Working in the field for over than 20 years, SIF is now active in more than twenty countries, mainly in three sectors: water and sanitation, food security, and childhood. Teams of employees and volunteers working for SIF also play an active role in France, fighting against exclusion and insecurity by various means.

Alongside its operational aid activities, SIF has developed an ability to advocate in order to bear witness and to alert the international community about the living conditions of the most vulnerable. The aim is to give greater impact and meaning to its action on the ground by tackling the root causes of the neediness of civilian populations.