VIDEO: Micro-Forest
Here is a story of Champalal, a farmer from Khedi Village, Barwani, Madhya Pradesh who has grown Micro-Forest in his farm with the support of AKRSP-India. ...
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VIDEO: #QuoteoftheWeek: His Highness the Aga Khan speaking at the Evora University Symposium
"We must do a better job of training #leaders and shaping institutions to meet more demanding tests of competence and higher standards of excellence. This means moving beyond the notion that better #education simply means broader schooling -- wider access to formal learning. We must accompany our concern for quantity with a heightened concern for quality. Are the #curricula we teach relevant ...
VIDEO: Schools2030 Spotlight on Innovations: The Future Learning Centre
Designed by teachers at Ziyamidin Karimbekov school in Chon Alay, Kyrgyzstan, the Future Learning Centre is a reading room, set up by teachers there for students to enjoy a variety of books. The books are selected by the teachers to provide a selection of different age-appropriate stories, and includes both fiction and non-fiction. The students have time scheduled into their days to ...
VIDEO: #QuoteoftheWeek: Princess Zahra Aga Khan speaking in Vancouver, Canada
"This is the power of Canadian #pluralism - that it enables people of diverse backgrounds to come together in joint and common effort to improve the quality of life of all. And it is the reason that His Highness, in partnership with the Government of #Canada, chose to establish the Global Centre for Pluralism in this country. We live in a world ...
VIDEO: AKF Youth Ambassador Super Hero Spotlight
We're so excited to feature these AKF Youth Ambassadors and hear how they are inspired by AKF's global work to become future leaders! ...
VIDEO: #QuoteoftheWeek: His Highness the Aga Khan speaks at 50th Anniversary of the Nation Media Group
"Over the longer term, the Graduate School of Media and Communication will ally itself with another new project of the Aga Khan University - a Faculty of Arts and Sciences, to be created over the coming years in Arusha. In a world of growing complexity, journalists must increasingly understand the substantive, sophisticated dimensions of the fields on which they report - from ...
VIDEO: In conversation with Onno Rühl
Onno Rühl, General Manager of the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat, recalls the early days of the agency and its current aims. ...
VIDEO: #QuoteoftheWeek His Highness the Aga Khan speaking the Conference on Central Asia and Europe, Berlin
""Mountain peoples, in particular, have endured economic hardship, civil strife, arms and narcotics trafficking, an insecure food supply, earthquakes, water shortages -- the list could go on. But overcoming these problems will require a searching re-examination of what poverty really means... we are experimenting with innovative microcredit programs -- especially for the rural poor -- as well as with local efforts to ...
VIDEO: Schools2030 Spotlight on Innovations - Young Architects Club
Teachers at Tugol uulu Usupbek school in Naryn, Kyrgyzstan, discuss their innovative idea for improving mathematics and digital literacy in primary grade students, the Young Architects Club. ...
VIDEO: #QuoteoftheWeek: Prince Rahim Aga Khan speaking in Vancouver, Canada
"First amongst the challenges and risks that face humanity today is the climate emergency in all its dimensions... The climate adaptation model developed by the Climate Action Secretariat of British Columbia will be used by the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat to assess long-term risks and opportunities in the high mountains of South and Central Asia. The goal is to help communities, some ...
VIDEO: Why do you Volunteer for AKF?
Check out these three AKF superheroes and hear why the are committed to volunteering! ...
VIDEO: Aga Khan Trust for Culture | Qutb Shahi Tombs Baolis
The Aga Khan Trust for Culture's rehabilitation of the baolis at the Qutb Shahi Tombs won the 2022 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Award of Distinction. Rainwater collected by the restored stepwells facilitated the replanting of the historic gardens, and provides irrigation and conservation of the wider site. #aktc #akdn #QutbShahiTombs @UNESCO @agakhanmusic ...
