Sophie Beau is a French humanitarian. She is the co-founder and general manager of
SOS Méditerranée
''SOS Méditerranée'' is a European, maritime-humanitarian organization for the rescue of life at sea, currently operating in the Mediterranean sea in international waters north of Libya. The organization chartered the ''Aquarius'' and more rece ...
. She lives in
Marseille
Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...
.
Biography
Sophie Beau was born in
Tours
Tours ( , ) is one of the largest cities in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Indre-et-Loire. The Communes of France, commune of Tours had 136,463 ...
.
[Une main tendue en Méditerranée]
(''tr."A helping hand in the Mediterranean"'') ''lanouvellerepublique.fr'', 14 January 2017, accessed 28 February 2023
Her father, Bertrand, is a doctor and her mother, Christiane, is the director of a neighborhood social center. They live in
Preuilly-sur-Claise
Preuilly-sur-Claise () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.
Situation
Preuilly-sur-Claise is situated at the extreme south of the Touraine at crossroad of Berry (Indre) and Poitou (Vienne) on the Claise river. The vi ...
(
Indre-et-Loire
Indre-et-Loire () is a department in west-central France named after the Indre River and Loire River
The Loire (, also ; ; oc, Léger, ; la, Liger) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it ...
) where they have set up a reception group for refugees.
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She studied anthropology and political science in Paris, and got involved in literacy activities in an African household. In ]Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali ...
, she studied the impact of migration on development projects.[Qui est vraiment Sophie Beau, cofondatrice de SOS Méditerranée?]
(''tr. "Who is Sophie Beau, co-founder of SOS Méditerranée?"'') 9 January 2021 ''www.lemonde.fr'', accessed 5 May 2021
Between 1998 and 2008 she worked for Médecins sans frontières
(MSF; pronounced ), also known as Doctors Without Borders, is a humanitarian medical non-governmental organisation (NGO) or charity of French origin known for its projects in conflict zones and in countries affected by endemic diseases. M ...
and Médecins du monde
''Médecins du monde'' (MdM; ), or Doctors of the World, is an international humanitarian organization which provides emergency and long-term medical care to the world's most vulnerable people. It also advocates to end health inequities.
It was f ...
, as project manager in the Middle East, the Maghreb, Guinea, Lebanon, Georgia, Palestine, etc. or at the head office,[ before committing to the fight against social exclusion in Marseille, for the (Fnars).][
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With SOS Méditerranée
In March 2015, she met the German merchant marine captain Klaus Vogel Klaus Vogel (1930 in Hamburg, Germany – 2007), was widely recognized as an academic expert on the aspects of international taxation, particularly on tax treaties. He is regarded as having been an authority on the interpretation of double tax trea ...
,[ with whom she launched SOS Méditerranée in May 2015;][SOS Méditerranée : Sophie Beau, la reine des mers]
(''tr. "SOS Méditerranée: Sophie Beau, queen of the seas"'') 17 December 2019 ''www.lindependant.fr'', accessed 5 May 2021 she is particularly involved in fundraising.[ Since March 2017, she has worked full time for SOS Méditerranée.][
In 2018, according to the ranking by Vanity Fair, she was one of the most influential French personalities in the world.][Les 50 Français les plus influents du monde en 2018]
(''tr. "The 50 most influential French people in the world in 2018"'') 20 November 2018 ''www.vanityfair.fr'', accessed 5 May 2021
In 2020, together with Klaus Vogel, she was recipient of an Aurora Humanitarian award.2020 Aurora Humanitarians announced
25 April 2020, ''www.aravot-en.am'', accessed 9 May 2021
References
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Living people
French humanitarians
Year of birth missing (living people)