Sunkissed Mommy Awareness: Liya Kebede

Liya Kebede-UN General Assembly

Model Liya Kebede is part of the new movement to prevent global maternal-mortality. It is hard to believe that things we take for granted such as soap, clean linens, and quality healthcare can cause a woman to die in childbirth. I recently came across an article where Liya Kebede discussed this issue and why it is so important to her.

She says:

“As a mother and an Ethiopian woman, this issue hits close to home. I gave birth to my two beautiful children in New York City with access to some of the world’s best health care. In Ethiopia, as in most developing countries, most women give birth alone without access to basic health supplies or trained assistance. And by the way, no other health disparity in the world is so stark; virtually every woman who dies giving birth lives in a poor country. Preventing those deaths does not require a miracle vaccine or years of research—all it requires is soap, clean sheets, and trained birth attendants.”

For more from the article click HERE.

Get Involved. How to Help: The Liya Kebede Foundation works to reduce maternal, newborn, and child mortality around the world.

Liya Kebede is an internationally recognized supermodel, actress, designer, maternal-health advocate and mother. She is the founder of the Liya Kebede Foundation, a goodwill ambassador for the World Health Organization’s maternal and child health program, a champion of the Partnership for an HIV-Free Generation, and an advisory board member for the Mothers Day Every Day campaign.

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