian issues over the past 20 years. Her articles have appeared in the UK’s leading publications, including The Times and Geographical Magazine. Of particular note is her Times feature on the brick kiln donkeys of Cairo and the children who work them. Lee also reported in The Times on the 15 years which followed the uprisings in Romania. Geographical Magazine carried her report on Malawi’s 800,000 children orphaned by HIV/Aids, malaria and poverty.

More recently her work has taken her to Freetown, Sierra Leone where she is empowering women to tell their stories through photography. Her numerous articles on a variety of humanitarian issues demonstrate her passion to tell the stories making us aware of those facing incredible challenges in order to survive daily.

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