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Maputo, Mozambique, 14 December 2001 - The Portuguese Agency for Development (Agência Portuguesa para o Apoio ao Desenvolvimento) (APAD) has approved a grant of one million Euros for a long-term rural development programme launched by the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) and aimed at some 120,000 people in Mozambique's northernmost province of Cabo Delgado. The North Coast Rural Support Programme (NCRSP), initiated ...

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Zanzibar, 11 December 2001 -- The Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) announced the conclusion of an agreement for a second phase of funding for the Community-Based Rehabilitation Programme in Zanzibar Stone Town. Total funding over a two and a half year period will be Swedish Crowns 4,500,000 (US$ 455,000). The projects will ...

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6 December 2001 - The Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom and the Aga Khan Development Network have agreed to jointly fund scholarships to students from Iran, Kazakhstan, The Kyrgyz Republic, Syria, Tajikistan (and others to be agreed upon in the future). The scholarships will be tenable at universities in the United Kingdom and will be known as the "Aga ...

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Damascus, Syria, 10 November 2001 - His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims today concluded his eight-day visit to Syria with a second round of extensive discussions with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. The Aga Khan and Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa Miro also signed a Framework Development Agreement between the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and ...

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Al Khwabi, Syria, 9 November 2001 - His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, today described how he saw Syria facing the challenges of the future in the context of the current global situation. "In recent years, human society has, sadly, witnessed a polarisation of differences amongst people into all forms of conflict," said the Aga Khan. ...

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Aleppo, Syria, 8 November 2001 - ...

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Brussels, Belgium, 7 November 2001 - "We need to stimulate all the world's children to become global thinkers," said Mr. James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank, at a landmark roundtable on Early Childhood Development (ECD) organised by the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) and the World Bank. Emphasising the role of culture and the local context in fostering the creative ...

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Aleppo, Syria, 6 November 2001 -- World-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma and his Silk Road Ensemble gave a special performance on the occasion of the presentation ceremony of the 2001 Aga Khan Award for Architecture. From high atop the Citadel dominating one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities and out of its ornate Throne Room, the enchanting melodies of Ahmed Adnan ...

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Aleppo, Syria, 6 November 2001- At a ceremony held in Syria at the historical Citadel of Aleppo, His Highness the AgaKhan announced the nine recipients of the 2001 AgaKhan Award for Architecture, and presented a special Chairman's Award to the Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa. The nine projects selected by the independent Master Jury for the 2001 Award are:New Life for ...

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Aleppo, Syria, 6 November 2001 - "A bustan whose glory would stem from the value and legitimacy of the pluralism of the infinite manifestations of culture in the human community." His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, this evening used the metaphor of an orchard to symbolise the intellectual space that offers hope and optimism in the ...

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Aleppo, Syria, 6 November 2001 - At a ceremony held in Syria at the historical Citadel of Aleppo, His Highness the Aga Khan announced the nine recipients of the 2001 Aga Khan Award for Architecture, and presented a special Chairman's Award to the Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa. The occasion completed the eighth cycle of the programme, which has a triennial ...

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Aleppo, Syria, 6 November 2001- At a ceremony held in Syria at the historical Citadel of Aleppo, His Highness the Aga Khan announced the nine recipients of the 2001 Aga Khan Award for Architecture, and presented a special Chairman's Award to the Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa. The occasion completed the eighth cycle of the programme, which has a triennial prize ...

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Aleppo, Syria, 6 November 2001 - World-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma and his Silk Road Ensemble gave a special performance on the occasion of the presentation ceremony of the 2001 Aga Khan Award for Architecture. From high atop the Citadel dominating one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities and out of its ornate Throne Room, the enchanting melodies of Ahmed Adnan ...

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Damascus, Syria, 3 November 2001 - His Excellency President Bashar Al Assad this morning held discussions with His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims at the People's Palace. The Aga Khan and members of his delegation also met with Prime Minister Muhammad Mustafa Miro, Deputy Prime Minister for Social Services, Dr. Naji Otri, and the ...

