Where does a teacher in Pakistan interested in engaging his students in numeracy find relevant pedagogical practices? Or when a teacher in Brazil comes up with a brilliant idea for her home economics class, where does she share it? Currently,…
A significant milestone was recently reached in the emerging Schools2030 story – the teams have launched the Schools2030 Human-Centred Design (HCD) Toolkit in their respective geographies. The Schools2030 programme began in 2019 with the aim of empowering schools to search…
The Aga Khan Foundation is delighted to announce The Silk Road: A Living History, an open-air photography exhibition by Christopher Wilton-Steer. The exhibition documents Wilton-Steer’s journey along the historic trade route undertaken in 2019. Over a period of four months,…
When the Nurturing Care Framework for Early Childhood Development (ECD) was launched in 2018, one major focus was on supporting and influencing government policymakers, in order that holistic child development was included in policies, and then funded and implemented in…
Abdallah Salim lives with his wife Mariam, and 4-year-old son, Salim, in the remote village of Mbuta, which is near Mombasa on the coast of Kenya. Salim goes to Kadiria community pre-school, which has been supported by the Aga Khan…
In line with its global strategy for tackling the pandemic, the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) has launched a new €9 million programme in East Africa with funding from the European Union. The programme will focus on strengthening responses to…
An AKF-led consortium has been granted €10m as part of a €35m package to tackle the ongoing pandemic in Afghanistan, which was announced today by the EU Delegation in Kabul. The measures are designed to mitigate the socioeconomic impacts of…
As part of a wider programme that aims to provide support to unpaid carers – including young parents – Oxfam and the Aga Khan Foundation have established five Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres in Khatlon province in Tajikistan. AKF and Oxfam began implementing the second phase of the…
The Aga Khan Foundation is delighted to announce the start of a three-year partnership with the LEGO Foundation on its flagship education programme, Schools2030. Through a $3 million grant provided by the LEGO Foundation, Schools2030 will work towards a shared goal for both organisations – enabling children and young people to engage in playful, active and holistic learning in order to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes they need to become creative,…
The School Hygiene Education Programme is a joint initiative between the Aga Khan Foundation and Reckitt Benckiser under the Dettol Banega Swachh India campaign, a flagship, nation-wide sanitation and hygiene campaign initiated by RB. The campaign seeks to drive behaviour…