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We had a few minutes to collect our thoughts before being pulled into an interview on a low-budget equivalent of Hardball with Chris Matthews....
The Aga Khan Foundation is partnering with Human Network International (HNi) to implement a four-year project entitled “Strengthening the ‘Soins Essentiels dans la Communauté’...
Early childhood programs used to be places where young children took naps and adults paid little attention. Now the years from zero to five...
We are thrilled to continue #humansoftheworld, tales we can relate to and marvel at. Throughout this series, we share stories of appreciation, self-reliance, and...
This carpentry shop in northern Pakistan is run entirely by women. In Pakistan, only one in four women is active in the workforce. But...
There are few job opportunities in this remote, mountainous region of Pakistan. Women and men are often forced to migrate in search of work...
With the support of the Aga Khan Foundation in Canada, the 21 members of the association learned how to care for goats, including feeding...
Sanya Pirani is a fourth grader in Minnesota who has become a dynamic fundraiser for helping marginalized people around the world. She has raised...
The Reading for Children program exemplifies the Aga Khan Development Network’s approach to sustainable development and innovation. It began in the Kyrgyz Republic with...
When I was growing up, I believed that science was difficult because all my classmates told me so. It was only when my chemistry...
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, August 5, 2016. On Sunday, August 14, thousands of Chicagoans will move to invest in long-term solutions to improve the quality of...
Film offers a powerful medium to shape people’s awareness and inspire action. An effective film can create positive change. While at a World Bank...
SEATTLE, WA, May 4, 2016. On Friday, July 15, scores of golfers will drive to the green while investing in long-term solutions to improve...
Chandrakant Pradhan, Aga Khan Foundation’s Rural Development Programme Officer in New Delhi, managed a project to promote efficient, renewable energy products in remote areas...
Numbers are one helpful way to illustrate the impact of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). This video shows how the Network is working...
At the Scaling PeaceTech Summit 2016, held at the United States Institute of Peace, professionals in development, tech, data science, media and government gathered...
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, May 4, 2016. On Monday, May 23, scores of golfers will drive the green while investing in long-term solutions to improve the...
At the 2016 World Bank Group Spring Meetings, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim and UNICEF Executive Director Tony Lake announced a new alliance...
In looking at lessons for achieving social impact and scaling it up both in the Global South and North, Stanford Social Innovation Review notes...
“…If you have a well educated mind, you will be able to seize the opportunities life offers you…” – His Highness the Aga Khan,...
HOUSTON, TEXAS, April 7, 2016. On Wednesday, April 6, 120 golfers drove to the green while investing in long-term solutions to improve quality of...
DALLAS, TEXAS, April 7, 2016. Today, at the annual Aga Khan Foundation Golf – Dallas tournament, 117 golfers drove on the green while investing...
For the last eight years, hydropower has supplied the energy needs of villages in the Hunza Valley in northern Pakistan, making lives easier and...
In celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8th, Aga Khan Foundation (India) CEO, Matt T. Reed, reflects on the challenges that marginalized Indian...
Tursunmo Khudododova, 74, from Khorog, Tajikistan is an active women’s leader in her community. She has organized many women-focused Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), committed...
This year’s International Women’s Day theme is “Pledge for Parity” and focuses on celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. We...
Shenila Khoja-Moolji, research fellow at Columbia University’s Teachers College and an education affiliate at the Harvard Divinity School, examines Western rhetoric surrounding girls’ education...
Matt T. Reed, CEO of Aga Khan Foundation (India), reflects on his experiences at the Jaipur Literary Festival, a five-day event celebrating ideas, words and...
For Valentine’s Day we share the story of Shehzaan and Zainab Chunara, long-time supporters of the Aga Khan Foundation in the Atlanta area who...
When we got engaged, the question of what we wanted from our wedding opened up a new way to start a life together, says...
The Aga Khan Academy in Mombasa, Kenya has initiated an innovative teacher training program for students in the Kenyan Coastal region. A report by...
Eight Kenyan students in the Educating Girls in Science (EGIS) Project of the Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa (AKA,M), supported by the Intel Foundation and the Aga Khan Foundation,...
DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN, JANUARY 27, 2016. – The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) approved an investment of $1 million to the First MicroFinance Bank...
