A Dame and Countess With A Mission

Albina du Boisrouvray is a Countess with a difference. Shunning the luxuries of a jet-set lifestyle, she works today for the rehabilitation of Aids orphans. At the recent International Aids Conference in Chennai, Ranjita Biswas met her to find out more about her mission in India.

She dug into the hot curry nonchalantly. She seemed completely at ease with the crowd in the humid dining hall, mingling with doctors, researchers and members from NGOs during the recent 4th International Conference on Aids India organised by the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai. Indeed, Countess Albina du Boisrouvray seems to know more about women with HIV infection and orphaned children across the globe, from South Africa, to the backwaters of Uruguay and to the sands of Rajasthan, than many natives. Albina is the founder president of Association Francois –Xavier Bagnoud (AFXB) with its headquarters in Switzerland. At the Chennai conference, she was…