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Participants listen to a session at the Social Accountability Media Initiative (SAMI) workshop.

Reflections from SAMI Workshop: Citizens Have a Voice, but Journalists Have a Megaphone

January 25, 2017 2:40 pm Published by Sally Maier

We had a few minutes to collect our thoughts before being pulled into an interview on a low-budget equivalent of... View Article

Up until 2008, the lack of quality health services in Mopti had resulted in a particularly high incidence of maternal and newborn death. In response, AKF helped establish a number of cases de santé, built by the villagers, with the assistance of the Foundation, which supplied the architect and master mason. These health huts, staffed by community health workers trained by AKF, certified by the Ministry of Health and paid for by the community, have had an immediate positive impact: no maternal deaths and only one newborn death have been reported since 2008. Photo Credit: Lucas Cuervo Moura/AKDN

Empowering Community Health Workers in Mali

January 19, 2017 10:41 am Published by Sally Maier

The Aga Khan Foundation is partnering with Human Network International (HNi) to implement a four-year project entitled “Strengthening the ‘Soins... View Article

Jim Kim speaks at The Early Years: Investing in Our World’s Future launch at the World Bank.

From DC to Davos, New Recognition of Early Childhood’s Importance

January 18, 2017 11:35 am Published by Sally Maier

Early childhood programs used to be places where young children took naps and adults paid little attention. Now the years... View Article

Giving Tuesday 2016

November 22, 2016 8:05 pm Published by Sally Maier

We are thrilled to continue #humansoftheworld, tales we can relate to and marvel at. Throughout this series, we share stories... View Article

These women are going against the grain

September 30, 2016 4:19 pm Published by Sally Maier

This carpentry shop in northern Pakistan is run entirely by women. In Pakistan, only one in four women is active... View Article

Pakistani woman practicing electrician skills.

These women are doing something shocking

September 30, 2016 9:05 am Published by Sally Maier

There are few job opportunities in this remote, mountainous region of Pakistan. Women and men are often forced to migrate... View Article

Gabriel standing outside of his goat pen. He has farmed his entire life and after a livestock association was formed in his village, he started making extra money by breeding goats.

His bank account lives behind this fence

September 30, 2016 8:11 am Published by Sally Maier

With the support of the Aga Khan Foundation in Canada, the 21 members of the association learned how to care... View Article

Volunteer Spotlight: Young Champion for Giving is a Model Mobilizer

September 15, 2016 2:33 pm Published by Sally Maier

Sanya Pirani is a fourth grader in Minnesota who has become a dynamic fundraiser for helping marginalized people around the... View Article

Teacher reading to a young boy and girl in Tajikistan. Reading for Children, Aga Khan Development Network

Inspiring a Love of Reading: An Idea Spreads Across 15 Countries

September 8, 2016 1:21 pm Published by Sally Maier

The Reading for Children program exemplifies the Aga Khan Development Network’s approach to sustainable development and innovation. It began in... View Article

The Matuga girls with their biogas digester

Girls Using Science to Change their Communities in Kenya

August 26, 2016 12:34 pm Published by Sally Maier

When I was growing up, I believed that science was difficult because all my classmates told me so. It was... View Article

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