The Foundation’s 2015 Program Highlights features stories about improving quality of life through our Multi-Input Area Development Global Development Alliance (MIAD GDA) in Afghanistan, fostering girls’...
Suleman Lalani is Regional Chair for the Aga Khan Foundation Volunteer Team, Southwest Region. Q: How did your recent motorcycle trip to northern Pakistan...
Inspired by a talk at the Aga Khan Academy, Deuniciah Syomiti Masa – a student from a rural community near Mombasa, Kenya – announced...
This fall, the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) in the United States welcomes CEO, Aleem Walji. Aleem comes to the Foundation from the World Bank...
HOUSTON, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 14, 2015. Today, 5,000 Houstonians moved to invest in long-term solutions to improve the quality of life for communities worldwide at...
Sana Nizarahmed and Shama Madhani were the AKF volunteer leaders for the Village In Action at the 2015 Aga Khan Foundation Walk – San...
MEMPHIS, TENESSEE NOVEMBER 1, 2015. Today, around 1,100 Memphis residents were moved to invest in long-term solutions to improve the quality of life for communities...
Can one girl inspire a nation to action? Chela, an 10-year-old Kenyan girl, has identified a critical challenge in her country: access to reading...
Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, 29 October 2015 – The University of Central Asia (UCA) is rapidly progressing to complete the construction of its second campus...
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, OCTOBER 29, 2015. On Thursday, October 29, scores of golfers drove the green while investing in long-term solutions to improve quality of...
In an effort to increase child literacy, the Yetu campaign has launched an initiative to create libraries in primary schools across Kenya, where only...
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, OCTOBER 26, 2015. On October 25, 2015, 1,500 participants were moved to invest in long-term solutions that improve the quality of life...
It all started a few months ago, when two other volunteers and I from Florida were invited to Washington, D.C. for a session with...
WASHINGTON, DC, NOVEMBER 2, 2015. On November 1, 2015, five runners in the TCS New York Marathon ran to help break the cycle of...
SILICON VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, OCTOBER 11, 2015. More than 800 Silicon Valley residents moved to invest in long-term solutions to improve the quality of life...
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, OCTOBER 11, 2015. Today, 2,100 San Antonians moved to invest in long-term solutions to improve the quality of life for communities worldwide at...
DALLAS, TEXAS, OCTOBER 10, 2015. More than 5,000 Dallas residents moved to invest in long-term solutions to improve the quality of life for communities...
On November 1, I will be in New York alongside my sister and other fellow AKF Run Team members, running in the TCS New...
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, SEPTEMBER 23, 2015 On Sunday, September 20, 2015, more than 5,000 Atlantans including over 600 runners moved to invest in long-term solutions...
ORLANDO, FLORIDA, SEPTEMBER 22, 2015. On Sunday, September 20, 2015, approximately 1,600 Orlando residents moved to invest in long-term solutions to global poverty. The...
As a part of the annual InterAction Annual Forum in June 2015, Aga Khan Foundation organized a panel discussion on “Digital Donations: Innovative Technology...
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, OCTOBER 18, 2015. BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, OCTOBER 18, 2015. Today, around 2,000 Birmingham residents moved to invest in long-term solutions to improve the...
In a matter of weeks I will be in New York alongside my fellow AKF Run Team members, running in the TCS New York...
Every year, the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) holds a conference focused on addressing the challenges of measuring and reporting the impact of...
SEATTLE, WA, AUGUST 7, 2015. Today over 144 golfers drove to the green while investing in long term solutions to improve quality of life for...
This is the last installment in our series, In Pursuit of Good Governance, with stories from our new annual report. The four-part series examines...
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JULY 31, 2015. Today 65 golfers drove to the green while investing in long-term solutions to improve quality of life for communities...
AUSTIN, TEXAS, SEPTEMBER 15, 2015. On Monday, September 14,over 80 golfers drove the green while investing in long-term solutions to improve quality of life for...
This is the first in our series, In Pursuit of Good Governance, with stories from our new annual report. The four-part series examines a...
The Aga Khan Development Network agencies produce a wide array of publications that include brochures, flyers, videos, and in-depth reports. For a complete list...
