FXB is an international organization aimed at providing support for children affected by AIDS and poverty and was founded in 1989 by Albina du Boisrouvray. The story of FXB started in 1986, when Albina du Boisrouvray’s only son François-Xavier, a rescue pilot, was killed in a tragic helicopter accident when he was just 24. This life-changing loss prompted Albina to dedicate her life to champion the cause of the tens of millions of vulnerable women and children left in the wake of the devastating AIDS pandemic. In 1989, Albina give away most of what she had to found the FXB Foundation and FXB International in honor of François-Xavier.

FXB Foundation
The FXB Foundation has invested in many of the things that fascinated François-Xavier and inspired his life: a love of the Valais and the Alpine region where he worked, a fascination with flight and space, his academic studies and the promotion of human rights and public health around the world.

FXB International: the NGO
When they started out in 1989, a time when microcredit was seen as the en vogue solution to global poverty, the organisation felt that the extreme poor would never be able to provide a sufficient return to repay loans, and therefore FXB pioneered its own solution, the FXBVillage program.

This holistic approach was designed to simultaneously address the five drivers of extreme poverty over a three-year period: the lack of healthcare; housing; education; nutrition and business. The key innovation was helping individuals set up their own businesses with a seed grant provided by the organisation which would enable self-sufficiency over the long term.

Over the last 25 years, FXB International has developed 150 FXBVillage programs in Burundi, China, Colombia, DRC, India, Rwanda, Thailand and Uganda - helping more than 75,000 people out of extreme poverty. Moreover, 17 million adults and children have benefited from the presence of FXB in their communitiy through sustainable community development, infrastructure rehabilitation, education, prevention, awareness and access to water and sanitation.