Spotlight on AKF USA Fellows: Sharing the Impressive Impact of Savings Groups in Tajikistan

Before I started my fellowship with Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) in November, I worked as Program Officer for... View Article

Meet the AKF Run Team: Amira Valliani

This blog is the first in our AKF Run Team video series, highlighting our Boston Marathon runners. If you’d like... View Article

Making Local Ownership Real: Moving Beyond the Buzzwords

“Local ownership” has been a buzzword for a long time and is widely touted as a better way forward for... View Article

On Valentine’s Day, We Love Our Runners

Marathoners are a different breed of person. They don’t shy away from challenges and seem to run toward fear, instead... View Article

Pamir Energy Revives One Country’s Electric Grid and Reaches Across Borders to Others

It’s a long way from Tajikistan to upstate New York but Madina Kuranova, Special Projects Manager for Pamir Energy, an... View Article

International Volunteer Day: THANK YOU!

Our 2013 Partnership Events season has officially wrapped up! With today being International Volunteer Day, we’d like to give a... View Article

Education and Action for Change: An Aga Khan Foundation Scholar’s View

Mukhaye Muchimuti is an Aga Khan Foundation Scholar now attending the American University Master’s Degree program at its School of... View Article

True Partnership: Homewood Middle School Students Produce Birmingham Walk’s Village in Action

Mary Binkley teaches Math/Science Enrichment and is the Junior United Nations faculty sponsor at Homewood Middle School in Birmingham, Alabama.... View Article

From Cairo to Plano, Texas

Sanya Khan is a student at Colleyville Heritage High School in Colleyville, Texas, and a volunteer Youth Ambassador with the... 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