This booklet offers a comprehensive overview of all the agencies in the Aga Khan Development Network. Download a PDF of the Aga Khan Development...
The latest edition of Aga Khan Foundation’s (AKF) booklet, AKF and AKDN: A Continuum of Development, highlights AKF activities and programs, emphasizing how they...
The the Aga Khan Foundation and Aga Khan Development Network Fact Sheet gives a synopsis of the Foundation and the Network, describing its mission,...
In the isolated Chitral district of northern Pakistan, the Chitral Child Survival Program (2008–2014) addressed the remote area’s high infant and maternal mortality rates...
The Aga Khan Foundation USA and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have launched a new type of partnership that mobilizes public...
It is up to development organizations to steer the sector and its funders toward an integrated approach, and the effort must be backed by...
Welcome to our new website! We aim to make it easier for you to engage with us and learn about our work. We may...
The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), consisting of many locally rooted institutions, approaches civil society from a long history of fostering pluralism, local representation...
Women Who Make It Happen To celebrate International Women’s Day 2015, on March 8th, the Aga Khan Foundation spotlighted “Women Who Make It Happen.” We celebrated...
The Social Cohesion through Community-based Development Project, a four-year project funded by the World Bank and Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA), will research and strengthen social...
Supporting the Enabling Environment for Local Civil Society The Civil Society Organization Sustainability Index (CSOSI) is a tool created by the U.S. Agency for International...
The Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA), with a grant from Whole Planet Foundation (WPF), is developing a mobile banking platform to expand access to financial services, in...
What is Community Philanthropy? “Integral to the creation of good governance is the establishment of indigenous non-governmental institutions, custom-made to solve local problems. And...
Located in the heart of New Delhi, the Nizamuddin Basti heritage project combines conservation with a major socio-economic effort that is implemented through a community-centered,...
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and a five-year civil war, Tajikistan’s electrical infrastructure required major investment. Among the most affected...
Over the years the Aga Khan Foundation has worked with several partners to grow the capacity of the Bilibiza Agricultural Institute, which boosts the ability of...
After a successful pilot phase of the Reading for Children program in Gorno-Badakhshan province in 2010, the Aga Khan Foundation is collaborating with the U.S....
In the places where our Foundation operates, women and children are often the most vulnerable. In Pakistan 16,500 women die during pregnancy or delivery each...
Partnering to Support Sustainable Drivers of Development The Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) is proud to partner with the Synergos Institute, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Ashoka,...
The Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) has partnered with the U.S. Agency for International Development on a $6 million, four-year program called the Yetu Initiative (Yetu). This...
Even before the recent turbulence in Egypt, young people faced the daunting obstacle of soaring unemployment. In 2010, 9 out of 10 unemployed Egyptians...
Building Economic and Social Connections in Tajikistan through Integrated Development The Aga Khan Foundation and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) have launched a new Global...
The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) has decades of experience in mobilizing investment capital with long-term social impact − what is known as Impact Investing. For...
The Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) has joined with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Growth (SMEG) for Central Asia. The one-year,...
Two programs focused on helping farmers in Mali improve their production and cope with climate change will provide more than $1 million to support...
Mopti Coordinated Area Development Program Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A., with funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and its Food for Progress Program, supports the Mopti...
Green Building Solutions to Health and Economic Problems Internationally recognized by the World Bank and the World Habitat Award, the Building and Construction Improvement...
The Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) entered into an agreement with TechnoServe for a three-year project in Mozambique that will help an estimated 29,500 smallholder cashew farmers...
Early Childhood Education Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) has improved early childhood education in Kenya and educated hundreds of communities through the Education for Marginalized...
In my work as a Canada-based evaluation consultant, I recently visited the Food for Progress III Program in Mali, funded by the U.S. Department...
An estimated four billion people face subsistence living and extreme poverty worldwide. One way to address this is with enterprises that employ “cross-subsidy” business...
Creating a sense of possibility and agency in communities involves giving young people the tools to take ownership of their lives and their narratives....
Often we in the U.S. respond to reports of global poverty with emotions and words of sympathy. Our desire to help is a faint...
Communities are comprised of a diverse mix of people, functions, and uses. The built form helps to foster connections and communications. Buildings have many...
