How savings groups and cooking classes are combating malnutrition and building climate resilience in Madagascar
Sandra spreads a colourful bed sheet on the floor of her home before arranging plates, utensils, and pots. Her husband,…
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Energy Plus: AKF and EU launch €31m programme to improve access to clean energy for 350,000 people in northern Pakistan
With funding from the European Union (EU), the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) has launched Energy Plus – a new programme…
“The money we used for chemicals, we now use for food”: How regenerative farming is improving food security and building climate resilience in Madagascar
Some days, Randriamitantsoa wonders when the rain is coming. Other days, it rains heavily — but that too can be…
“Disability is not inability”: Salma’s devoted leadership to disability rights in Zanzibar
Everywhere AKF works we meet community-minded individuals who are strengthening the fabric of civil society. These community weavers are unsung…
The month in pictures: June
Traditional Kyrgyz performances, planting mangroves and microforests in Kenya, and bringing healthcare to rural Tajikistan: scroll down to see what…
“We haven’t run out of water, but we are going to”: Rising temperatures and historical legacies place the Kyrgyz Republic’s vital waterways – and those who depend on them – under pressure
“If earlier it was predicted that by 2050 the area of glaciers in Kyrgyzstan would be reduced by half, and…
We break the cycle of poverty
A member of the Aga Khan Development Network, we make long term investments, cultivate an active civil society, and build high quality institutions to break the cycle of poverty and create opportunities for all regardless of faith, gender or origin.
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As a member of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), the Foundation partners with communities to build better futures together. Each year, the Network helps improve the quality of life for tens of millions of people in over 30 countries.
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“The voices of civil society will reflect and express the growing complexity of society, not as autonomous fragments, but as diversified institutions seeking the common good. And I believe that the voices of civil society can be among the most powerful forces in our time.”
HIS HIGHNESS THE AGA KHAN
BROWN UNIVERSITY, MARCH 10, 2014
BROWN UNIVERSITY, MARCH 10, 2014