Missions

Humanitarian work

1996:   Humanitarian mission with Nelson Mandela, Pretoria, South Africa

1999:   UNICEF humanitarian mission, Bolivia

2000:   UNICEF humanitarian mission, Algeria

2005:   UNESCO Humanitarian honour bestowed by secretary-general

2006:   UNAIDS mission to Mozambique

2006:   March: founded AMOR (Aide Mondiale Orphelins Reconfort) to reduce maternal mortality and help orphans and children worldwide through health care and education, especially in Africa.

2009:   15 April: opened first AMOR maternity hospital in Kasese, Malawi with HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco.

2009:   27 April: appointed first Ambassador for Institut Pasteur (where the AIDS virus was first identified) Paris, France.

2010:   8 March: appointed Humanitarian Ambassador for the European Union to combat poverty and social exclusion, Brussels, Belgium.

2010:   November: Speaker, Women’s Forum, Deauville, France.

2011:   March: Speaker, International Women’s Day on behalf of refugees in Iraq.

2012:   June: further address at Villepinte, France, on behalf of Iraqi refugees.

2013:   Appointed Honorary Consul of Malawi to Monaco

2014:   speaker on ‘Audacity’, Cité de la Réussite, La Sorbonne, Paris, France.

2015:   Official partnership with AMOR and Monaco Princely Government

2015:   Joint project for girls school with the Vatican

2016: 7 January: officially appointed as a UN Women Global champion for Planet 50-50 by 2030

Visiting and meeting with Armando Guebuza, President of the Republique of Mozambique

Concrete help given through AMOR

2007:   Collegio Infantil: orphanage providing practical help to mothers and orphaned children, Beira, Mozambique.

2009:   First maternity hospital in Malawi in Kasese in association with Lifeline Malawi

2010:   Mobile outreach clinics established in Malawi

2012:   Nandumbo eye clinic established, Nanthomba, Malawi

2013:   22 tonnes of medical and paediatric equipment sent to Malawi

2013:   Second maternity hospital in Malawi in Zomba

2014:   First school in Malawi, Nanthomba Primary School, opened in Liwonde in association with Help Malawi

2014:   12 cartons of medical equipment delivered to Queen Elizabeth Hospital , Blantyre Malawi

2014:   Exchange partnership and training programme with Princess Grace Hospital and AMOR 

2014:   Third maternity hospital in Malawi in Machinga

Recent TV and other media

2010:   ‘La Belle Humanitaire’ 52 minute documentary, France Television

2011:   Autobiography, ‘Beauty as a Weapon’ published, Michel Lafon, Paris, France

2013:   Sky News report from London, UK

2013:   Monaco television special report from Africa

2013:   Sky News report from Monaco

2013:   CCTV China, Special Report

2014:   Monaco television special report from Monaco

2014:   CNN special report, live from London, UK

2014:   ‘Arise Africa’ TV special report, live from London, UK

2014:   TVC News Live Africa special report

2014:   CCTV China , Special report Newshour

2015:   “Monaco Television special report”

2009 Ambassador Pasteur Institut

2010 Ambassador European Union for Humanitarian Causes

International Woman's Day speech

With Bernadette Chirac

​​At the European Commission