About

The Liya Kebede Foundation dedicated to Mothers and Children.

Every minute a woman dies from complications that arise during pregnancy or child birth and every minute 20 children under the age of five years die. Most of these deaths occur because of preventable or treatable conditions.

The Mission of the Liya Kebede Foundation is to reduce Maternal Newborn and Child mortality and to improve the health and well being of mothers and children around the world.

Its Goal is to provide support for Maternal Newborn and Child Health initiatives by working with not for profit, non governmental organizations and other institutions in line with the overall policies established by the World Health Organization. It also aims to increase awareness and visibility of the importance of basic medical interventions which are extremely effective in improving the health and survival of mothers and Children.

The Objectives of the Foundation are:

To promote the use of proven and simple low cost technologies to reduce maternal and child mortality.

To support the education of health care workers and to improve the quality and access to medical care for high risk and vulnerable mothers and children.

To support community based education and community projects to improve knowledge and practices of maternal and child health in order to reduce illness and mortality.

To Support the work of the WHO Goodwill Ambassador to increase the visibility of Maternal Newborn and Child Health issues globally.