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The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) seeks to improve the quality of life, promote pluralism, and enhance self-reliance in poor and marginalised communities in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. AKF strives to enhance agriculture and food security, promote early childhood development and access to quality education, improve health and nutrition, advance economic inclusion, and strengthen civil society. Working in partnership with communities, governments and others, for over 50 years, AKF’s long-ter ...
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A partnership between Maki and Associates andthe Aga Khan Development NetworkSpanning nearly two decades, the unique design partnership between Pritzker Prize winning Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki and the Aga Khan Development Network has resulted in a trilogy of signature buildings – The Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat (Ottawa, Canada), the Aga…
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How to help children continue to learn during COVID-19
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The Aga Khan Foundation and Aga Khan Education Services’ educational response to uncertainty.Due to COVID-19 and the accompanying lockdown measures, children around the world have been unable to go to school, in some countries for as long as six months. The Aga Khan Foundation and the Aga Khan Education Services have been at the forefront of respon…
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COVID-19: the current situation and prospects for the UK and the world
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The COVID-19 pandemic has affected our working and personal lives like no other event in recent memory. An unprecedented level of research over the past five months has advanced knowledge of the disease, but many uncertainties remain.In this Q&A, John McConnell, Editor of The Lancet Infectious Diseases, was able to separate the knowns from the unkn…
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Empowering India's Women: A self-help movement
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Join Tinni Sawhney, CEO of Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) India, in conversation with Matt Reed, CEO AKF UK, who discuss how the Foundation is enhancing women’s financial security, improving incomes and promoting access to sanitation that provides both dignity and safety.By Aga Khan Foundation UK
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