My interests in International Development and Management arose when I was appointed as a Grants Finance Officer at Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), Tajikistan in...
April 20, 2015 was a cold, rainy day, soaking the 30,000 runners in the 119th Boston Marathon. Yet the bone-chilling weather did not dampen...
Jim Gray, the legendary Calgary oilman and philanthropist, has been involved with the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) for more than a decade. He...
BOSTON, MA, APRIL 16, 2015 – On Monday, April 20, 2015, three runners in the Boston Marathon raced to help end global poverty and support...
A little over a month ago, I read the words of Marie Wilson, author, political organizer and founder of the White House project, for...
The B Corp “Best for the World List” recently recognized Roshan as one company creating the most impact for a better world. Prior to...
In just a couple of weeks I will be in Boston alongside my fellow AKF Run Team members, running in the Boston Marathon. This...
HOUSTON, TEXAS, APRIL 8, 2015. Today 100 golfers achieved long drives to the green while investing in long-term solutions to global poverty. The golfers raised...
In a few weeks, I will be in Boston along with my fellow AKF Run Team members, running in the Boston Marathon. How did...
DALLAS, TEXAS, APRIL 2, 2015. Today 150 golfers drove to the green while investing in long-term solutions to global poverty. The golfers raised an estimated...
All my life I have wanted to run in the Boston Marathon, and to help children overseas. This year I get to fulfill both...
The Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. is honored to be a partner charity in the Boston Marathon next month – the second year in a...
The Aga Khan University-Nairobi will open a graduate school of media and communication as part of a major expansion in East Africa. Other graduate...
Hafiz Sherali, Chair of the Aga Khan Planning and Building Service, sat down with Business Recorder to discuss Aga Khan Development Network’s (AKDN) Water...
Common Problems in Access to Finance Before starting my fellowship with the Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. in November 2014, I worked as a Senior...
This blog reflects highlights from a conversation with Sarah Heddon, Program Associate at Aga Khan Foundation. She recently visited Mozambique to oversee MozaCajú, a three-year...
2014 was a very exciting year for us! We had several innovative new programs started, including a new multi-input area development project in Tajikisan...
Thank You! We want to say a huge thank you! With your support we raised over $170,000 for our 2014 Giving Tuesday campaign, with $30,000 raised on...
WASHINGTON, D.C., DECEMBER 11, 2014 – Yesterday Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) convened an interactive...
WASHINGTON, D.C., DECEMBER 9, 2014 – Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) joined #GivingTuesday, a ground-breaking effort that harnesses the collective power of a unique...
Sanya Khan is a recent graduate of Colleyville Heritage High School in Colleyville, Texas, and has been a volunteer Youth Ambassador with the Aga...
We wrap up our Giving Tuesday series, How I See Change, with the story shared by Simplice Amani, an operations manager with Première Agence...
We continue our Giving Tuesday series, How I See Change, with the story shared by Asel Baidyldaeva, a social entrepreneur from the Kyrgyz Republic. See...
HOUSTON, TEXAS, November 15, 2014 – Despite the challenging weather, over 4,000 participants raced to end global poverty in the annual Houston Partnership Walk...
We continue our Giving Tuesday series, How I See Change, with the story shared by Schafer Bomstein, a regional grants manager with the Aga...
This week we continue our Giving Tuesday series, How I See Change, with the story shared by Zainab Dhanani, an education associate with the...
This week we continue our Giving Tuesday series, How I See Change, with the story shared by Burulai Aitikulova, an educator from the Kyrgyz...
Tell Us, How Do You See Change? #GivingTuesday began in response to “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday” as a way to highlight that the...
Three new programs mark a milestone in the deepening partnership between the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and the U.S. Agency for International Development...
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, October 19, 2014. Today nearly 1,000 participants raced to end global poverty in the annual San Francisco Partnership Walk/Run at Central...
For World Food Day we’re sharing the story of a fresh start for the tasty Mozambique cashew. After a troubled history, there’s renewed promise...
AUSTIN, TEXAS, October 15, 2014. On Sunday, October 12, 2014, 300 participants raced to end global poverty in the annual Austin Partnership Run at Brushy...
NAIROBI, KENYA, OCTOBER 10, 2014 – The Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) signed a partnership agreement in...