VIDEO: Aga Khan Music Programme | In Conversation with Fairouz Nishanova
Find out about how the @agakhanmusic and Awards originated, with this film featuring their director, Fairouz Nishanova: "When we were building the #Music Programme, His Highness would never miss a live performance... That willingness to recognise how much #music does for a #community, for a society, that to me is unprecedented." #AKMP #akdn ...
VIDEO: Providing Employment to Rural Youth through Skill Development initiative
Rural Youth getting employment opportunity through Yuva Junction, a youth development initiative. ...
VIDEO: Igniting the Spirit of Enterprise and Determination
The video highlights the enterprise support work done by AKRSP-India under youth development initiative. ...
VIDEO: What are we learning from the Schools2030 Global Research Projects?
In this virtual seminar, we deep dive into findings alongside our cohort of 2021-23 Research Partners, as well as many of our ket Aga Khan Foundation staff, and our external assessment and learning partners. ...
VIDEO: 2022 - The Year that was
This is a video highlight of the work that AKRSP-India has done during the year 2022. ...
VIDEO: Prince Rahim Aga Khan speaks at the Kusi Ideas Festival 2022
At the Kusi Ideas Festival held by the Nation Media Group in Nairobi, Kenya, Prince Rahim Aga Khan spoke about the significance of climate change and AKDN's efforts to mitigate its effects. ...
VIDEO: Aga Khan Development Network | Quote of the Week
#Speech by His Highness the #AgaKhan at the new printing press for #NationMediaGroup in Nairobi, Kenya on 16 March 2016. Read the full speech here: ...
VIDEO: Aga Khan Development Network | Quote of the Week
#Speech by His Highness the #AgaKhan at the Global Virtual Convocation of @Aga Khan University on 20 May 2021. Read the full speech here: For more about the #AKDN: ...
VIDEO: Aga Khan Development Network | Quote of the Week
#Speech by His Highness the #AgaKhan upon receiving the "Tolerance" award at the #Tutzing Evangelical Academy in Germany on 19 June 2008. Read the full speech here: For more about the #AKDN: ...
VIDEO: Aga Khan Development Network | Quote of the Week
#Speech by Prince Amyn #AgaKhan at the at the Municipal #Honours Ceremony in Toronto, Canada on 25 September 2022 Read the full speech here: For more about the #AKDN: ...
VIDEO: AKAH Avalanche Programme Resilience | #AKAH
#Avalanches are an existential risk to #mountain communities affecting millions each year. The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) helps the inhabitants of the world's tallest mountains manage these risks. We work in 615 villages and towns in the Himalayas, Karakoram, Hindukush and Pamirs, combining data with community participation to empower people with the knowledge and tools to protect themselves. ...
VIDEO: Pakistan floods: Winter is approaching | #FloodsinPakistan
The floods in Pakistan are subsiding, but the devastation remains. The summer's unprecedented deluge caused by record monsoon rains and melting glaciers in the mountainous north has affected 33 million people, displacing more than 8 million. This disaster has caused $31 billion worth of damages and the UN estimates that nearly 15 million people continue to require emergency food assistance. The Aga Khan ...
VIDEO: Community Spaces in Rohingya Refugee Response | Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2022
Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2022 winner - Community Spaces in Rohingya Refugee Response. The six temporary community spaces of the Rohingya Refugee Response programme provide a dignified, sensitive and ingenious response to emergency needs related to the major influx of Rohingya refugees into Bangladeshi host communities, with particular attention to the safety of women and girls. The concept and design of ...
VIDEO: Farrokh Derakhshani speech at Aga Khan Award for Architecture | #AKAA2022
Farrokh Derakhshani, Director of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture gave a speech at the 2022 Aga Khan Award for Architecture Awards, in his address he spoke about how the history of the awards. The Aga Khan Award for Architecture, established in 1977, is considered one of the most renowned and prestigious awards of its kind. The Award championed many of the concerns ...
VIDEO: Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2022 | Princess Zahra Speech
At @TheAgaKhanAward for Architecture 2022, Princess Zahra #AgaKhan delivered an address congratulating laureates on behalf of His Highness the Aga Khan and spoke about the power of #architecture. "Over the years, the Award has been a lighthouse for those who feel we can design and build differently; to those who believe that we have a responsibility to build appropriately - with thought, ...
