Anne Bemmo, AIC Coordinator for Africa, and Agnès Dandois, Treasurer of AIC Solidarité, recently visited AIC-Madagascar to discover the association’s activities. In a country suffering from a lack of infrastructure and a difficult climate, the volunteers do all they can to fight against poverty and strengthen the level of education of the population. AIC-Madagascar was […]

Thanks to all the AIC volunteers who sent their activities in the field of sustainable development. We were very happy to receive 19 projects from 12 different countries on 4 continents. And the winners are: BRAZIL, Curitiba: Community Vegetable Garden – The objective is to rehabilitate empty land used by criminals for illicit trafficking to […]

Is it possible to change our perspective on human migration and see it as an opportunity for everyone, and not as a danger? Around sixty NGOs in official partnership with UNESCO, including AIC, supported by experts, reflected on this question on 26th and 27th September in Tunis at the 9th International Forum of NGOs. The […]

With blankets, pillows, cuddly toys and bathrobes about 60 volunteers from CKD/AIC-Germany in the archdiocese of Paderborn settled on their beds in front of the Paderborn town hall in a protest action aiming to draw attention to the housing shortage in Germany. The association, which has around 17,000 volunteers in the archdiocese, calls for significantly […]

AIC International is an ECOSOC-recognized Catholic NGO at the UN.  At the UN in New York, for nearly two decades we have fought the feminization of poverty with a small group of volunteer representatives.  For anyone who has engaged in this work, it is obvious that one cannot keep pace with the proliferation of ubiquitous […]

AIC training: A Latin American initiative to train Lay Spiritual Advisors to accompany groups of AIC volunteers. From 19th-21st March, 63 people from 16 countries (45 AIC volunteers, 13 Daughters of Charity and 5 Priests from the Congregation of the Mission) had the chance to participate in the AIC Training Seminar on the theme “Accompanying […]

Chantal Crépey, volunteer and former National President of AIC-France, has just published a biography of our founder: “Saint Vincent de Paul, un génie de la charité” (Salvator, 2017) to mark our 400th anniversary. The book recounts St Vincent’s life and spirituality and explains how AIC was born, its action with and for women and its […]

A Malagasy orphan, formerly welcomed at an AIC centre, has received the highest honors for her Master thesis. A wonderful example of resilience and empowerment through education! In 1989, the young Georgina was an orphan and her future wasn’t looking bright. But that year, her life changed when the AIC volunteers welcomed her at the […]

AIC – International Association of Charities – is a network of 150,000 local volunteers, mainly women, who work in their local communities to combat poverty in 53 countries in Africa, Latin America, Asia, Europe and the United States. At the moment, there are over 13,000 activities underway in 53 countries, in Africa, Latin America, Asia, Europe and the USA. […]

AIC volunteers are constantly called to prove their inventiveness: in order to respond to new forms of poverty, to meet new challenges and to continuously improve their work on behalf of the most disadvantaged, notably by seeking to value their strengths, encourage their participation in the activities underway and adapt to their needs and requests. […]