What is AIC ?

  • An international non-governmental organisation (INGO)
  • An association which is composed mainly of women and organised on a world level, with more than 250,000 volunteers in more than 6,000 local teams in 50 countries
  • Founded by St Vincent de Paul in 1617
    - to fight all forms of poverty and injustice
    - to give women an active role in society, recognised in a spirit of mutual support
  • Established throughout the world in Africa, Latin America, Asia, Europe and the USA
  • It harnesses people’s energy and enthusiasm and develops social co-responsibility around an innovative project, firmly fixed in local reality, making disadvantaged people and those excluded from society partners in their own social reintegration.