On 8 February 2023, the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) and the European Union (EU) launched a new €16 million programme to improve natural resource management and living conditions in Zarafshon Valley in Tajikistan’s mountainous northwest. Part of the EU’s Rural…
The annual Comparative and International Education Conference (CIES) will take place this year from 14th to 22nd February in Washington DC. The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) and its flagship education programme, Schools2030, will take part in seven panel sessions discussing…
In collaboration with nine European Diversity Charters, the AKF team in Portugal has developed a Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) course to promote diversity and equal opportunities in the workplace. The European Diversity Charters help public and private sector organisations across…
During this year’s FIFA World Cup, the Aga Khan Foundation’s (AKF) General Manager, Michael Kocher, moderated a session in the SDG Pavilion in Doha about the future of education and achieving SDG4 by 2030. The session – a dialogue between…
The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) and the UK government have partnered in Afghanistan for many years to strengthen girls’ education in remote areas of the country. A new agreement will expand this partnership to include support for agriculture and livelihoods…
Located in eastern Tajikistan on the border with Afghanistan, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO) sits at an altitude of 2,300 to 4,000m above sea level. Its dry, continental climate and annual rainfall of 250 to 300mm means that the growing season…
“I am a passionate girls advocate, and I know what girls go through. I have to fight for girls’ rights, because we’ve had cases where girls can’t speak for themselves, and they need someone who can speak for them.” Steasy…
Devastation is the only word that can be used to describe the impact of unprecedented rainfall and flooding in Pakistan. Huge swathes of the country are underwater with 33 million people affected or displaced. Over one million houses have been…
For every young child, books provide new worlds to explore, imaginary characters to befriend and, crucially, opportunities to build literacy in an engaging and playful way. Put simply, access to books is an extraordinarily powerful way to promote children’s learning…
In Bihar, India, around 3 million households rear goats. 96% of these households are landless, making goat rearing – an activity that does not require substantial land – a key source of supplementary income for many. Goat rearing is largely…