AKF’s Continued Response to COVID-19 Globally

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to be a serious global health crisis, the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) and the Aga... View Article

Celebrating the University of Central Asia’s First Graduating Class

In 2016, the University of Central Asia (UCA) opened its first undergraduate campus in Naryn, Kyrgyz Republic and welcomed the... View Article

Public-Private Partnerships for Better Patient Care

As the COVID-19 pandemic developed, medical centers around the world faced a shortage of medical equipment and supplies needed to... View Article

Planting Seeds of Change

Driving along the Kericho-Sotik highway by the Great Rift Valley in Kenya, the breath-taking landscape is full of hilly terrain,... View Article

From Empty Rooms to Holistic Classrooms

In the center of Murghab district in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO), children under five years old did not have many... View Article

Local Needs Drive COVID-19 Response

As trucks carrying food packages reached Tajikistan’s Bartang Valley in late 2020, the residents of Basid village made their way... View Article

Youth Ambassadors Draw on Global Inspiration for Local Change

On Saturday, March 20, Youth Ambassadors hosted the 2021 Youth Festival, a virtual showcase of globally inspired art, outreach, and... View Article

Running for AKF: Farzana’s Story

This spring, Farzana Kabani ran the Woodlands Marathon in Texas to raise money for AKF USA. Farzana set a goal... View Article

Improving Tajikistan’s Potato Harvest: Saidrahmonova’s Story

Every day after she wakes up, Saidrahmonova Makhfirat prays, drinks her tea, and goes to her farm.

Emerging Leaders: Building Skills through Student Councils

Nestled in the Pamir Mountains, Murghab district is on the eastern side of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO) in Tajikistan. Murghab... View Article