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…
With the world in the grip of the second wave of Coronavirus, six AKDN agencies have come together to support Pakistan’s health system to manage the spread of the disease, with a focus on training and awareness-raising. The work forms part of an emergency 17-month programme being implemented in Pakistan aimed at responding to Coronavirus in Gilgit-Baltistan…
After twelve weeks of consultation, collaboration and creativity, the Schools2030 country teams assembled once more in their home offices to pitch their ideas in response to the question: How might we support children’s learning during COVID-19? In April 2020, when…
The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) is partnering with His Royal Highness Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, to launch The Earthshot Prize. The prize aims to find new solutions to environmental crises and the improvement of living standards, particularly for…
I’ve been in these mountains for nearly a year! That was not something I had planned on. I first arrived in the Pamirs in August of last year in a 4×4 Jeep bumping along the Pamir Highway from Osh to…
During a ceremonial visit to the GBAO region of eastern Tajikistan, President Emomali Rahmon officially opened the Tirchid Mahalla sports ground on 21st August 2020. The playground is one of six that has been constructed under the EU-funded infrastructure project…