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Cleaner Neighborhoods with DIY Composting in India

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Khushi Kumari first learned about composting through a book that belonged to her daughter. But she never thought it would be a practice that she would take up. With technical support from the Aga Khan Foundation, Khushi now not only produces compost right from her terrace garden but she’s gained a new title: the […]

Reaching New Heights in National Healthcare: Zainab’s Story

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”8493″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”This story was published as part of our 2018 Annual Report. Read more stories from the report highlighting AKF’s contributions to making leadership more inclusive here.” font_container=”tag:p|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fakfusa.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F082319_-AKF-USA-Annual-Report-2019_Digital.pdf|||”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” full_height=”yes” el_class=”padding bkgd” css=”.vc_custom_1566237663957{background-image: url(https://akfusa.org/wp-content/uploads/AKU_0850.jpg?id=8513) !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1533610568627{padding-top: 40vh !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] When Zainab Samad was 13 or 14, she accompanied her […]

Clean Water for a Bright Future in Central Asia

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Tajikistan, a landlocked country in Central Asia, is often characterized by its peaks, rugged terrain, and untouched landscapes. The country is rich in fresh water resources with an abundance of rivers, lakes, and glaciers. Nonetheless, access to safe, clean water remains one of the country’s greatest challenges, particularly in rural areas.

Improving HIV/AIDS Treatment in Rural Côte d’Ivoire

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”en français” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fakfusa.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2FImproving-HIV-Treatment_French.pdf|||” css=”.vc_custom_1533581574542{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_text] Dr. Touré is the sole doctor at the medical center in Kouto, a rural community in northern Côte d’Ivoire. He lives over 440 miles from Abidjan and over 90 miles from the closest urban center (Korhogo) in the region most affected by the crises that […]

Engaging India’s Citizens to Improve Sanitation

Audesh Kumar building a new toilet in a village, Muzaffarpur, Bihar. (AKDN/Christopher Wilton-Steer)

Happy World Water Day! This year we’re highlighting the Aga Khan Development Network Comprehensive Sanitation Initiative in India. In April 2015, Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) agencies, the Aga Khan Foundation, the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme, the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat and the Aga Khan Health Services launched the AKDN Comprehensive Sanitation Initiative, […]

Empowering Community Health Workers in Mali

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

The Aga Khan Foundation is partnering with Human Network International (HNi) to implement a four-year project entitled “Strengthening the ‘Soins Essentiels dans la Communauté’ Strategy Project (SECPro).” The project is funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), complemented by funds from the Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. and contributions of airtime from Orange, the […]

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 […]

Chitral Child Survival Program

Pre-natal care training through Chitral Child Survival Program

In the isolated Chitral district of northern Pakistan, the Chitral Child Survival Program (2008–2014) addressed the remote area’s high infant and maternal mortality rates by increasing access to obstetric and neonatal care to vulnerable communities. Project-trained community midwives saved lives by providing previously unavailable skilled pre-natal, delivery and post-partum care. They supplied key information to […]

Visiting Pakistan and the Experience of the Child Survival Program

Health visitors in Chitral, Pakistan.

Pakistan is in our thoughts this week as the country recovers from a devastating earthquake in western Baluchistan province. The remoteness of many affected communities from emergency services highlights their crucial need for resilience. In my recent trip to Pakistan, I learned more about the valuable work of the Chitral Child Survival Program (CCSP), funded […]

Aga Khan University and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Sign Agreement for Hospital Expansion in Pakistan

Overseas Private Investment Corporation President and CEO Elizabeth L. Littlefield (seated right) and Aga Khan University President and CEO Firoz Rasul (seated right), on behalf of the Aga Khan Hospital and Medical College Foundation, sign a Loan Agreement to provide financing for expansion of the Aga Khan University Hospital. U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson (standing right) and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Aga Khan University Ambassador Saidullah Khan Dehlavi (standing left) officiated at the ceremony.

KARACHI, PAKISTAN, JULY 18, 2013 – The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. Government’s development finance institution, today signed a Loan Agreement with the Aga Khan Hospital and Medical College Foundation for the expansion of the Aga Khan University Hospital. The agreement was signed by OPIC President and CEO Elizabeth L. Littlefield and Aga Khan […]