After reading an article about the high rate of HIV/AIDS infection in Monaco, Princess Stephanie took action and has made it her mission to inform others about the disease through her foundation Fight Aids Monaco. Although better known as the rebel Princess, Princess Stephanie works internationally to fight the disease as a UN AIDS Special Representative.  She made a rare public appearance today in Carpentras, France as President of the Monaco organization to lay the corner stone for the ‘Maison de Vie’ – literally “House of Life” in English.

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The ‘Maison de Vie,’ part of the Fight AIDS Monaco project, is being built to house people suffering from HIV/AIDS and is scheduled to be completed and functional within a year. The site will include two buildings with ample ground space for gardens and walking trails.   The addition will add living space for 28 adults and children to complement the Fight AIDS Monaco’s large office complex located at Villa Pasteur, 11 Bd Charles III in Monaco.

Audio of Radio Monaco interviews with the Princess on the topic are available here.

Information on Princess Stephanie’s current work with Fight Aids Monaco can be found in this thread.

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HRH Princess Caroline of Hanover and her sister HSH Princess Stephanie of Monaco, in their roles as President of AMADE and Fight Aids Monaco respectively, renewed the 2008 agreement between the organizations to assist AIDS orphans in Burundi.  The signing took place during the 46th Annual AMADE Assembly in Monaco which took place April 2 and 3 and included a benefit dinner in the Empire Room of the Hotel de Paris on April 2.

AMADE, (Association mondiale des Amis de l’Enfance) was founded in 1963 by Princess Grace of Monaco to help children throughout the world. HRH Princess Caroline was elected to the Presidency in 1993.  Fight Aids Monaco, began in 2004 from two smaller organizations after Princess Stephanie became alarmed about the high rate of AIDS infection in Monaco.

Today’s agreement continues an ambitious three year work agreement that continues to support both organization’s goals to help more than 830,000 Burundi orphans with basic services like medical care and prevention campaigns.

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