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.
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.
Aga Khan Development Network Training Boosts Africa’s Support for Children Affected by HIV and AIDS
NAIROBI, KENYA, APRIL 7, 2014 – Children affected by HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa will have a chance for a better start in life and a more promising future because of the educational initiative of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), in partnership with the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. This new partnership, a joint venture between the two organizations, […]
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 […]
Community-based Initiatives Improve Healthcare in East Africa
By David Hintch, Senior Health Program Officer for Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. As the new health program officer for the Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA), I recently traveled to Kenya and Tanzania. There I became acquainted with the dedicated people who drive the health initiatives of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in East Africa. AKDN supports a […]