In 1967, the world health community launched a global effort to eradicate smallpox. It took a coordinated, worldwide effort, required the commitment of every government, and cost $130 million dollars. By 1977, smallpox had disappeared.
Liya KebedeThe desert loves me. I love the desert. It's nice to be in the heat in Africa. I love it.
Liya KebedeThe best lesson that I've learned from my mother is that she just never accepted no for an answer and I think that's something that has stayed with me.
Liya KebedeI think, first of all, every time you want to play somebody who is real is always challenging and always scary, because you are given a responsibility of someone's real life.
Liya KebedeWhen our mothers are alive and healthy, they do extraordinary things... like the mothers of Plaza de Mayo, who marched in Argentinean plazas, defying the military junta dictatorship and demanding the whereabouts of their abducted children... or the Liberian mothers who faced down civil war armed only with T-shirts and courage.
Liya Kebede