Interview in French. Excerpt translated via Google.
Interview by Gilles Maarek | Published on June 17, 2012
The Aga Khan has a large racing stable. With six wins, he holds the record for victories in the Prix de Diane and has three fillies this afternoon, but it has many other strings to his bow. It is the 49th Imam of the Ismailis, a Shiite community, which has about 15 million people, mostly divided between Central Asia and East Africa.
It is also very invested in the development of Chantilly.
What are your institutional activities?
AGA KHAN: As spiritual leader of Ismailis, I have a responsibility to improve the quality of life of our community members, and all those who share their lives. The Aga Khan Development Network, or AKDN, work in this direction. The France is indeed become one of its first partners, through an agreement signed with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The major hospital in Kabul and that of Roshan, a major communications network in Afghanistan, are both from this collaboration. Other countries like Canada and Germany also help us, as well as some domestic organizations, philanthropic foundations as Indian. What challenges do you face? We are active in over 25 countries, and some like Syria, Mali and Pakistan have a difficult political situation. Reconstruction governments after the Spring Arabic, is sometimes difficult. There are many red spots on our radar screen.
Source: http://www.leparisien.fr/sports/hippisme/chantilly-est-un-geant-qui-se-reveille-17-06-2012-2052500.php
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