VIDEO: Houston Walk|Run 2017
The Aga Khan Foundation USA hosted a Walk|Run 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 for this amazing event! ...
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VIDEO: Seattle Golf 2018
On August 9, 2018, 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! ...
VIDEO: Project Lehar: Empowering Girls in India
The Aga Khan Foundation has been committed to empowering women and girls in India for the past forty years. Since 2015, over 5,500 girls have been supported by the Aga Khan Foundation's Project Lehar. The project is enabling adolescent girls to access better opportunities. ...
VIDEO: Aga Khan Foundation - The Fred Roberts Workshops
Young photographers in Tajikistan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, India, Portugal and Canada have taken part in the Fred Roberts photography workshops. Each workshop (and online mentoring that follows) provides 20 high school aged students with strong photographic skills, building their confidence and turning them into professional quality photographers. The workshops are also intended to break down barriers between different social groups and build respect ...
VIDEO: O trabalho da Fundação Aga Khan em Portugal
Em conjunto com mais de 700 parceiros nos setores público e privado, a Fundação realiza um vasto leque de atividades que vão do desenvolvimento na primeira infância à ajuda aos novos imigrantes na sua integração na sociedade portuguesa. ...
VIDEO: Meet Sara
Meet Sara. She's seven years old and lives in one of the world's most remote areas--in northern Afghanistan. She dreams of becoming a doctor. But access to education isn't the only thing that will get her there. Read more about Sara and the Aga Khan Foundation's approach to integrated development at . ...
VIDEO: A picture is worth a thousand words
They say, "A picture is worth a thousand words." But these pictures, as people in Lisbon are learning, are about hundreds of thousands of lives that are part of AKDN's work to improve the quality of life around the world. ...
VIDEO: Reconstructive surgery at the Aga Khan hospital in Dar es Salaam
Since 2016, the Aga Khan Hospital in Dar es Salaam has been working with the Muhimbili National Hospital and Women for Women to offer reconstructive surgery to women who have been victims of accidents. So far, this programme has benefitted over 100 lives. Learn more in this short film. ...
VIDEO: Improving Lives for Mothers and Children in Mozambique
In Mozambique, two out of five children are malnourished. For mothers like Ruquia, the consequences can be severe. ...
VIDEO: Close to Home
Prince Aly Aga Khan travelled to Northern Pakistan to meet with the resilient and brave communities who have withstood natural disasters for centuries. Inspired by their stories, he wrote and directed his first film, #ClosetoHome, about the perseverance of this community in the face of natural disasters. ...
VIDEO: "A key to open the gates": Aga Khan Academy Mombasa alumna Zarina Mamadbekova shares her journey
Recorded at the Aga Khan Foundation USA Gala 2017 in New York City. ...
VIDEO: "I want to do more": Aga Khan Academy Mombasa alumna Mary Favour shares her story
Recorded at the Aga Khan Foundation USA Gala 2017 in New York City. ...
VIDEO: The Water and Sanitation Extension Programme (WASEP)
March 2018 - The Water and Sanitation Extension Programme (WASEP) provides clean drinking water to 500,000 people and has given safer sanitation to 600 villages in Pakistan. ...
VIDEO: Mobilising villages for development
Despite progress, 800 million people worldwide still live in extreme poverty, many of them in remote parts of the world. To alleviate poverty in these remote areas, the Aga Khan Foundation pioneered village-based development. Given the right tools, villagers mobilized to build roads, bridges, schools and clinics, water and sanitation systems and mini hydroelectric plants. They increased yields of essential crops and ...
VIDEO: Girls Education
8 march 2018 - Providing quality education is a cornerstone of the work of the AKDN. Educating girls is of the utmost importance to ensure they have the right start in life. ...
VIDEO: Women's Savings Groups
8 March 2018 - AKDN works globally to assist in crucial financial literacy for Women. Initiatives such as Women's Savings Groups help to provide independence and legacy planning for Women. ...
VIDEO: Solar irrigation in India
February 2018 - Jubilees have traditionally been occasions for the Aga Khan to launch new projects and programmes. In 1983, he launched the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) in India. Decades later, the programme continues to support rural communities across India. This film describes a solar irrigation programme developed to help farmers increase their yields. ...
VIDEO: Inauguration of the Sunder Nursery
On 21 February 2018, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, Vice President of India, and His Highness the Aga Khan inaugurated a new 90-acre (36 ha) city park in New Delhi. ...
VIDEO: His Highness the Aga Khan meets with Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India
Yesterday, as part of his Diamond Jubilee visit to India, His Highness the Aga Khan met with Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India. ...
VIDEO: AKDN in India - Highlights
The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) has a long history in India, dating back to the establishment of the first Aga Khan school in Mundra, Gujarat, in 1905. Eight of AKDN's 11 agencies are operational in the country, implementing a range of programmes, in diverse fields from water and sanitation to maternal health and family nutrition, sustainable agriculture to disaster risk reduction ...
