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FXB International, abbreviated FXB, is named after François-Xavier Bagnoud, a helicopter search-and-rescue pilot who died in 1986 while serving as a transport pilot in Mali during the [[Dakar Rally|Paris-Dakar rally]]. 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, Switzerland]]'s [[Air Glaciers]].<ref name=guardian1>{{cite web| access-date=26 October 2015| title=How a determined French countess helps Burma's Aids orphans| author=Mark Honigsbaum| date=17 March 2012| publisher=The Guardian| url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/mar/18/burma-fxb-aids-charity-trafficking-boisrouvray}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=About:François-Xavier Bagnoud|url=http://www.fxb.org/mission/francois-xavier-bagnoud/|publisher=FXB International|accessdate=4 October 2011}}</ref> |
FXB International, abbreviated FXB, is named after François-Xavier Bagnoud, a helicopter search-and-rescue pilot who died in 1986 while serving as a transport pilot in Mali during the [[Dakar Rally|Paris-Dakar rally]]. 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, Switzerland]]'s [[Air Glaciers]].<ref name=guardian1>{{cite web| access-date=26 October 2015| title=How a determined French countess helps Burma's Aids orphans| author=Mark Honigsbaum| date=17 March 2012| publisher=The Guardian| url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/mar/18/burma-fxb-aids-charity-trafficking-boisrouvray}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=About:François-Xavier Bagnoud|url=http://www.fxb.org/mission/francois-xavier-bagnoud/|publisher=FXB International|accessdate=4 October 2011}}</ref> |
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In 1989, along with the help of family and friends, [[Albina du Boisrouvray]] founded both the FXB Foundation and FXB International and in honor of her late son.<ref>{{cite web| access-date=30 October 2015| title=Albina Du Boisrouvray: FXB International| date=4 November 2014| publisher=Business Matters Magazine| url=http://www.bmmagazine.co.uk/entrepreneur-interviews/profiles/countess-albina-du-boisrouvray-fxb-foundation/}}</ref> In order to finance the operations of both the foundation and NGO, du Boisrouvray sold off three quarters of her business holdings, as well as paintings, pre-Colombian gold and silver objects, and her country home near Paris, raising $100 million.<ref name="forbes">{{cite news|last=Bahree|first=Megha|title=It Takes a Business|url=http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0608/060-charity-microenterprise-aids-it-takes-a-business.html|publisher=Forbes|accessdate=4 October 2011|date=20 May 2009}}</ref> |
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Through the FXB Foundation, du Boisrouvray put $50 million into charities and programs: an at home palliative care program for the terminally ill in Switzerland, a rescue helicopter control center in the Alps, a center for health and human rights at Harvard University and a professorship at the University of Michigan, her son's alma mater. With the other half of the funds generated, du Boisrouvray founded FXB International. As a reflection of "the values of generosity and compassion that guided François's life", the organization was initially created to support children affected by [[AIDS]].<ref name="forbes"/> |
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==FXB International (NGO)== |
==FXB International (NGO)== |
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| Abbreviation | FXB |
|---|---|
| Named after | François-Xavier Bagnoud |
| Formation | 1989 |
| Founder | Albina du Boisrouvray |
Region | International |
Association François-Xavier Bagnoud, also known as FXB International, is an international development organization aimed at providing support for communities affected by AIDS and poverty. The organization was founded in 1989 by Albina du Boisrouvray. FXB International operates as a non-governmental organization (NGO) that offers support in over 18 countries.
History
FXB International, abbreviated FXB, is named after François-Xavier Bagnoud, a helicopter search-and-rescue pilot who died in 1986 while serving as a transport pilot in Mali during the Paris-Dakar rally. 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, Switzerland's Air Glaciers.[1][2]
In 1989, along with the help of family and friends, Albina du Boisrouvray founded both the FXB Foundation and FXB International and in honor of her late son.[3] In order to finance the operations of both the foundation and NGO, du Boisrouvray sold off three quarters of her business holdings, as well as paintings, pre-Colombian gold and silver objects, and her country home near Paris, raising $100 million.[4]
Through the FXB Foundation, du Boisrouvray put $50 million into charities and programs: an at home palliative care program for the terminally ill in Switzerland, a rescue helicopter control center in the Alps, a center for health and human rights at Harvard University and a professorship at the University of Michigan, her son's alma mater. With the other half of the funds generated, du Boisrouvray founded FXB International. As a reflection of "the values of generosity and compassion that guided François's life", the organization was initially created to support children affected by AIDS.[4]
FXB International (NGO)
In November 1989, Albina du Boisrouvray and FXB, in partnership with Médecins du Monde (Doctors of the World), successfully lobbied the United Nations in to adopt the Convention on the Rights of the Child in November 1989 by organizing a symbolic sailing voyage, retracing the former slave route with 15 children of different ethnicities.[1]
In 1991, working with a group of Thai activists, Albina du Boisrouvray and Médecins du Monde freed several dozen underage sex workers, including eight HIV-positive Burmese girls from a brothel in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Du Boisrouvray then discovered other girls were being trafficked to brothels in Ranong in western Thailand near the south tip of Burma. She informed Saisuree Chutikul, a Thai cabinet minister, who in turn instructed Thai police to raid the brothels. This raid freed 270 women, including 95 Burmese sex workers, half of whom were HIV-positive. In order to ensure the group’s safety and guarantee that they would receive medical and psychosocial support, du Boisrouvray traveled to Burma.[1][5]
In 1993, FXB established a presence in Myanmar, one of the few Western organizations to support AIDS projects in the country at the time,[6] following on earlier FXB clinics and village projects in Thailand, Uganda, Burundi, among others. In 1996, FXB received consultative status from the United Nations Economic and Social Council.[7]
FXBVillage Methodology
In 1990, FXB started its work by aiding children whose parents had died of AIDS.[8] FXB broadened its work from supporting children impacted by AIDS to also include all families needing support to emerge from extreme poverty and become self-sufficient through the FXBVillage methodology.[9] Founded in 1991 by Albina du Boisrouvray, the FXBVillage methodology is a community-based, sustainable approach to overcoming the AIDS orphans crisis and extreme poverty.
Each FXBVillage 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 FXBVillages’ 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.[4]
FXB was awarded a grant from the United States Agency for International Development to develop 20 new FXBVillages in Uganda and Rwanda in 2009.[10]
References
- ^ a b c Mark Honigsbaum (17 March 2012). "How a determined French countess helps Burma's Aids orphans". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- ^ "About:François-Xavier Bagnoud". FXB International. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ^ "Albina Du Boisrouvray: FXB International". Business Matters Magazine. 4 November 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ a b c Bahree, Megha (20 May 2009). "It Takes a Business". Forbes. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ^ Mark Magnier (7 April 2013). "French countess is key advocate for AIDS patients in Myanmar". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ Philip Shenon (11 March 1994). "Yangon Journal; AIDS Onslaught Breaches the Burmese Citadel". New York Times. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ "List Non-Governmental Organisations in Consultative Status". City University London. August 2003. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ "Woman Turns Her Nightmare into a Dream for Others". VOA News. 14 June 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ Lisa Anderson (11 December 2014). "End poverty? Sometimes it really may take a village". Reuters. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ "USAID/Rwanda: Highlight of the Week". US AID. Retrieved 4 October 2011.