Founder of AMOR Association (Aide Mondiale Orphelins Réconfort), supermodel and actress, ambassador of the Pasteur Institute, Tasha de Vasconcelos was born in Beira, in Mozambique. At only 8 years old, Tasha had to face the cruelty of the civil war and revolution, which tore her country apart, followed just five years later by that of Rhodesia – now Zimbabwe – where they had fled. At 13 she and her family moved first to Portugal, and then on to Canada.

With a natural generosity, Tasha has always had a heart for helping and supporting others. She has been to many charity galas, but it is on the ground that she finds her true calling, her raison d’être. Like her inspiration, Audrey Hepburn, Tasha knows how to use her contacts and reputation in the cause of humanitarian concerns.

In 2006, she created her own organisation AMOR – Aide Mondiale Orphelins Réconfort supported by Prince Albert II de Monaco. She received particular support from the American actor Paul Newman.

The AMOR Association is comprised of five permanent members of the Board of Director AMOR has no paid staff members and all projects are decided by a council of administration to be agreed by the board.

AMOR’s aim is to see significant reductions in global infant and maternal mortality rates, through working both with trusted local agencies and international partners. AMOR has two particular goals: to provide medical services to mothers at risk, and appropriate care for orphans across the world.

On the 15th April 2009 Tasha opened AMOR’s first project, a maternity unit in Malawi, financed, built and equipped entirely by AMOR.

For more information about Tasha de Vasconcelos and AMOR, please visit: http://www.amorinternational.org/