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 the annual Aga Khan Foundation Walk | Run – Houston at the Sam Houston Park. The event is an initiative of the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) to raise awareness and funds for programs that work with communities around the world to build better futures.

This year’s Houston Walk raised $1.92 million, reflecting the enthusiastic outpouring of support from participants and sponsors across the metro area, including national sponsors, The Coca-Cola Company and Pioneer Finance. 100 percent of net proceeds from the event go directly to projects supported by the Aga Khan Foundation. 

At the opening ceremony of the Houston AKF Walk, keynote speaker Neil Bush, Chairman of Points of Light, said “There is darkness across the globe and the Aga Khan Foundation and foundations alike bring light. They bring love, they bring hope, they bring the vital resources…not just the financial resources, which are so generous and plenty, but they call all of us to serve. My Father President George Herbert Walker Bush said that any successful life must include service to others.”

Service and contributions make a tremendous impact in creating locally driven opportunities for girls in Afghanistan to attend school, farmers in Mali to feed their families, and mothers in India to lead healthy lives, to name a few. These are the cornerstones of a thriving community. Visit our blog to learn more about what we do, at www.akfusa.org.

Read the full press release here.