Travel back in time and immerse yourself in cultural wonders – where you can indulge in the sights, smells, sounds and stories of undiscovered lands. Whether you are a seasoned collector or a curious adventurer, AKF’s Silk Road Bazaar is…
The second annual Schools2030 Global Forum is just around the corner! From 5th to 7th June, more than 250 delegates from across global education sector will meet in Porto, Portugal, for an extraordinary opportunity to learn, grow, and share together. …
Naveen Patidar and his team at the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) India are currently celebrating one of their most important achievements – receiving a $7 million unrestricted grant from US-based philanthropist, MacKenzie Scott. MacKenzie Scott is a US-based…
The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) has a long history of championing gender equality and ensuring equal opportunities for women and men across all our areas of work. As AKF’s Global Lead for Gender Equality, Gulnora Mukhamadieva’s work is dedicated to…
The Aga Khan Foundation are delighted to announce the return of the Silk Road Bazaar — an artisan market laden with goods from countries along the historic Silk Road trading route. From 22-24 July, a select group of artisanal vendors…
Of the 17 countries that AKF operates in, our largest footprint is in Afghanistan. AKF employ around 1,200 staff in Afghanistan, 99% of whom are Afghan, including AKF Afghanistan’s CEO, Dr Najmuddin Najm. Dr Najmuddin has worked with AKF since…
Rewiring education means thinking differently. For many years the global community has worked tirelessly towards the Sustainable Development Goals, yet the very best of intentions and millions of dollars spent has not changed the education landscape significantly enough for many…
As the world tunes in to watch the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, we pause to acknowledge the movement of sports and culture in building a better world. This ethos has been adopted by civil society in Khorog, Tajikistan, whereby recent…
In December 2019, the first workshops were held in Nairobi to familiarise Aga Khan Foundation staff and members of the education network RELI with the Schools2030 Human-Centred Design Toolkit – the free, open source resource developed as part of the…
The Aga Khan Foundation are delighted to announce The Silk Road Bazaar — an artisan market inspired by and staged alongside the open-air photography exhibition, The Silk Road: A Living History in London’s King’s Cross. Between 11 – 13 June,…