SOCAP12 and a New Market for Social Investment

Just weeks after the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 and as trillions of dollars disappeared from global capital markets,... View Article

New Ideas from Rural India: Growing Food without Land

This post was originally published on InterAction as part of a series in recognition of the UN’s International Day for... View Article

Cross-Border Education Bridges Communities in Central Asia

In May 2012, Natalie Ross, AKF USA’s Program Associate for Civil Society and Youth, visited the Cross-Border Vocational Education in... View Article

CEO Notes: Diasporas and Philanthropy

Dr. Mirza Jahani is Chief Executive Officer of Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. I recently attended the Global Diaspora Forum, hosted... View Article

A Relationship Blooms at the Social Capital Markets Conference

The Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) is proud to be a Community Partner for this year’s SOCAP12 Conference in... View Article

Girls’ Forum Saves Dropout Girls in Kenya

Girls in Malindi District, halfway up Kenya’s coast, face much steeper obstacles than boys in getting a primary education. Girls... View Article

Inspired by Kyrgyz Program, Texas Youths Give Back and Promote Reading

Zanir Habib, a high school sophomore in Euless, Texas, has actively volunteered with Partnership Walk in Dallas for several years, but... View Article

Measuring Impact for Investment in Social Development: Can Metrics Help Alleviate Poverty?

Last month two members of the Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA)’s Impact Investment team attended theAspen Network of Development... View Article

Reading for Children – From Asia to Africa

During a visit to the Aga Khan Foundation USA office, Kathy Bartlett and Caroline Arnold, co-directors of Education for Aga... View Article

Let’s Be the Change We Want to See: Child Survival Call to Action

Every year 7.6 million children worldwide die before their fifth birthday from easily preventable causes.  Half of these deaths occur... View Article