The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) is firmly committed to its core mandate of undertaking a range of innovative programmes and projects to improve the quality of life of communities in many parts of the world. In Afghanistan, AKDN agencies have…
At a time of increasing fragility and with less than a decade remaining to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we launch a new global report on one of the most pressing issues of our time: how to help girls learn better,…
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 supporting schools to search…
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,…
When Schools2030 was first conceived by the Aga Khan Foundation’s Global Education team, central to its vision was to establish a network of organisations, actors and stakeholders who could bring a unique set of skills, perspective and energy to the…
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…