Association François-Xavier Bagnoud - FXB International is an international non-profit organization supporting the world’s orphans and vulnerable children left in the wake of AIDS and poverty. FXB established World AIDS Orphans Day in 2002 and has been a leader in championing the rights of vulnerable children.

Based on the principle that health and human rights are inextricably linked, FXB has worked since 1989 to protect and save the lives of hundreds of thousands of children orphaned or made vulnerable by AIDS and poverty.  FXB has nearly 100 programs in 18 countries and a staff of 400 locally recruited employees dedicated to restoring children's dignity and well-being by providing stability, health, and education.

FXB carries the name of François-Xavier Bagnoud, a helicopter pilot specialized in rescue operations, who dedicated his life to providing assistance to others. He lost his life at the age of 24 during a helicopter-borne mission in Mali. In 1989, his mother Albina du Boisrouvray, his family, and their friends founded the Association François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) in order to pursue, in the field of development, the values of generosity and compassion that guided his life. For more information about FXB, visit www.fxb.org.

Albina du Boisrouvray

Countess Albina du Boisrouvray founded World AIDS Orphans Day in order to bring everyday citizens, organizations and government leaders together to highlight and take action for AIDS orphans and the millions of vulnerable children.

Following the death of her son, François-Xavier Bagnoud in 1989, Albina du Boisrouvray sold three quarters of her personal assets and dedicated her wealth and her life to caring for AIDS orphans and vulnerable children. As Founder and Chairperson of FXB International, Albina du Boisrouvray leads nearly 100 community-based programs in 18 countries across the developing world and works with government officials, nonprofit groups and business leaders to make vulnerable children a priority in fight against AIDS and poverty.

In 1992, Albina du Boisrouvray founded the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at the Harvard School of Public Health, which focuses on the inextricable link between health and human rights, an underlying theme of FXB International and Albina du Boisrouvray’s work. Albina and FXB also founded the FXB Center at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Albina du Boisrouvray is the recipient of numerous awards in recognition of her work as an activist, philanthropist and social entrepreneur, including: Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur (Knight) by the French Government, the North-South Prize by the Council of Europe, the Life Time Achievement Award by the 4th International Conference on AIDS, as well as honors and degrees from Harvard University and University of Michigan.

Visit FXB’s website to learn more about Albina and read her speeches.