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LIYA KEBEDE (ETHIOPIA)

Friday August 26 2011

LIYA KEBEDE (ETHIOPIA)
Liya Kebede is a beauty with brains, being not only an Ethiopian model but also an advocate of maternal health , a clothing designer and an actress. Since 2005, Kebede has served as the WHO’s Ambassador for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health. She didn’t stop there; she created the Liya Kebede Foundation to provide women with access to life-saving health care and also advocates for policy makers and governments to invest in mothers’ lives. Even in her clothing line Kebede continues to “give back” to her Ethiopian roots. Her “Lemlem” clothing line, was created to help preserve the art of traditional weaving in Ethiopia and to offer work opportunities to local women.

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