VIDEO: Princess Zahra Aga Khan speech at Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2022 | #AKAA2022
At the 2022 Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Princess Zahra Aga Khan delivered an address congratulating laureates on behalf of His Highness the Aga Khan and spoke about the power of architecture. "Over the years, the Award has been a lighthouse for those who feel we can design and build differently; to those who believe that we have a responsibility to build ...
VIDEO: Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2022 Stamp Cancellation | #AKAA2022
The 2022 Aga Khan Award for Architecture Stamp Cancellation ceremony took place in Muscat, the Sultanate of Oman. The event is part of a series of ceremonies held as part of the Aga Khan Awards events. Watch more videos from the event on our YouTube channel. @TheAgaKhanAward #AgaKhanAwards2022 #AgaKhanAwardsOman #AKAA2022 #AKAA #AKMA2022 #AKMA #Music #Architecture #AgaKhanTrustForCulture #AKDN #AKTC #Oman #Muscat ...
VIDEO: In Conversation - Luis Monreal
"Culture is not a mortgage but an asset to be exploited for the benefit of communities": Luis Monreal, General Manager of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, shares his perspective on culture's potential to transform lives. #LuisMonreal #Culture #akdn #development ...
VIDEO: Aga Khan Trust for Culture | In Conversation with Luis Monreal
"Culture is not a mortgage but an asset to be exploited for the benefit of communities": Luis Monreal, General Manager of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, shares his perspective on culture's potential to transform lives. @Aga Khan Music Programme @TheAgaKhanAward #LuisMonreal #Culture #akdn #development ...
VIDEO: Aga Khan Development Network | Quote of the Week
#Speech by His Highness the #AgaKhan at the prize-giving ceremony at the Presentation of the Gold Medal by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada in Toronto on 26 November 2013. Read the full speech here: ...
VIDEO: Banyuwangi International Airport | Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2022
Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2022 winner - Banyuwangi International Airport, Indonesia. Shunning the standardised international style of most airports, this domestic airport embraces a context-conscious design approach. Serving over 1,100 passengers daily, it caters to the hot climate through a large-scale, contemporary interpretation of vernacular passive design principles. Openings and overhangs are optimised for temperature control through natural ventilation and shading. A ...
VIDEO: Aga Khan Award for Architecture Highlights | #AKAA2022
Highlights of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture awards ceremony that took place in Muscat, the Sultanate of Oman, yesterday. At the event His Highness Sayyid Theyazin bin Haitam Al Said, Crown Prince of Oman and Princess Zahra Aga Khan presented the certificates to the 2022 winners. The event is part of a series of ceremonies being held this week in Muscat ...
VIDEO: Argo Contemporary Art Museum and Cultural Centre | Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2022
Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2022 winner - Argo Contemporary Art Museum and Cultural Centre, Iran. Tehran's first independent contemporary art museum is housed in a more-than-100-year-old former brewery that had been abandoned for decades. The Iranian-Austrian architect's aim was to create a dialogue between old and new by inserting a new foundation and metal structure to support floating concrete floors and roofs ...
VIDEO: Prince Amyn Aga Khan Address at Aga Khan Music Awards 2022 | #AKMA2022
At the 2022 Aga Khan Music Awards, Prince Amyn Aga Khan delivered an address congratulating laureates on behalf of His Highness the Aga Khan and spoke about the power of music. "While there is no single music that one could say is a universal language, the urge to make music and to have music in our lives is universal," The Aga Khan ...
VIDEO: Fairouz Nishanova speech at Aga Khan Music Awards | #AKMA2022
"At the root of this community," she added, "is the key idea of pluralism, which His Highness the Aga Khan has repeatedly underscored as a fundamental condition for a peaceful and prosperous world." Fairouz Nishanova, Director of the Aga Khan Music Programme gave a speech at the 2022 Aga Khan Music Awards ceremony, in her address she spoke about how pluralism is at ...