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Lisbon, Portugal, 31 October 2001 - As winter approaches and the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan deepens, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Portugal today announced a joint collaboration between the Portuguese Institute of Co-operation (ICP), the Aga Khan Foundation (Portugal) and Focus Humanitarian Assistance Europe Foundation (FOCUS) to provide urgently needed food assistance to displaced populations in Afghanistan. Under an Agreement ...

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Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 5 October 2001 - Against the backdrop of a major humanitarian disaster, heightened by tensions of potential international conflict and a massive refugee crisis, FOCUS Humanitarian Assistance is continuing to move ahead with rehabilitation activities in Afghanistan even as it presses forward with its ongoing relief programme across the country. ...

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Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 5 October 2001 - Against the backdrop of a major humanitarian disaster, heightened by tensions of potential international conflict and a massive refugee crisis, Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS) is continuing to move ahead with rehabilitation activities in Afghanistan even as it presses forward with its ongoing relief programme across the country. Throughout recent days and weeks, despite the looming ...

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Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, 25 September 2001 - With the world's attention focused on Central Asia, His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, today outlined a development approach sensitive to prevailing concerns about the region. Launching new initiatives under an Agreement of Cooperation for Development negotiated over the past twelve months and signed this morning with ...

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Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, 29 August 2001 - President Askar Akaev today officially inaugurated the Kyrgyz Investment and Credit Bank (KICB). With a fully paid-up share capital of US$ 7 million, KICB becomes the country's largest commercial bank. The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED), the principal shareholder will also oversee management which draws on both international expertise and local professionals. ...

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Wotersen, Germany, 25 August 2001 - At the first of a hallmark series of festivals to be held in Asia, Europe and North America, the renowned American cellist Yo-Yo Ma led a distinguished international group of musicians, artists and scholars from the Silk Road Project last night in introducing European audiences to a major element of the Aga Khan Music Initiative ...

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Wotersen, Germany, 25 August 2001 - At the first of a hallmark series of festivals to be held in Asia, Europe and North America, the renowned American cellist Yo-Yo Ma led a distinguished international group of musicians, artists and scholars from the Silk Road Project last night in introducing European audiences to a major element of the Aga Khan Music Initiative ...

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Zanzibar, Tanzania, 17 August 2001 - Consideration of the marine and maritime dimensions of Zanzibar's history and culture, broader tourism opportunities and major education projects were among the expanded development initiatives agreed by His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Ismaili Muslims during a three-day visit to Tanzania. In meetings with Zanzibar President Amani Abeid Karume and Chief ...

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Zanzibar, Tanzania, 17 August 2001 - Consideration of the marine and maritime dimensions of Zanzibar's history and culture, broader tourism opportunities and major education projects were among the expanded development initiatives agreed by His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Ismaili Muslims during a three-day visit to Tanzania. ...

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Copenhagen, Denmark, 7 June 2001 -- His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Ismaili Muslims and founder of one of the largest private networks of healthcare institutions in the developing world, this evening received the prestigious Archon Award from the international nursing honour society, Sigma Theta Tau International. The Award Ceremony took place as delegates from around the ...

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On 26 January 2001, an earthquake registering 7.9 on the Richter scale devastated the Indian state of Gujarat. Twenty thousand people died, 167,000 were injured and as many as 600,000 people were left homeless. Over 348,000 houses were destroyed and an additional 844,000 damaged. Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) agencies were quick to respond to the earthquake, moving in rapidly to ...

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Lisbon, Portugal, 26 September 2000 -- "A shared social ethic, underwritten by Africa's faiths, can help resolve many of the problems afflicting Africa today." In an address yesterday to a special session on "Africa's Rebirth" at the XIIIth International Meeting of Peoples and Religions, His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Ismaili Muslims, underlined the need for a ...

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Astana, Kazakhstan, 31 August 2000 -- President Nursultan Nazarbayev and His Highness the Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the Ismaili Muslims, today concluded the signature of the treaty founding the University of Central Asia, the world's first university dedicated exclusively to education and research on mountain regions and societies. Announcing a total endowment of US$15million for the University at its inception, ...

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Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 28 August 2000 -- Twenty five million people who depend for their lives and livelihoods, on the earth's highest mountain ranges, will benefit from the world's first university dedicated exclusively to education and research on mountain regions and societies. The University of Central Asia is being established by an international treaty being signed in Dushanbe, Tajikistan today and in ...

