Pakistan floods: AKF partners with Bank Alfalah to provide critical health services to flood-affected communities
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”10524″ img_size=”full” alignment=”right”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]One year on from last year’s devastating floods in Pakistan, communities are still rebuilding their lives. From June to October last year, unprecedented floods hit the country. 33 million people were affected or displaced, and over one million houses were totally or partially damaged, leaving residents forced to seek refuge in temporary […]
Mountainous Pakistan Cuts Forest Loss, Disaster Risk With River Power
For the last eight years, hydropower has supplied the energy needs of villages in the Hunza Valley in northern Pakistan, making lives easier and cleaner. Owned, run, and maintained by the communities themselves, the hydropower plants have provided a key element for improving quality of life. Read the full article in Thomas Reuters Foundation News […]
Girls’ Education: An Ideal Target for Humanitarian Interventions, Scholar says
Shenila Khoja-Moolji, research fellow at Columbia University’s Teachers College and an education affiliate at the Harvard Divinity School, examines Western rhetoric surrounding girls’ education in South Asia. An expert in gender education with a focus on South Asia, Moolji cites the Aga Khan Development Network as an organization with a history of investing in girls’ […]
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 […]
The Role of Small-scale Renewable Energy in Pakistan’s Energy Future
On July 23, I went to an all-day symposium at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC titled “Pakistan’s Interminable Energy Crisis: Is There Any Way Out?” The symposium drew some pretty big guns, including Pakistan’s Secretary for Water and Power, Nargis Sethi, and the former Director of Operations for the World Bank, Ziad Alahdad. I […]
Improving Healthcare in Pakistan through Impact Investing
In South and Central Asia, where access to healthcare remains a perpetual challenge for most people, the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) in Karachi provides exemplary treatment. Since its establishment in 1983, the hospital has served as a hub of research and innovation. AKUH is the first hospital in Pakistan to receive the U.S. Joint […]
Visiting Pakistan and the Experience of the Child Survival Program
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 […]
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 […]
Aga Khan University and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Sign Agreement for Hospital Expansion in Pakistan
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 […]
Changes in Mountain Economies and Societies
This blog is excerpted from a conversation with Abdul Malik, General Manager of the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) in Pakistan. He recently visited Washington, DC, where he spoke at theWoodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and with staff at the Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. office. Q: What is AKRSP in Pakistan and how did it start? Abdul […]