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…
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…
In Bihar, India, around 3 million households rear goats. 96% of these households are landless, making goat rearing – an activity that does not require substantial land – a key source of supplementary income for many. Goat rearing is largely…
Mangrove forests are critical coastal ecosystems that offer myriad benefits to both people and planet. These salt-tolerant trees grow between land and sea in the world’s tropical and subtropical coastlines, supporting local livelihoods whilst providing essential ecosystem services. In the…
Finding innovative solutions to the complex problem of poverty is at the heart of what we do at AKF. As an organisation guided by the communities we serve, creating solutions that are adaptable, contextually relevant and sustainable is central to…
The Hygiene and Behaviour Change Coalition (HBCC) is a joint partnership with Unilever, the Foreign and Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and AKF India, to improve hygiene awareness, education and access to sanitation products and infrastructure across India during the…
The School Hygiene Education Programme is a joint initiative between the Aga Khan Foundation and Reckitt Benckiser under the Dettol Banega Swachh India campaign, a flagship, nation-wide sanitation and hygiene campaign initiated by RB. The campaign seeks to drive behaviour…
On 15th October 2020, countries around the world came together – from community level through to those in high office – to push for increased action and future investment in better handwashing, hygiene and sanitation facilities for the world’s poorest…
We were driving to run field tests with young mothers in the remote villages of Netrang in Gujarat, India. Netrang, like much of rural India, has been struggling against the scourge of malnutrition. Despite India’s 50% increase in GDP since…
Vivak Awasthi has been working with the Aga Khan Foundation’s WASH programmes for a number of years. Since the outbreak, he has used his expertise to help his community in a novel way. When did you first hear about COVID-19? What…