A Day in the Life: Teachers Foster Skills and Values in Young Learners

Our next installment in A Day in the Life of Our Communities comes from the island of Zanzibar in Tanzania. ... View Article

Reading to Learn and the Teachers who Make it Work

This blog is adapted from a conversation with Alex Alubisia, Chief of Party of the Education for Marginalized Children in... View Article

CEO Notes: Governance and Reaching the Poorest in Fragile States

At the annual conference of the Society for International Development’s Washington chapter, Dr. Mirza Jahani, CEO of Aga Khan Foundation... View Article

Partnering for a Better Future in Wakhan

On July 12, the Washington Post published an article about Afghanistan’s Wakhan district, saying that despite the large influx of... View Article

A Day in the Life: Growing Social Entrepreneurship

The next installment in A Day in the Life of Our Communities comes from the Kyrgyz Republic.  Meder Usupbekov is... View Article

A Story of Giving

Madeeha Ansari, a graduate student at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, worked with the Listening Program this summer. She posted... View Article

A Day in the Life: Growing Food Security in Mozambique

Next, in our series, A Day in the Life of Our Communities is the story of Sulu, who starts work... View Article

A Day in the Life: Pamir Energy Turns Lights on for Mountain Families, Businesses and Schools

This week we launch a new series, A Day in the Life of Our Communities, with the story of Mayram... View Article

Spotlight on AKF USA Fellows: Big Challenges and Amazing Work

For awhile I was the only one at Table #9. I enjoy arriving early to conferences to get a good... View Article

The Building Blocks of Community Philanthropy: Assets, Capacity, Trust

“The power dynamics are shifting,” noted Rebecca Masisak, CEO of Tech Soup Global, speaking of momentum for community-led development. So while... View Article