Our programs promote access to fundamental rights and strengthen communities' ability to develop.
These programs are based on two pillars: 1. the fight against the multiple causes of poverty with VillageFXB's economic and community development programs; 2. access to food security, healthcare, water, sanitation and hygiene are essential pillars for a dignified life.
1. VillageFXB economic and community development programs
Context
With over 700 million people living on less than $1.90 a day, the COVID-19 pandemic could push a further 100 million people into extreme poverty.
Report
Poverty is multidimensional. It is not simply a matter of insufficient income and resources to ensure a sustainable livelihood.
Poor people face a variety of complex challenges, such as malnutrition, lack of drinking water, limited access to education and information, disease, unhealthy housing and environments, social discrimination and exclusion, and unfavorable weather conditions.
What's the point of building a dispensary if, back home, the sick don't have drinking water? What's the point of building a school if, back home, the children don't have enough to eat? How can you devote yourself to your studies or an economic activity on an empty stomach? What's the point of giving communities the opportunity to cultivate a field if we don't also give them the means to preserve their harvest, store it and get it to market so they can sell it and get the resources they need? How can we encourage them to build up savings or use microcredit, if we don't also help them to manage them?
Poverty, hunger, disease, insalubrity, stigmatization and illiteracy form a vicious circle that is very difficult to break. FXB's DNA is based on this observation.
Our goal
To bring about lasting change in the countries where we operate in order to eradicate extreme poverty. FXB provides families with the tools to become economically and socially independent. Our success is based on the innovative model of our VillageFXB economic and community development programs, initiated in 1991.
FXB in action
Since 1991, FXB has implemented nearly 200 VillageFXB Community and Economic Development programs in twelve countries - Burundi, China, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Panama, Rwanda, Thailand and Uganda - lifting 105,000 children and adults out of extreme poverty.
With our proven, holistic and integrated approach, participants can protect and nurture their children, have a positive impact on their communities and lead dignified lives in their home countries.
2. Access to food security, health care, water, sanitation and hygiene
Context
One in nine people in the world is undernourished, and food insecurity also leads to stunted growth in millions of children. 3 out of 10 people do not have access to safe drinking water and 6 out of 10 people do not have access to improved sanitation. At least 892 million people continue to practice open defecation.
More than five million children die before their 5th birthday every year, and many regions face serious health risks, including high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality, the spread of infectious and non-communicable diseases, and poor reproductive health. In addition, 38 million people worldwide are living with HIV/AIDS.
The COVID-19 crisis is increasing extreme poverty in the most fragile countries, and risks wiping out decades of development efforts.
FXB in action
Whether through our VillageFXB or dedicated programs, our aim is to reduce inequalities and promote access to fundamental human rights such as food security, health and access to water, sanitation and hygiene. These actions also strengthen the development capacities of the communities in which we operate.
"WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DEFEAT ANY OF THE INFECTIOUS DISEASES THAT AFFLICT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES UNTIL WE HAVE WON THE BATTLE FOR DRINKING WATER, SANITATION AND BASIC HEALTHCARE". KOFI ANNAN
Our current programs
Growing vegetable gardens for self-consumption, strengthening livelihoods, providing access to adequate healthcare and improving infrastructure are all part of our work. To ensure a lasting impact, we also set up food and health education programs, HIV/AIDS and other disease prevention programs, and hygiene promotion programs to bring about changes in behavior and the adoption of good practices.