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Blazing New Trails in Small Enterprise: Furough’s Story

September 9, 2019 9:30 am Published by Sally Maier

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

September 8, 2019 4:21 pm Published by Sally Maier

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

July 24, 2019 4:38 pm Published by Sally Maier

For three days, through a program focused on learning and innovation (called Juntos!), AKF ran a workshop with the aim... View Article

July 18, 2019 11:51 am Published by Sally Maier

“For me, school is like a safe haven. It helps me to keep busy and keep away from bad influences,”... View Article

June 13, 2019 5:19 pm Published by Sally Maier

Growing up in Jalal-Abad, the Kyrgyz Republic, Baisal spent his childhood with school friends and helping his mother care for... View Article

April 23, 2019 9:53 am Published by Sally Maier

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

April 17, 2019 6:00 am Published by Sally Maier

Nestled in the remote mountains of northern Pakistan, Chipurson Valley has a total population of 4,000 people. Through the School... View Article

April 15, 2019 8:00 am Published by Sally Maier

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

April 4, 2019 12:30 pm Published by Sally Maier

In Chitral, the farthest most district of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in northern Pakistan, a sea change of transformational... View Article

March 25, 2019 9:00 am Published by Sally Maier

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