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Empowering Community Health Workers in Mali

Up until 2008, the lack of quality health services in Mopti had resulted in a particularly high incidence of maternal and newborn death. In response, AKF helped establish a number of cases de santé, built by the villagers, with the assistance of the Foundation, which supplied the architect and master mason. These health huts, staffed by community health workers trained by AKF, certified by the Ministry of Health and paid for by the community, have had an immediate positive impact: no maternal deaths and only one newborn death have been reported since 2008. Photo Credit: Lucas Cuervo Moura/AKDN

The Aga Khan Foundation is partnering with Human Network International (HNi) to implement a four-year project entitled “Strengthening the ‘Soins Essentiels dans la Communauté’ Strategy Project (SECPro).” The project is funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), complemented by funds from the Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. and contributions of airtime from Orange, the […]

Chitral Child Survival Program

Pre-natal care training through Chitral Child Survival Program

In the isolated Chitral district of northern Pakistan, the Chitral Child Survival Program (2008–2014) addressed the remote area’s high infant and maternal mortality rates by increasing access to obstetric and neonatal care to vulnerable communities. Project-trained community midwives saved lives by providing previously unavailable skilled pre-natal, delivery and post-partum care. They supplied key information to […]

Economic and Social Connections: Multi-Input Area Development for Tajikistan

Villagers working together on a new irrigation canal in Vazgulam Valley, Tajikistan

The Aga Khan Foundation USA and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have launched a new type of partnership that mobilizes public and private sector capital to catalyze enterprise-driven development programs, which harness the combined strengths of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in Afghanistan in 2013, and now in Tajikistan. This brief […]

Economic and Social Connections in Tajikistan

Villagers working together on a new irrigation canal in Vazgulam Valley, Tajikistan

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Building Economic and Social Connections in Tajikistan through Integrated Development The Aga Khan Foundation and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) have launched a new Global Development Alliance (GDA) entitled Economic and Social Connections: A Multi-Input Area Development Financing Facility for Tajikistan (ESCoMIAD). Through integrated development, the Alliance promotes improved quality of life for people living […]

Impact Investing

Little girl recovers in Pakistan's Aga Khan University Hospital

The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) has decades of experience in mobilizing investment capital with long-term social impact − what is known as Impact Investing.  For more than 50 years the Aga Khan Development Network has financed critical economic infrastructure across the developing world including banks, airlines, agro-processing plants, and media enterprises. The profits from these social […]

Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Growth

Women at Khorog Market in Tajikistan

The Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) has joined with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Growth (SMEG) for Central Asia. The one-year, $1 million grant builds on previous investments by donors and the private sector in Central Asia. Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) are crucial for Central Asia’s economic growth but they […]

Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture in Mali

Woman selling produce in Mali

Two programs focused on helping farmers in Mali improve their production and cope with climate change will provide more than $1 million to support improved and environmentally sustainable agricultural techniques. As part of a larger program funded by U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), complemented by funds from the Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A., the programs for Aga Khan Foundation –Mali (AKF […]

Facilitating Farmers’ Access to Markets in Mali

Field training course that is part of the Aga Khan Foundation and USDA supported Mopti Coordinated Area Development Program in Mali

Mopti Coordinated Area Development Program Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A., with funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and its Food for Progress Program, supports the Mopti Coordinated Area Development Program, now in its third phase. The program aims to improve the quality of life for people living in Mali’s central Mopti region, a remote area near the […]

Building Green in Pakistan

A family using their new environmentally friendly stove in Pakistan

Green Building Solutions to Health and Economic Problems Internationally recognized by the World Bank and the World Habitat Award, the Building and Construction Improvement Program (BACIP) tackles social economic problems in Pakistan with environmentally friendly solutions. With a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, BACIP has introduced 60 different household improvements and technologies to […]

MozaCaju Supports Farmers and Cashew Processors in Mozambique

A proud cashew farmer in Mozambique

The Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) entered into an agreement with TechnoServe for a three-year project in Mozambique that will help an estimated 29,500 smallholder cashew farmers and processors increase their productivity and competitiveness, and reduce poverty in the country. The $3.2 million program, with funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), will: 1) train farmers in methods that […]