In a country where traditional wisdom has not always valued women pursuing further education, AKF’s Sarah Ter* describes how attitudes are slowly shifting. After decades of war in Afghanistan, access to education remains a challenge and the illiteracy rate is…
His Highness the Aga Khan today emphasised three essential ingredients for stability and effective development in fragile contexts: a focus on local communities, a commitment to pluralism and the importance of a strong civil society. The Aga Khan was speaking…
Our cross-border work fosters socio-economic development through the building of energy infrastructure, bridges & establishing markets CHALLENGE: Separated by a river, connected by history Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province has some of the lowest human development indicators in the world. Infrastructure is…
By Michael Kocher, General Manager, Aga Khan Foundation The Aga Khan Development Network is a collection of 10 development agencies. Collectively, our agencies seek to achieve three things: First, to improve the quality of life in almost every respect –…
By Matt Reed, CEO, Aga Khan Foundation UK Five years ago, I travelled to a village called Deh in southern Tajikistan with a delegation from the Norwegian government and colleagues from the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). Like most villages in…
We are delighted to announce that a new AKF-supported cross-border energy line was inaugurated this week in Rushan in Eastern Tajikistan! The line was installed by Pamir Energy, an Aga Khan Development Network project company, with support from the Governments…
The construction of a sixth cross-border bridge and market, together with investments in local enterprise, aims to bring economic prosperity and regional stability to one of the most remote border areas in the world. On the 13th of July, the Aga Khan Foundation, the…
Daler Jumaev, General Director of Pamir Energy, spoke about how the company transformed a dilapidated Soviet utility to provide reliable, affordable and clean energy to this region, and how it is helping to build brighter futures and promote cross-border cooperation…