Association François-Xavier Bagnoud
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Association François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB International) is an international organization aimed at providing support for children affected by AIDS
and poverty and was founded in 1989 by Albina du Boisrouvray
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In 1989, his mother Albina du Boisrouvray
and family friends founded the Association François-Xavier Bagnoud. As a reflection of "the values of generosity and compassion that guided François’s life", the organization was created to support children affected by AIDS.
The Villages’ three-year program is marked by a gradual transfer of responsibility from the FXB counselors and nurses to the participants themselves. Financially, FXB decreases its payment of educational and medical costs from 100% in the first year to 50% by the third year. At the same time, the organization collaborates with the heads of households to develop an income generating activity.
A 2007 study of Rwanda
participants found by the end of the program 86% of families earned enough to boost them above that country's poverty level.
FXB was awarded a grant from the United States Agency for International Development
to develop 20 new FXB-Villages in Uganda
and Rwanda
in 2009.
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
and poverty and was founded in 1989 by Albina du Boisrouvray
Albina du Boisrouvray
Albina du Boisrouvray is a former journalist and film producer who has become a global philanthropist and social entrepreneur working with AIDS orphans and vulnerable children around the world. She is a grandchild of the Bolivian King of Tin, Simón Patiño, who was one of the wealthiest men in the...
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Name
FXB is named after a helicopter pilot François-Xavier Bagnoud who died in 1986 while participating as a transport pilot in the car rallye Dakar. He became the youngest professional Instrument Flight Related (IFR) airplane and helicopter pilot in Europe at age 23. Bagnoud was involved in over 300 rescue missions as part of Sion, SwitzerlandSion, Switzerland
Sion is the capital of the Swiss canton of Valais. it had a population of .Landmarks include the Basilique de Valère and Château de Tourbillon. Sion has an airfield for civilian and military use, which, because of its location in a valley, causes a reasonable amount of noise pollution. FC Sion...
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Air Glaciers
Air Glaciers is an airline based in Sion, Switzerland. It operates air taxi, air ambulance, heli-skiing, crop treatment and some scheduled services.-History:The airline was started in 1965 as an air ambulance with just one helicopter...
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In 1989, his mother Albina du Boisrouvray
Albina du Boisrouvray
Albina du Boisrouvray is a former journalist and film producer who has become a global philanthropist and social entrepreneur working with AIDS orphans and vulnerable children around the world. She is a grandchild of the Bolivian King of Tin, Simón Patiño, who was one of the wealthiest men in the...
and family friends founded the Association François-Xavier Bagnoud. As a reflection of "the values of generosity and compassion that guided François’s life", the organization was created to support children affected by AIDS.
FXB-Village
The FXB-Villages are community-based, sustainable responses to the AIDS orphans crisis and extreme poverty. Each Village supports 80-100 families, comprising approximately 500 individuals, mostly children. Over a three-year period, FXB provides communities with necessary life skills in the hope that they will become physically, financially and socially independent.The Villages’ three-year program is marked by a gradual transfer of responsibility from the FXB counselors and nurses to the participants themselves. Financially, FXB decreases its payment of educational and medical costs from 100% in the first year to 50% by the third year. At the same time, the organization collaborates with the heads of households to develop an income generating activity.
A 2007 study of Rwanda
Rwanda
Rwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
participants found by the end of the program 86% of families earned enough to boost them above that country's poverty level.
FXB was awarded a grant from the United States Agency for International Development
United States Agency for International Development
The United States Agency for International Development is the United States federal government agency primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid. President John F. Kennedy created USAID in 1961 by executive order to implement development assistance programs in the areas...
to develop 20 new FXB-Villages in Uganda
Uganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
and Rwanda
Rwanda
Rwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
in 2009.