2015 Annual Report
Our 2015 Annual Report, “My Story, Our Future,” features four stories from communities where we work that show the connection between individuals and our shared future. At every stage of life, these stories demonstrate how the Aga Khan Foundation is breaking the cycle of poverty and improving the quality of life. For the first time, […]
In Pursuit of Good Governance – In West Africa, Creating More Inclusive Financial Systems
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 a question that our partners face every day: How do communities access and organize basic services to ensure a better quality of life? Reliable hospitals, schools and community centers. Flourishing economies. […]
In Pursuit of Good Governance – Families Making Their Schools Better
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 question that our partners face every day: How do communities access and organize basic services to ensure a better quality of life? Reliable hospitals, schools and community centers. Flourishing economies. These […]
2013 Annual Report
The 2013 Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. annual report tells five stories of communities overcoming great challenges, in a series we call “Rooted Resilience: From Crisis to Opportunity.” Read the 2013 Annual Report here.
Crisis to Opportunity: Women Gain Business and Literacy Skills to Overcome Challenges in Mali
Next in our series, Rooted in Resilience: From Crisis to Opportunity, is the story of Bintou Toulema in Mali. For more photos and stories of the Aga Khan Foundation’s partners, please download our 2013 annual report. The past two years have been difficult for Mali, following civil unrest in 2012. Amid the hardships of drought […]
Crisis to Opportunity: Grassroots Innovation for Food Security
Next in our series, Rooted in Resilience: From Crisis to Opportunity, is the story of how farm families grappling with hunger in a dry region of Africa came up with a way to improve their food security, and how that innovation spread throughout Mozambique. For more photos and stories, please download our 2013 annual report. A […]
Rooted in Resilience: From Crisis to Opportunity
In sync with the release of our Annual Report, we are launching our June blog series, “Rooted in Resilience: From Crisis to Opportunity.” The series celebrates the resilience and ingenuity of the communities where we work. You can download our 2013 annual report here. The stories demonstrate the impact our work has on communities that […]
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 savings group in Pakistan. In the remote mountains of Pakistan’s northern Chitral district, women and children are especially vulnerable to health risks and challenges. Fewer than 1 in 7 births in Chitral are attended by […]
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. Naila Mkuja’s family lives in a densely populated neighborhood of Zanzibar. Like many of their neighbors, the family had little experience with schools. So when Naila started attending preschool at Imani Islamiya, an Early Childhood […]
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 one of 150 people in the city of Naryn, in the Kyrgyz Republic, who use a wheelchair to get around. He faces huge obstacles every day. “If we could put ramps in major public institutions,” […]