AKF has been working with women and youth focussed Disabled Persons Organisation's (DPOs) in Uganda and in particular those that operate as network organisations. These network organisations have allowed us to be able to reach more people, and this is particularly important during COVID-19, when face to face communication is restricted. Women DPOs have formed networks at community level and have been able ...
An interview with Gray Garmon and Katie Krummeck who are working with the Schools2030 team to give them the tools to use Human Centred Design in their education programmes. Schools2030 is a new globally informed, locally rooted 10-year longitudinal action research and learning improvement programme working with 1000 pioneering pre-schools, primary schools, and secondary schools across 10 countries, searching for and supporting positive ...
A majority of Afghans live in rural areas. For women, the shortage of female healthcare workers is an added burden. A midwife close to the end of her training at the Bamyan Provincial Hospital, Gulbadan reflects on her training and the impact she hopes to have back in her village in Daykundi Province. ...
Speech by His Highess the Aga Khan at the inauguration of the Aga Khan Park, Toronto, Canada, 25 May 2015. Read full speech: ...
As part of its efforts to raise awareness of COVID-19 among disadvantaged and marginalised communities, the Om Habibeh Foundation (OHF) launched radio programmes, pinned posters around villages, and even distributed colouring books donated by UNICEF. The colouring books, for example, were designed to encourage families to spend quality time with their children while committing to physical distancing measures. In the process, it ...
"When I first joined the Academy, I was a closed thinker. I never got the support to act out what I thought. But when I came to the Academy, I was shown how to be open-minded, how to be adventurous, creative, how to not just be confined into that comfort zone that limits me and what I could achieve." Raphael Mwachiti is ...
At the inaugural prize-giving ceremony of the Aga Khan Music Awards, His Highness the Aga Khan remarked that "in some parts of the world, the words 'Muslim' and 'music' are not often linked together in the public mind. But they should be". He went on to note that music is a strong cultural anchor, "deepening a sense of community, identity and heritage, ...
The following video, of the pregnant mother who contracted COVID-19, is a testimony to the dedication and commitment of the staff of the Aga Khan Hospital in Dar es Salaam. It is another example of how the Hospital and its Primary and Outreach Health Centres have actively supported the Government's efforts to provide care to patients, education to communities and other forms ...
Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Opening ceremony of the IPI World Congress and 54th general assembly, Nairobi, Kenya, 22 May 2005. Read full speech: ...
Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2016 Ceremony, Al-Ain, UAE, 6 November 2016 ...
Al-Khimyah, written and directed by Prince Aly Muhammad Aga Khan, explores the work of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) in the historic city of Cairo, Egypt. The film shines a spotlight on the 30-hectare Al-Azhar Park -- converted from a mound of rubble -- and the stories of local residents of the adjacent Darb al-Ahmar neighbourhood. Since opening in 2005 ...
In line with the Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme projects in Cairo, Kabul, Zanzibar and Mali, among other cities across the world, the Nizamuddin Urban Renewal Initiative has from the outset aimed to leverage cultural assets for development and economic gain as well as adopting an "urban landscape" approach to conservation. In 2018, the project inaugurated a 90-acre city park - Sunder Nursery ...
"Some people say there is nothing that can be done to reduce climate change. But Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge in Tsavo West National Park shows there is." That is how a film dedicated to Kenya's first solar-powered safari lodge begins. In addition to Serena's efforts in solar power, the film explores the hotel chain's efforts to construct its properties in an environmentally ...
With a population of 17 million, Cairo has one of the lowest ratios of green space to urban population in the world -- an area the size of a footprint per inhabitant, according to one estimate. The creation of Azhar Park was therefore a topic of great interest for Prince Aly Muhammad Aga Khan. Combining never-before-used footage and new interviews with photographs ...
Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the Bujagali hydropower project, Jinja, Uganda, 21 August 2007 ...
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The video highlights the work that AKRSP(I) has done in 45 villages of two blocks on Coastal Gujarat. ...
Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Aga Khan Music Awards prize-giving ceremony at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal, 31 March 2019. Read full speech: ...
Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the 2010 Aga Khan Award for Architecture Ceremony, Doha, Qatar, 24 November 2010. Read full speech: ...
Elaha wanted to be a doctor... but she could not afford the school fees. So, she studied to become a nurse instead. She has risen quickly to become a nursing manager at the Faizabad hospital, where she is responsible for scheduling and overseeing all the nurses at the hospital - and has become the primary breadwinner in her family. Now, she says ...
Quand elle était jeune, Elaha rêvait de devenir doctoresse... malheureusement, elle n'a jamais été en mesure de payer les frais scolaires d'une formation en médecine. Elle a alors décidé de suivre des études pour devenir infirmière. Elle est rapidement devenue infirmière en chef à l'Hôpital provincial de Faizabad, où elle supervise et gère le planning de l'ensemble du personnel infirmier de l'établissement. ...
Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Foundation ceremony of the AKU Graduate School of Media and Communications, Nairobi, Kenya, 27 July 2011. Read full speech: ...
Dr Hajira was the first female doctor in Badakhshan, Afghanistan. Today, she is the head of a dedicated gynaecology and obstetrics ward that treats hundreds of women every year. ...
Mai 2020 - La Dre Hajira fut la première doctoresse du Badakhchan, en Afghanistan. Aujourd'hui, elle est la directrice du service de gynécologie et d'obstétrique, une unité qui traite des centaines de femmes chaque année. ...
Speech by Princess Zahra Aga Khan at the opening of the phase II expansion of the Aga Khan Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 9 March 2019. Read full speech: ...
Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the World Bank InfoDev Conference, Washington DC, USA, 10 November 1999. Read full speech: ...
Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Creation of the Aga Khan University hospital, Kampala, Uganda, 17 December 2015. Read full speech: ...
Here are the simple steps of Hand washing to stay healthy and safe during this pandemic ...
Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the creation of the Aga Khan University hospital, Kampala, Uganda, 17 December 2015. Read full speech: ...
As we follow Dr. Simiyu on her rounds, we learn about the new skills she has learned to safely deliver babies, even in complicated or emergency cases - and how she is passing these new skills on to her colleagues at the Nansio hospital on Ukerewe Island (Tanzania). ...
Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Aga Khan Music Awards prize-giving ceremony at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal, 31 March 2019. Read full speech: ...
With support from the Pakistan Afghanistan Tajikistan Regional Integration Program (PATRIP) Foundation, local authorities and the community, the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat completed water supply schemes in nine villages in Broghil, providing more than 200 households with year-round access to clean water. ...
Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the inauguration of Amir Aqsunqur Mosque, Cairo, Egypt, 2 May 2015. Read full speech: ...
Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2019 Presentation Ceremony, Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation (13 September 2019). Read full speech: ...
This video shows the impact of the School Improvement Programme in Pakistan on Early Childhood Development. For over 100 years the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) has worked to ensure that students of all ages have access to quality learning opportunities and to equip them with the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values that help them interact effectively with the world and contribute to ...
Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Foundation ceremony of the Ismaili Centre, the Aga Khan Museum and their park. Read full speech: ...
This 3-year programme ran between 2016 and 2019 in Northern Kenya in the counties of Lamu, Garissa and Mandera, with support from the European Union. The programme was designed in response to the burgeoning youth unemployment problem that was impacting the quality of life of the younger generation. AKF worked with local governments and CSOs to build the capacity of local institutions ...
new initiative is aiming to provide opportunities and inspire young people in Coastal and Northern Kenya. Read more: ...
