The Aga Khan Foundation is at the forefront of responding to the educational crisis brought on by COVID-19 through co-designing new solutions and adapting its current education programming with local communities, educators, families and learners worldwide. Click to view or…
Over the last few years, the global education discourse has placed increasing emphasis on the need for students to develop broader learning outcomes such as positive attitudes and values. To support educators to teach these, AKF has developed three new…
Meeting the ever-changing demands and expectations of teaching during COVID-19 has been overwhelming for educators. While many teachers have remained positive and resilient, for many, this transition has not been easy, particularly in areas with limited or no internet connectivity.…
The Aga Khan Foundation took its Human-Centred Design (HCD) workshops online in a bid to develop education solutions to the challenges presented by COVID-19 in developing world contexts. In 15 minutes, 35 participants from 10 countries, representing 25 nationalities generated…
Overview In every place we work, the Aga Khan Development Network is at the forefront of the COVID-19 response to provide urgent humanitarian assistance, slow the virus’s spread, care for the infected, and respond to the broad consequences of the virus. Many supporters have come forward seeking ways to contribute to the AKDN’s uniquely wide-ranging work to…
Meeting the demands and expectations of supporting children to “learn at home” can be overwhelming. Whether it is receiving new instructions from teachers or navigating hundreds of online resources, it has become stressful and tiring for many families and caregivers…
Like the rest of the world, the impact of Coronavirus has begun to be felt in sub-Saharan Africa. Whilst the total confirmed cases is still small in Mozambique the number is growing and a variety of lockdown measures are now…
The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) sees an effective civil society – increasingly funded by indigenous sources – as key to improving the overall quality of life, both in developing and developed countries. That is why AKF, alongside the la Caixa Foundation,…
The first comprehensive study of charitable giving in three major countries in eastern Africa reveals that the emerging middle classes are giving away roughly a quarter of their earnings each month to help others. Compared with giving levels detailed in…
A presentation to mark the launch of a new project “Critical Infrastructure to Contribute to Stability and Peace in Khorog, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast” was recently held in the hall of the executive body of the state authority of GBAO with…