How much of the solution to global hunger lies in the DNA of the food on our plates? That was the question on September...
ORLANDO, FLORIDA, September 29, 2014. Yesterday 2,200 participants walked to end global poverty in the annual Orlando Partnership Walk at Lake Eola Park. The...
Civil society organizations (CSOs) around the world play a key role in providing local services, building community cohesion, and helping communities better engage with...
New York –President Barack Obama yesterday announced a partnership among the United States government, the Swedish government, and the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN)...
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, September 21, 2014. Today, 1,800 people walked to end global poverty in the annual San Antonio Partnership Walk/Run at La Villita...
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, September 21, 2014. Today 2,000 participants walked to end global poverty in the annual Birmingham Partnership Walk at Railroad Park. The Birmingham...
DALLAS, TEXAS, September 20, 2014. Today 5,200 participants walked to end global poverty in the annual Dallas Partnership Walk/Run at the Irving Convention Center...
The growing number of conflict zones around the world highlights the need to better understand the dynamics of social cohesion, especially for preserving peace-time...
AUSTIN, TEXAS, September 16, 2014. On September 8, Austin approximately 100 golfers took a swing at ending global poverty by raising nearly $135,000 in...
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, September 14, 2014. Today, 2,100 participants walked to end global poverty in the annual Los Angeles Partnership Walk at the Santa...
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, September 8, 2014. On Sunday, September 14, 2014, around 6,000 participants will race to end global poverty in the annual Atlanta Partnership...
My nine-month fellowship with Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) has taught me much about international development, both its institutions and its individuals. Since...
This spring I traveled to Kenya to gauge and experience progress in schools involved in the Education for Marginalized Children in Kenya (EMACK) project....
On July 23, I went to an all-day symposium at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC titled “Pakistan’s Interminable Energy Crisis: Is There Any...
The News from Kenya The drought in California is a leading news story this summer. However, another story of water scarcity from drought-prone Kenya...
When communities pull together to solve problems, it rarely makes headlines (especially in developing countries) but this month such an example did draw media...
A little over one year ago to the day, I had my final Fellows interview with Dr. Mirza Jahani, the CEO of the Aga Khan Foundation...
Last September I joined the Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) as the Impact Investing Fellow. Upon receiving confirmation of my acceptance into the...
Aly Panjwani is a Senior at Hebron High School in Carrollton, Texas and the Culture Officer for the Dallas Aga Khan Foundation Youth Ambassadors....
This blog was originally posted by Daniel Vidal on Whole Planet’s “Stories from the Field” blog, which you can read here. Additional funding from Whole...
Wrapping up our series, Rooted in Resilience: From Crisis to Opportunity, is the story of Reham Ahmed Mohamed in Egypt. For more photos and stories...
Next in our series, Rooted in Resilience: From Crisis to Opportunity, is the story of Mukanbet Ibraev in the Kyrgyz Republic. For more photos...
Next in our series, Rooted in Resilience: From Crisis to Opportunity, is the story of Bintou Toulema in Mali. For more photos and stories...
Next in our series, Rooted in Resilience: From Crisis to Opportunity, is the story of how farm families grappling with hunger in a dry...
Next in our series, Rooted in Resilience: From Crisis to Opportunity, is the story of Habi Sekere in Mali. For more photos and stories...
Next in our series, Rooted in Resilience: From Crisis to Opportunity, is the story of a little boy and his grandfather in Tajikistan. For...
In sync with the release of our Annual Report, we are launching our June blog series, “Rooted in Resilience: From Crisis to Opportunity.” The...
CHICAGO, June 6, 2014. Today 90 golfers took a swing at ending global poverty by raising $190,000 net in the annual Chicago Partnership Golf...
Before starting the Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) fellowship in November 2013, I was working as a Grants Finance Officer for Aga Khan...
In South and Central Asia, where access to healthcare remains a perpetual challenge for most people, the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) in Karachi...
At sunrise on Monday, April 21, there weren’t many people on Heartbreak Hill, the landmark at Mile 20 of the Boston Marathon route. Yet...
BOSTON, MA, APRIL 21, 2014 – Today three runners in the Boston marathon raced to raise funds to help end global poverty. The Aga Khan Foundation...
