VIDEO: AKU Convocation ceremony in Nairobi (Highlights)
13 February 2019 - AKU has awarded more than 1,200 degrees and diplomas in Kenya and more than 3,000 in East Africa. ...
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VIDEO: Alinoro Rajaomarosata: Financial inclusion in Madagascar
In 2011, Alinoro learned about the Premiere Agence de Microfinance (PAMF), and decided to take out a loan to start up her own business. Today, Alinoro operates three successful businesses and has 15 employees. ...
VIDEO: Pyar Ali: Building self-reliance through microfinance
A series of costly medical expenses caused Pyar Ali to lose everything, including his business. After consulting a friend, he took out what became the first in a series of loans from the First MicroFinance Bank (FMFB) Ltd Pakistan. ...
VIDEO: Water for Livelihoods - Stories of Pipalpada village of The Dangs, Gujarat
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VIDEO: Farida's story: Building self-reliance through microfinance
Before 2005, Farida Imitiaz and her husband were struggling to make ends meet for their family, due to extensive medical bills. That year, Farida took out what became the first in a series of loans from FMFB-Pakistan. ...
VIDEO: Celebrating the transformative power of generosity
Sept 2018 - A panel discussion with AKU's leadership including Trustees Princess Zahra Aga Khan and Naguib Kheraj, President Rasul and Provost Amrhein, on the university's future growth, and its aspirations to become a liberal arts institution. ...
VIDEO: Houston Walk|Run 2018
On Sunday, October 21, 2018, the Aga Khan Foundation USA hosted a Walk|Run in Houston, Texas to raise awareness and funds for its work around the world to break the cycle of poverty. Thank you to our amazing volunteers and supporters who made the event possible! ...
VIDEO: France and AKDN partnership
September 2018 - In 2008, the French gouvernment and the Aga Khan Development Network signed a Partnership Agreement to work together on development projects in Africa and Asia. ...
VIDEO: Maker's Space launches at The Aga Khan Lycee, Khorog in collaboration with Stanford University
"Maker's Spaces encourage creativity and help you to learn critical thinking skills," explained Faith Harron, one of the facilitators from Stanford University, in her closing remarks at the certificate distribution ceremony, "Thinking creatively is how you make new solutions to old problems." ...
VIDEO: The Pamir Energy Story
Wednesday 10th May 2017: 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 in one of the world's most remote areas. ...
VIDEO: Geneva Ministerial Conference on Afghanistan
On 28 November 2018, the Aga Khan joined Afghanistan's President His Excellency Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, Chief Executive His Excellency Abdullah Abdullah, Foreign Ministers from numerous countries and heads of development organisations working in Afghanistan who had gathered for the Geneva Ministerial Conference on Afghanistan. "Regional cooperation and a commitment to pluralism are key to a country's national development and stability", said the ...
VIDEO: Aga Khan Foundation Portugal - Work with Seniors
Portugal is the 5th oldest country in Europe. Aware of this reality, the Aga Khan Foundation has sought to increase knowledge and understanding of this phenomenon, in order to meet the challenges related to the quality of life of its senior citizens. The aim is to ensure the well-being of seniors by strengthening formal and informal primary-care networks; by increasing their participation ...
Celebrating the Transformative Power of Generosity, London 2018
On September 28-29, 2018, a special programme was hosted at the Aga Khan Centre in London for major supporters of its three resident institutions: the Aga Khan University, the Aga Khan Foundation-UK and The Institute of Ismaili Studies. The event was attended by Prince Amyn Aga Khan and Princess Zahra Aga Khan and more than 350 donors and supporters from around the world. ...
Address by: Firoz Rasul, President, Aga Khan University, Celebrating the Transformative Power of Generosity
President Firoz Rasul articulates the impact that AKU has had in its 35-year history in educating leaders, raising standards, and in serving the disadvantaged, including the Chancellor's vision that will inform the future of AKU. He points out that since 1983, almost US$1.9b has been raised. US$590m from donors, and 90% of that came from the Ismaili community. ...
VIDEO: Microfinance 3.0: Renewing its promise to break the cycle of poverty
A conversation with Jesse Fripp, General Manager, Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance, and Maria Largey, Director and Head of Financial Institutions, CDC Group ...
VIDEO: Fueling Prosperity in Northern Pakistan
An in-depth look at the Aga Khan Rural Support Program's Micro-Hydel Projects in Pakistan. ...
VIDEO: World Monuments Fund honours Prince Amyn Aga Khan at the annual Hadrian Gala (highlights)
23 October 2018 - The World Monuments Fund tonight honoured Prince Amyn Aga Khan, and Dr. Eusebio Leal Spengler, historian of the city of Havana, Cuba, at the 31st annual Hadrian Gala held at the Rockefeller Center Plaza in New York City. ...
