On Valentine’s Day, We Love Our Runners
Marathoners are a different breed of person. They don’t shy away from challenges and seem to run toward fear, instead of away from it. Maybe we have something to learn from the three runners on the first-ever AKF Run Team. The challenge of running 26.2 miles and raising $10,000 each for a charity would be […]
Pamir Energy Revives One Country’s Electric Grid and Reaches Across Borders to Others
It’s a long way from Tajikistan to upstate New York but Madina Kuranova, Special Projects Manager for Pamir Energy, an electric utility in Tajikistan, made the trip this year to Cornell University to study as a Humphrey Fellow. That made it possible for Kuranova to visit Washington, DC recently, where she stopped by the office […]
International Volunteer Day: THANK YOU!
Our 2013 Partnership Events season has officially wrapped up! With today being International Volunteer Day, we’d like to give a big thank you to all our PartnershipsInAction volunteers! Here at the Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA), we deeply appreciate the incredible energy and commitment you have contributed to organize very successful events that show […]
Education and Action for Change: An Aga Khan Foundation Scholar’s View
Mukhaye Muchimuti is an Aga Khan Foundation Scholar now attending the American University Master’s Degree program at its School of International Studies. Recently she sat down with the Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. Communications staff to talk about her life and the scholarship award. I grew up in Nairobi, smack in the middle of a family […]
True Partnership: Homewood Middle School Students Produce Birmingham Walk’s Village in Action
Mary Binkley teaches Math/Science Enrichment and is the Junior United Nations faculty sponsor at Homewood Middle School in Birmingham, Alabama. She coordinated her students’ work on the Village in Action at the recent Birmingham Partnership Walk. “The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy.” — Meryl Streep […]
From Cairo to Plano, Texas
Sanya Khan is a student at Colleyville Heritage High School in Colleyville, Texas, and a volunteer Youth Ambassador with the Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A., which works to end poverty in Africa and Asia. As an ambassador, she led a community service project to give elementary school students, in a low-income neighborhood, inspiration for reading and […]
Spotlight on AKF USA Fellows: Making Tools for Impact Investing
By Tanaaz Jasani, Impact Investing Fellow at the Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. Fresh out of college from the University of California, San Diego with a Bachelor’s degree in International Affairs, I began my journey at theAga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) last September as an Impact Investing Fellow. According to the Global Impact Investing Network, impact investments […]
Spotlight on AKF USA Fellows: Gaining Skills in Planning Programs
I started my professional development fellowship with the Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) last November after two years of work as a Program Officer at FOCUS Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS) in Tajikistan. This internship experience provided me a unique opportunity to observe and understand the work of AKF USA, which is typically considered a “donor” agency to other AKF […]
Houston’s Art Museum Trustees Impressed by AKTC’s Work in India
Members of the Board of Trustees from Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts recently visited Humayun’s Tomb, a project of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) in Delhi, India. The tour, led by Sultana Mangalji, member of the Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA)’s National Committee, introduced museum staff and board members to the restored tomb and gardens, as well as the […]
San Antonio High School Seniors Explore Development Challenges at AKF USA Office
When a dozen high-school students from theInternational School of the Americas in San Antonio, Texas, visited Washington, DC in February to learn about the U.S. Government and international development, their program included the headquarters of Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA). There Joanne Trotter, Director of Programs for AKF USA, described for them the Foundation’s work helping to […]