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

Rising to the Challenge: UCA Equips Youth to Address Local and Global Issues

As Hangoma went about her sophomore year at the University of Central Asia’s (UCA) campus in Khorog, Tajikistan, life changed... View Article

Making Masks for Rural Communities in Tajikistan

Roziyamo Kabirova lives in a remote village in the scenic Wakhan Valley, in Ishkoshim district of Tajikistan that borders Afghanistan... View Article

Young People Gain Access to Financial Services in Tajikistan

Anora, age 20, lives in a small village in the Khatlon region of Tajikistan. In early 2019, she gathered with... View Article

Annual Report 2019: Youth

For over 50 years, the Aga Khan Foundation has invested in communities across Africa and Asia to break the cycle... View Article

Blazing New Trails in Small Enterprise: Furough’s Story

When she was a young Tajik woman leaving home for university, Furough didn’t plan on going into tourism. “Then at... View Article

2018 Annual Report: Focus on Inclusive Leadership

For over 50 years, the Aga Khan Foundation has invested in communities across Africa and Asia to break the cycle... View Article

At University of Central Asia, Investing in Youth to Shape the Future

In Tajikistan, a landlocked country in Central Asia, over 55% of the population is under 25. While progress has been... View Article

Together We Save: How Savings Groups Invest in Women

For people living in poor, remote areas, access to formal financial institutions to borrow or save money is considered a... View Article

“The Most Important Thing Is to Serve the People”: Rukhshod’s Story

Meet Rukhshod, the leader of a national micro-lending organization (MLO) in Tajikistan, with five branches across three regions. In a... View Article