Discovering New Opportunities through Social Entrepreneurship

As follow-up to the Day in the Life installment from the Kyrgyz Republic, this week’s blog comes from Meder Usupbekov,... View Article

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

Self-Reliance in Action – in Mali

One of the best parts about my job is visiting the projects that I support in the field. Most recently,... 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 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

A Day in the Life: Teachers Foster Skills and Values in Young Learners

Our next installment in A Day in the Life of Our Communities comes from the island of Zanzibar in Tanzania. ... View Article

Reading to Learn and the Teachers who Make it Work

This blog is adapted from a conversation with Alex Alubisia, Chief of Party of the Education for Marginalized Children in... View Article

CEO Notes: Governance and Reaching the Poorest in Fragile States

At the annual conference of the Society for International Development’s Washington chapter, Dr. Mirza Jahani, CEO of Aga Khan Foundation... View Article

Partnering for a Better Future in Wakhan

On July 12, the Washington Post published an article about Afghanistan’s Wakhan district, saying that despite the large influx of... View Article

A Day in the Life: Growing Social Entrepreneurship

The next installment in A Day in the Life of Our Communities comes from the Kyrgyz Republic.  Meder Usupbekov is... View Article