Thanks once again to the awesome David JR for sending us this great video he shot of Rooney attending a charity gala for Kenya, hosted by her organization Faces of Kibera and several other charities benefiting the people of Kenya. To help the cause, there is an auction happening right now where you can bid on some amazing items, all the while helping the cause. Be sure to take a look!

Below is the video of Rooney and her fellow champions of Kenya talking about their respective charities and experiences.

138 x Screen Captures – 05.26.10: 1st Annual Kenya Charity Gala

A great new in-depth feature on Rooney has surfaced (including a new portrait picture, click thumbnail on left to see full size), and instead of focusing on her impressive rising film career, it goes into great detail on her other passion: her charity Faces of Kibera.

Important to highlight is the Faces of Kibera eBay auction currently taking place, which features tons of amazing one-of-a-kind sports and entertainment memorabilia, with all proceeds benefitting the charity.

A face of caring
By Chris Serico

Once reluctant to pursue the career that made her older sister, Kate Mara, a movie star, actress Rooney Mara never hesitated to follow a calling that often takes her 7,337 miles from her native Bedford.

In just her early 20s, Rooney Mara is the founder of a charity that benefits young orphans in Kibera, an African slum of about 1 million people living in 1 square mile of Nairobi, Kenya. And through Sunday, her online auction of sports- and entertainment-themed rarities will raise thousands more dollars to help build and support a facility on land she bought for Faces of Kibera.

”I went there, one of the last times I was there, in my pigtails, and bought 6 acres of land,“ she says with a wide smile. ”It was crazy.“

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