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. […]
AIC has members in 53 countries on 4 continents. Its members are the national associations, which bring together the local groups of volunteers from the same country. The network is made up of more than 5100 local groups of volunteers across the world. Every 3 years, the National Presidents of the member associations meet at […]
As a civil society organisation, AIC takes part in global networks where it contributes to and helps coordinate the efforts of public and private bodies. Through its presence in these institutions, AIC keeps abreast of international thinking in its areas of competence and receives information so it can continue to develop its own skills. Through […]
The Jubilee Year (8/12/2016 – 10/12/2017) gave every national and local AIC group a chance to celebrate our 400th anniversary together, with all the volunteers, all the most disadvantaged people and everyone else with whom we work and who supports us in our services. This year was also an opportunity to renew our commitment to […]
Four days of spiritual retreat were organised in August so that 400 years on, Vincentians could relive together the exact dates of St Vincent’s call to action in Chatillon and the remittance of the First Rule to the newly formed Ladies of Charity. There were around 40 of us, members of AIC from Great Britain, […]
Dear brothers and sisters, On the occasion of the fourth centenary of the charism that gave birth to your Family, I would like to extend my words of gratitude and encouragement and to emphasize the value and relevance of Saint Vincent de Paul today. He was always progressing, open to seeking God and himself. Grace […]
In 2014, the AIC group in Saint Valéry-en-Caux, Normandy, France, launched a twinning with the AIC group in Circasia, Colombia. Ties are being weaved across the continents, a window has been opened on the world. The AIC Circasia group initiated the project “Voices of Peace and Liberty” in an underprivileged community where violence reigns. To […]
For AIC it was a “first” to have volunteers staying with local residents during an International Assembly. Many AIC volunteers commented how impressed they were by the warm welcome they received and how touched they were by the many exchanges they had, sometimes despite a language barrier: “Staying in French homes, we experienced such generous, […]