Parks are complex elements of a city. They can serve scores of different uses, some may be specialized in their function, or they may...
With the Boston Marathon a few days away, the three runners on the first-ever AKF Run Team have been hard at work — not...
Before I joined the Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) as the Communications Fellow, I spent a year teaching English to college freshmen in...
HOUSTON, TEXAS, April 9, 2014. Today 144 golfers took a swing at ending global poverty by raising $180,000 net in the annual Houston Partnership...
NAIROBI, KENYA, APRIL 7, 2014 – Children affected by HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa will have a chance for a better start in life and a...
This blog is the third and final in our AKF Run Team video series, highlighting our Boston Marathon runners. If you’d like to donate...
This blog is the second in our AKF Run Team video series, highlighting our Boston Marathon runners. If you’d like to donate to them,...
Before I started my fellowship with Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) in November, I worked as Program Officer for the Mountain Societies Development...
Four hundred years ago, the widow of the second Mughal emperor of India built her husband a grand mausoleum in what is now Delhi....
This blog is the first in our AKF Run Team video series, highlighting our Boston Marathon runners. If you’d like to donate to them,...
This blog is the fifth in our series of stories of “Women Who Inspire” for International Women’s Day 2014. Oistamo Mamadsaidova works with an...
This blog is the fourth in our series of stories of “Women Who Inspire” for International Women’s Day 2014. Najma Rashid finds inspiration in...
This blog is the first in our series of stories of “Women Who Inspire” for International Women’s Day 2014. Fridah Mathembe works to make...
“Local ownership” has been a buzzword for a long time and is widely touted as a better way forward for international development. For the...
Marathoners are a different breed of person. They don’t shy away from challenges and seem to run toward fear, instead of away from it....
In November 2013, we met with our partners in Kyrgyzstan to plan the start-up of a new World Bank-funded grant on social cohesion. This...
WASHINGTON, DC, JANUARY 17, 2014 – The Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) and the World Bank have inaugurated a program to identify factors and strengthen social cohesion...
Abdul Malik is CEO of the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) in Pakistan. He spoke with the Communications staff of the Aga Khan...
Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. programs help to alleviate poverty, hunger, illiteracy, and poor health through community-based initiatives in Afghanistan, Egypt, India, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali,...
It’s a long way from Tajikistan to upstate New York but Madina Kuranova, Special Projects Manager for Pamir Energy, an electric utility in Tajikistan,...
Following months of preparation, several of us from the Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) recently walked a few short blocks to the World...
Our 2013 Partnership Events season has officially wrapped up! With today being International Volunteer Day, we’d like to give a big thank you to...
WASHINGTON, DC, NOVEMBER 26, 2013 – The Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) and the World Bank Group (WBG) signed an agreement making AKF USA a donor and partner...
Mukhaye Muchimuti is an Aga Khan Foundation Scholar now attending the American University Master’s Degree program at its School of International Studies. Recently she...
Mary Binkley teaches Math/Science Enrichment and is the Junior United Nations faculty sponsor at Homewood Middle School in Birmingham, Alabama. She coordinated her students’...
As follow-up to the Day in the Life installment from the Kyrgyz Republic, this week’s blog comes from Meder Usupbekov, social entrepreneurship contest winner...
Pakistan is in our thoughts this week as the country recovers from a devastating earthquake in western Baluchistan province. The remoteness of many affected...
One of the best parts about my job is visiting the projects that I support in the field. Most recently, I traveled to the...
Sanya Khan is a student at Colleyville Heritage High School in Colleyville, Texas, and a volunteer Youth Ambassador with the Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A.,...
Our concluding installment in A Day in the Life of Our Communities comes in an evening gathering of a women’s savings group in Pakistan. ...
Our next installment in A Day in the Life of Our Communities comes from the island of Zanzibar in Tanzania. Naila Mkuja’s family lives...
This blog is adapted from a conversation with Alex Alubisia, Chief of Party of the Education for Marginalized Children in Kenya project (EMACK), based...
At the annual conference of the Society for International Development’s Washington chapter, Dr. Mirza Jahani, CEO of Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A., was invited to...
