Visiting Pakistan and the Experience of the Child Survival Program

Pakistan is in our thoughts this week as the country recovers from a devastating earthquake in western Baluchistan province. The... View Article

A Day in the Life: Women’s Savings Groups and Helping Families Handle Emergencies

Our concluding installment in A Day in the Life of Our Communities comes in an evening gathering of a women’s... View Article

Aga Khan University and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Sign Agreement for Hospital Expansion in Pakistan

KARACHI, PAKISTAN, JULY 18, 2013 – The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. Government’s development finance institution, today signed a... View Article

The Value of an Education in One Life, and Many

This fall, to promote the Partnership Walk in San Antonio, Dr. Shazli Malik joined Waheeda Kara, Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) volunteer,... View Article

Changes in Mountain Economies and Societies

This blog is excerpted from a conversation with Abdul Malik, General Manager of the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) in Pakistan. He... View Article

In Pakistan, Community Savings Groups Save Lives

During my recent trip to Chitral (the northernmost District of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province) I met Aisha, who showed me... View Article

Zainab delivers more than babies to her Pakistani community

I spent most of September in Pakistan, facilitating the midterm evaluation of our Chitral Child Survival Program. The first half... View Article

Update on AKDN’s Efforts for Flood Relief in Pakistan

“Once you get outside of Karachi, Sindh is incredibly flat and you get such a feeling of vastness just driving... View Article