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Suzdal, Russia, 31 July 2000 -- As Jerusalem's fate was debated thousands of miles away, architects of different faiths and nationalities last week stood amidst the churches, convents and monasteries of this medieval city that survived its Tatar conquerors, exchanging ideas for revitalising each other's spaces of gathering. Remarkable anywhere, if not more so in the former Soviet Union, an international ...

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Maputo, Mozambique, 28 March 2000 -- The Aga Khan Development Network today announced the launch of three social development programmes and a project to build a major school complex in Mozambique. The announcement was made this morning during the visit of Portuguese First Lady, Maria José Ritta, to the future premises of the Mozambican branch of the Aga Khan Foundation Portugal. ...

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Compassion for those less fortunate is central to AKDN's ethics. It can take the form of donations of material wealth, but it can also be gifts of time, knowledge, expertise and skills. To that end, AKDN creates schools and hospitals, newspapers and electricity plants, parks and museums - and many other institutions that improve the quality of life for hundreds of ...

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Delhi, India, April 2015 - As part of its continued efforts to restore and revitalise the areas around Humayun's Tomb, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture and its partners will begin construction on a site museum and visitor's centre in Delhi. The need for a museum and visitor centre at this world heritage site became apparent in recent years. Two million ...

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Co-presented by Théatre de la Ville and the Aga Khan Music Initiative Paris, 7 October 2011 -- The Aga Khan Music Initiative and Théatre de la Ville team continue their three-year partnership with a two-day celebration of Pakistani music and poetry at the Théatre de la Ville in Paris on the 8th and 9th of October 2011. The weekend, featuring 20 ...

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As members of the Master Jury we have carefully considered the 216 nominations for the second Aga Khan Award for Architecture in two separate meetings in Geneva, January 24-28 and June 20-24, 1983. At the first meeting, thirty-six projects were selected for detailed technical review in situ. In the second meeting we selected the eleven winners. Our deliberations in both meetings ...

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Aga Khan Ensemble to perform Navruz concerts at Portuguese Parliament, Serralves Foundation, Gulbenkian Museum and Lisbon Ismaili Centre Leading artists on the roster of the Aga Khan Music Initiative will come together to perform a programme devoted to celebration of richness and cultural diversity, honouring Navruz, the Welcoming of the Spring. The Aga Khan Ensemble will be performing a unique repertoire ...

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"Our purpose is to educate the most talented young minds from many countries for a global future," says Aga Khan Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, 20 September 2013 -- The Aga Khan Academy, Hyderabad, a new, not-for-profit school situated on an expansive 100-acre campus, was officially inaugurated today by the Chief Minister of the Government of Andhra Pradesh, the Honourable Sri N. ...

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Programme inspired by Grammy-nominated "Invisible Face of the Beloved" to be performed in Cairo, Alexandria and Beirut Geneva, Switzerland, 20 April 2012 - The Aga Khan Music Initiative is presenting "Invisible Face of the Beloved: Contemporary Music from Central Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa" at the 2012 Spring Festival in Cairo, Alexandria, and Beirut. The festival runs from 20 ...

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The Aga Khan Trust for Culture is collaborating with the Louvre on two exhibitions of Islamic art in Paris, as well as with the Museum of Decorative Arts, also in Paris. At the Louvre, the Trust has collaborated in the preparation of an exhibition entitled "Masterpieces of Islamic Art from the Aga Khan Museum". As the opening event of a season ...

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The 23 worldwide foundations established by Andrew Carnegie during his lifetime have announced the names of the recipients of The Andrew Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy 2005. The recipients of the awards, which are regarded as the Nobel prize for philanthropy, will be: - His Highness the Aga Khan; - Anna Southall, Chair of the Barrow Cadbury Trust, on behalf of the ...

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Om Habibeh Foundation Signs Agreement with Aswan University January 2015- The Om Habibeh Foundation (OHF) in Aswan, signed an Agreement with Aswan University to further develop the institutional relationship with the two organisations, specifically around the strengthening of the quality of education at the Faculty of Nursing, and the improvement of employability skills of Aswan University Students. As part of the ...

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