On July 12, the Washington Post published an article about Afghanistan’s Wakhan district, saying that despite the large influx of international aide to Afghanistan,...
The next installment in A Day in the Life of Our Communities comes from the Kyrgyz Republic. Meder Usupbekov is one of 150 people...
KARACHI, PAKISTAN, JULY 18, 2013 – The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. Government’s development finance institution, today signed a Loan Agreement with the...
Madeeha Ansari, a graduate student at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, worked with the Listening Program this summer. She posted this reflection about the...
Next, in our series, A Day in the Life of Our Communities is the story of Sulu, who starts work early as both an...
This week we launch a new series, A Day in the Life of Our Communities, with the story of Mayram K. in Tajikistan. For...
For awhile I was the only one at Table #9. I enjoy arriving early to conferences to get a good feel of the room,...
“The power dynamics are shifting,” noted Rebecca Masisak, CEO of Tech Soup Global, speaking of momentum for community-led development. So while community philanthropy may not...
This blog was originally posted by Daniel Vidal on the Whole Planet Foundation blog on June 7, 2013 and republished with permission. One of the Whole Planet Foundation’s (WPF) newest partners is...
WASHINGTON, DC, JUNE 8, 2013 – Community philanthropy can be a powerful force for strengthening civil society and building on local initiative, according to a...
“Why community philanthropy?” asked Nick Deychakiwsky, program officer for the C.S. Mott Foundation, at the start of an event hosted by the Aga Khan Foundation...
By Tanaaz Jasani, Impact Investing Fellow at the Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. Fresh out of college from the University of California, San Diego with...
Evan Gill is Manager, Impact Investing, Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. This post also appears on the blog ofwww.socialfinance.ca. Surprise, excitement, admiration – I felt...
I started my professional development fellowship with the Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) last November after two years of work as a Program Officer at FOCUS...
By Schafer Bomstein, Program Associate with the Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. My recent trips to Mali and Egypt were planned with unrelated objectives, but...
WASHINGTON, DC, MAY 1, 2013. Today the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) announced a grant to the Synergos Institute to work in partnership to advance...
By Caroline Lai, Program Assistant with Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. I returned to Cairo in mid-February to visit the USAID-funded Head Start! for Youth Entrepreneurship and Employment program where...
Members of the Board of Trustees from Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts recently visited Humayun’s Tomb, a project of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) in Delhi,...
When a dozen high-school students from theInternational School of the Americas in San Antonio, Texas, visited Washington, DC in February to learn about the U.S....
By David Hintch, Senior Health Program Officer for Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. As the new health program officer for the Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA),...
In honor of Valentine’s Day, we want to share one of our favorite heartfelt campaigns of 2012 here at the Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA)....
By Caroline Lai, Program Assistant with Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. During my first trip to Egypt to visit a friend studying abroad in 2006,...
On the day before Thanksgiving, Mary Beth Leonard, the U.S. ambassador to Mali, took a trip to see how the farm families and grower...
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, for an interview on San...
This blog is excerpted from a conversation with Abdul Malik, General Manager of the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) in Pakistan. He recently visited Washington, DC,...
On December 5th, we celebrated International Volunteer Day so in this special edition of From the Field, we’d like to recognize our PartnershipsInAction volunteers. Here at the Aga Khan...
In conjunction with the 2012 San Francisco Partnership Walk, an art contest featured the work of students on the theme of ending poverty and...
This commentary by Joanna Ledgerwood, Senior Advisor on Access to Finance for the Aga Khan Development Network, is adapted from a discussion during a...
Several events, including the publication of excellent reports by the Monitor Group (From Blueprint to Scale) and the Omidyar Network (Priming the Pump) and...
In Mali, the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) has supported the provision of remedial education for children internally displaced as a result of the takeover...
Just weeks after the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 and as trillions of dollars disappeared from global capital markets, the makings of a...
This post was originally published on InterAction as part of a series in recognition of the UN’s International Day for the Eradication of Poverty,...
In May 2012, Natalie Ross, AKF USA’s Program Associate for Civil Society and Youth, visited the Cross-Border Vocational Education in Badakhshan (CVEB) program of...
Dr. Mirza Jahani is Chief Executive Officer of Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. I recently attended the Global Diaspora Forum, hosted by the U.S. Department...
The Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) is proud to be a Community Partner for this year’s SOCAP12 Conference in San Francisco, October 1-4....
Girls in Malindi District, halfway up Kenya’s coast, face much steeper obstacles than boys in getting a primary education. Girls are expected to take...
Zanir Habib, a high school sophomore in Euless, Texas, has actively volunteered with Partnership Walk in Dallas for several years, but when he read about...
The Coca-Cola Foundation—the global philanthropic arm of The Coca-Cola Company—granted US$200,000 to the Aga Khan Foundation USA, to foster the social and economic development of...
Last month two members of the Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA)’s Impact Investment team attended theAspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs’ (ANDE) fourth annual...
During a visit to the Aga Khan Foundation USA office, Kathy Bartlett and Caroline Arnold, co-directors of Education for Aga Khan Foundation in Geneva,...
Every year 7.6 million children worldwide die before their fifth birthday from easily preventable causes. Half of these deaths occur in five countries: India,...
For many children in the Kyrgyz Republic, life involves an annual migration: several months each year moving with their families and livestock to high...
On April 11, 2012, over 300 students from the Aga Khan High School in Nairobi teamed up with students from Githanga Primary School and...
I started my internship with the Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) last September after completing my Master’s degree in International Public Policy at...
When I first started my internship, I knew that working in the Communications Department at Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) was going to...
Nick McKinlay, Director of Civil Society for the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), recently visited Washington, DC to talk about the importance of and...
When I began my internship at AKF USA, there was a lot to take in. I had just graduated from college and didn’t know...
Today, March 8, 2012, Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) is celebrating International Women’s Day by highlighting the critically important contribution women play in our...
WASHINGTON, DC, MARCH 1, 2012– Today, the Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (Mott Foundation) hosted an event with 45 philanthropy experts...
Jointly released by Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the report, entitled The Value of Community Philanthropy: Results of a Consultation, makes...
Rarely do monumental things happen in an elevator ride. Most rides are short and quiet, a moment to collect your thoughts for the next...
In many communities around the world it’s very hard for people to consider disaster preparedness as a priority. In an Afghan village where families...
Being an intern at AKF USA is one of the greatest opportunities I ever had. Here, an intern can really learn a lot. During...
US Ambassador to Kenya Scott Gration visited one of the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) supported schools, Vilwakwe Children Centre and School in Mombasa, on...
During my recent trip to Chitral (the northernmost District of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province) I met Aisha, who showed me how women are using...
Today, we are proud to announce the winner of the Give Us Your Best Shot! photo contest. With nearly 20 photo entries and 250...
Karim Farishta, an 11th grader at the W.P. Clements High School in Sugar Land, Texas saw an opportunity that would help him and 70...
I spent most of September in Pakistan, facilitating the midterm evaluation of our Chitral Child Survival Program. The first half of the project focused,...
As a longtime partner of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) congratulates USAID on their...
Did you miss World Food Day? Each year on October 16, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s World Food Day is celebrated to...
In honor of the United Nations International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction, we wanted to recognize the work from Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN)...
The last of our Summer Travel Blog series! Our last post in the Summer Travel Blog series focused on Charles Sheerin’s trip to southern...
Part of our Summer Travel Blog series! “We often struggle to explain international development to different audiences thinking it is overly complex but the...
Part of our Summer Travel Blog series! I spent a lot of my time in Egypt thinking about walls. No, really. Walls. Not just...
Part of our new Summer Travel Blog series! Driving to Mopti, the region in Mali where we work is like driving through a moonscape. The...
“Once you get outside of Karachi, Sindh is incredibly flat and you get such a feeling of vastness just driving down the road. It’s...
AKDN was recently highlighted in the World Bank’s World Development Report 2011 for its work with and knowledge of local communities, long-term development projects and...
The Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan Fund for the Environment (PSAKFE) is the center for environmental activities of the Aga Khan Development Network. David Boyer,...
In a previous blog entry, Evan Gill, Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. Executive Research Analyst, shared experiences from her recent trip to the Kyrgyz Republic – a...
Evan Gill, Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A.’s Executive Research Analyst, recently returned from a trip in the Kyrgyz Republic where she visited beneficiaries of the...