The Most Powerful Weapon
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Aleem Mawji is a graduate of the Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa currently in his final year of study at the University of British Columbia.
Reflections from SAMI Workshop: Citizens Have a Voice, but Journalists Have a Megaphone
We had a few minutes to collect our thoughts before being pulled into an interview on a low-budget equivalent of Hardball with Chris Matthews. I was visibly flushed as I tried to remind myself to speak slowly and sit upright in front of the camera. Luckily the interviewer didn’t drill me with hard questions, I […]
From DC to Davos, New Recognition of Early Childhood’s Importance
Early childhood programs used to be places where young children took naps and adults paid little attention. Now the years from zero to five get new focus as researchers understand more about how people’s brains are shaped at an early age, what that means over the course of their lifetimes, and for entire populations. The […]
We Aren’t in Maryland Anymore
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Najma Shah, a Maryland resident, was a U.S. educator for two decades before moving to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania as Early Years Coordinator at the Aga Khan Nursery School, part of the Aga Khan Education Service.
Inspiring a Love of Reading: An Idea Spreads Across 15 Countries
The Reading for Children program exemplifies the Aga Khan Development Network’s approach to sustainable development and innovation. It began in the Kyrgyz Republic with one woman’s idea to instill in children a love for books and reading. Before Burulai Aitikulova joined the Aga Khan Foundation in Kyrgyzstan as a Program Officer, she was a teacher. […]
Girls Using Science to Change their Communities in Kenya
When I was growing up, I believed that science was difficult because all my classmates told me so. It was only when my chemistry teacher told my dad about my talent in science that I moved from home science class to chemistry class. This was the beginning of my learning encounter with chemistry, which turned […]
The Long Reach of Early Childhood
Film offers a powerful medium to shape people’s awareness and inspire action. An effective film can create positive change. While at a World Bank showing of The Beginning of Life, a documentary film about the vital first years of human development, Aga Khan Foundation Fellows Sayfullo Nusayriev and Laila Jiwani reflect on the implications of […]
A ‘Whole Child’ Approach to Early Childhood Education
At the 2016 World Bank Group Spring Meetings, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim and UNICEF Executive Director Tony Lake announced a new alliance to put early childhood development (ECD) on top of the global agenda. PATH, the Aga Khan Foundation, and others are committed to supporting a “whole child” approach to ECD. Read the […]
Fellows Spotlight: Where Inspiration Takes Root
“…If you have a well educated mind, you will be able to seize the opportunities life offers you…” – His Highness the Aga Khan, Atlanta, Georgia, April 18, 2008 Since I joined the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) in the United States as Programs Fellow in October 2015, I have been involved in various program activities […]
Innovative Teacher Training Project Seeks to Boast Learning in Kenya’s Coast
The Aga Khan Academy in Mombasa, Kenya has initiated an innovative teacher training program for students in the Kenyan Coastal region. A report by the Academy indicates that students in the Coast struggle more with English than those in other Kenyan regions because it is a second language not spoken widely in their homes or […]