Micro-forests are small, dense, biodiverse forests that grow fast in urban and rural areas alike. Through our GROW initiative, we are on a mission to plant thousands of micro-forests with communities around the world to boost biodiversity, support livelihoods, and…
Afghanistan is in the midst of the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. According to UNDP, as much as 97% of the population are at risk of sinking below the poverty line. The situation has been exacerbated by one of the most…
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…
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…
An emergency project aimed at reducing Tajikistan’s vulnerability to COVID-19-related food insecurity will benefit an estimated 11,985 people directly, including 5,865 women and girls, and about 80,395 indirectly. The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), with the support of the Government of…