VIDEO: Inauguration of the Aga Khan Garden (full video)
On 16 October 2018, Lt Governor of Alberta Lois Mitchell, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and the Aga Khan inaugurated the new Aga Khan Garden, Alberta, the northern-most Islamic garden in the world, and the first garden of its kind in western Canada. ...
VIDEO: Aga Khan Health Services in Northern Pakistan
October 2018 - While not all health improvements in the remote, rural areas of northern Pakistan can be ascribed to the AKDN alone, it is clear that the Network has had a significant impact in the region. In areas where it works, access to safe water rose from 5% of the population in 1986 to 72% in 2014. Likewise, infant mortality dropped ...
VIDEO: World Monuments Fund honours Prince Amyn Aga Khan at the annual Hadrian Gala
23 October 2018 - World Monuments Fund's video tribute to Prince Amyn Aga Khan at the 31st annual Hadrian Gala in New York, USA. ...
VIDEO: The Aga Khan conferred with honorary Doctors of Laws degree from UBC and SFU (highlights)
On 19 October, His Highness the Aga Khan was conferred with honorary Doctor of Laws degrees from the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University at a joint ceremony, the first of its kind. ...
VIDEO: Inauguration of the Aga Khan Garden in Edmonton (Highlights)
16 October 2018 - Lt Governor of Alberta Lois Mitchell, Premier Rachel Notley and the Aga Khan today inaugurated the new Aga Khan Garden, Alberta, the northern-most Islamic garden in the world, and the first garden of its kind in western Canada. ...
VIDEO: University of Calgary - Conferral of Honorary Doctor of Laws on the Aga Khan (Highlights)
17 October 2018 - The University of Calgary, one of Canada's most esteemed universities, today conferred His Highness the Aga Khan with a Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, in recognition of his exceptional contributions to humanity. ...
VIDEO: Islamic Gardens - Catalysts for Change
October 2018 - The short documentary "Islamic Gardens: Catalysts for Change" is about the vast network of parks and gardens around the world developed by the Ismaili Imamat, under the leadership of His Highness the Aga Khan. ...
VIDEO: Aga Khan Garden Alberta - Time Lapse
October 2018 - Watch as the 4.8 hectare Mughal-inspired space comes to be what we know as the Aga Khan Garden. This time-lapse features the secluded forest paths, granite, and limestone terraces, still pools that reflect the prairie sky, and a waterfall that tumbles over textured stone. The garden, which contains 25,000 trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, and wetland plants, all of which ...
VIDEO: Raising food security: The AKDN in Madagascar
October 2018 - About 60% of people in low-income countries are "food insecure". In Madagascar, one of the poorest countries in the world, some families eat only one meal a day during the "hungry season". Since 2005, the Aga Khan Development Network has helped 80,000 rice farmers to produce crops of better quality, in less time and with less labour. In many ...
VIDEO: Supporting the empowerment of adolescent girls in India
October 2018 - A key goal of the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) is to assist the poorest and most marginalised, especially women and girls, such that they achieve a level of self-reliance and improved quality of life. ...
VIDEO: 2018 GCP Annual Lecture - Highlights
4 October 2018 - Karen Armstrong, the British author, delivered the annual 2018 Global Centre for Pluralism Lecture today at the new Aga Khan Centre. The title of Ms. Armstrong's lecture was "Compassion or Toleration? Two Approaches to Pluralism". ...
VIDEO: 2018 GCP Annual Lecture - Full video
London, United Kingdom, 4 October 2018 - If you missed the live webcast, here is the full video of the GCP Annual Pluralism Lecture 2018 delivered by Karen Armstrong including the question and answer session moderated by the BBC's Lyse Doucet. ...
VIDEO: Qui est l'Aga Khan?
Son Altesse l'Aga Khan est le 49ème imam héréditaire (chef spirituel) des musulmans chiites ismailis, fondateur et président du Réseau Aga Khan de développement (AKDN), un réseau d'agences de développement privées œuvrant dans 30 pays. ...
VIDEO: Partenariat entre la France et l'AKDN
Septembre 2018 - En 2008, le gouvernement français et le Réseau Aga Khan de développement ont signé un protocole d'accord pour travailler ensemble sur des projets de développement en Afrique et en Asie. ...
VIDEO: Chihilsitoon Garden and Palace rehabilitation
Kabul, Afghanistan - Short video on the Chihilsitoon Garden and Palace rehabilitation undertaken by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (September 2018). ...
VIDEO: UCA's Khorog campus inauguration - Highlights
On 14 September, in what was a historic milestone, the University of Central Asia's Khorog campus was formally inaugurated by Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon. ...
VIDEO: Houston Golf 2017
The Aga Khan Foundation USA hosted a golf tournament to raise awareness and funds for its work around the world to break the cycle of poverty. Thank you to our partners and supporters who joined us on the green! ...
