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Category: Aga Khan Development Network

AKDN

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AKDN: Building self-reliance through microfinance

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  • Posted on February 18, 2019February 18, 2019

Before 2005, Farida Imitiaz and her husband were struggling to make ends meet for their…

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  • Aga Khan Development Network

Aga Khan Cultural Service Pakistan: Restoring Heritage

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  • Posted on February 12, 2019February 12, 2019

By Zohra Raja It lies in the way it equips us to understand our past,…

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  • Aga Khan Development Network

Kyrgyzstan: New Investment Opportunities Announced for Small and Medium Business

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  • Posted on February 11, 2019February 11, 2019

Accelerate Prosperity, a new global initiative of the Aga Khan Development Network in Central and…

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  • Aga Khan Development Network

Khorog, Tajikistan: Polyglot Tots

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  • Posted on February 1, 2019February 1, 2019

When the Aga Khan Education Services (AKES) opened up two Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres…

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  • Afghanistan

Afghanistan: AKDN Diplomatic Representative Calls On Deputy Foreign Minister

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  • Posted on January 25, 2019

January 21, 2019, KABUL— Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Mr. Idrees Zaman met with the Diplomatic…

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  • Aga Khan Development Network

AKDN: Aga Khan Schools 2018

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  • Posted on January 23, 2019January 23, 2019

Established over 100 years ago, the Aga Khan Education Services is built on a century…

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  • Aga Khan Development Network

Aga Khan Foundation USA: Children, Our First Priority

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  • Posted on January 17, 2019January 17, 2019

There is nothing that parents love more in this world than their children. Parents everywhere…

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  • Aga Khan Development Network

KfW “Weiterdenken” (“Thinking Ahead”) event- Berlin, Germany 2019

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  • Posted on January 16, 2019January 16, 2019

The second lesson is that commitment to pluralism is essential. The consultations must be wide,…

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  • Aga Khan Development Network

This village in Pakistan generates its own electricity!!

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on January 9, 2019January 9, 2019

While the country faces a major power crisis Ahmedabad has electricity 24-7. Ahmedabad is a…

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  • Aga Khan Development Network

@alykhanxyz: Five Amazing AKDN Projects from Around the Globe (2018)

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on January 9, 2019January 10, 2019

By Alykhan A, Consultant at Aga Khan Development Network Working for the Aga Khan Agency…

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Roxana Jaffer: Are You A Sustainability Leader?

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  • Posted on January 9, 2019January 9, 2019

Speaker: Roxana Jaffer @ 10th Annual Sustainable Development Congress. UAE Dec 2018 Humanity must protect…

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  • Aga Khan Development Network

Hakims’ tombs regain glory

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  • Posted on January 2, 2019January 8, 2019

The restoration work on Hakims’ tombs being done by Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC)…

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  • Aga Khan Development Network

The Walled City of Lahore Authority celebrates works of Bulleh Shah

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  • Posted on December 21, 2018

December 21, 2018, LAHORE: The Walled City of Lahore Authority (WCLA) on Friday held Sufi night…

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  • Aga Khan Development Network

Ethics in Action App for Apple and Android

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  • Posted on December 21, 2018December 24, 2018

Did you know: Ethics in Action app highlights the projects and impact of the Aga…

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  • Aga Khan Development Network

Video: France and AKDN partnership

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  • Posted on December 12, 2018December 12, 2018

In 2008, the French government and the Aga Khan Development Network signed a Partnership Agreement…

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  • Africa

Kisumu: AKDN to train Kisumu county ECDE tutors

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on December 11, 2018December 12, 2018

Kisumu, Kenya, December 10, 2018: More than 300 pre-primary school teachers in Kisumu County are…

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  • Aga Khan Development Network

Oeiras, Portugal to have Aga Khan academy, the first in Europe

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on December 8, 2018

Google translated Aga Khan Development Network will buy 49 hectares of land next to Tagus…

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  • Aga Khan Development Network

A Glimpse into the Aga Khan University – International Internship Programme

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on December 7, 2018

Take a look into the exciting opportunities available through the AKU – International Internship Programmes.…

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  • Aga Khan Development Network

Aga Khan Award for Architecture: 2019 Master Jury

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  • Posted on December 6, 2018December 7, 2018

Geneva, Switzerland, 4 December 2018 – The members of the Master Jury for the 2017-2019 Cycle…

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  • Aga Khan Development Network

Maker’s Space launches at The Aga Khan Lycee, Khorog in collaboration with Stanford University

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on November 30, 2018November 30, 2018

“Maker’s Spaces encourage creativity and help you to learn critical thinking skills,” explained Faith Harron,…

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  • Aga Khan Development Network

Prince Rahim and Princess Salwa Aga Khan visit Pakistan

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  • Posted on November 29, 2018November 29, 2018

29 November 2018 – Prince Rahim and Princess Salwa Aga Khan travelled to Pakistan for a…

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  • Afghanistan

Video: Geneva Ministerial Conference on Afghanistan 2018

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on November 28, 2018

On 28 November 2018, the Aga Khan joined Afghanistan’s President His Excellency Mohammad Ashraf Ghani,…

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  • Afghanistan

His Highness the Aga Khan speaking at the Geneva Conference on Afghanistan

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  • Posted on November 28, 2018

  Geneva, Switzerland, 28 November 2018 – His Highness the Aga Khan, speaking at the Geneva…

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  • Aga Khan Development Network

AKDN partners with the inaugural Paris Peace Forum

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  • Posted on November 13, 2018

“It is my conviction that one of the key conditions for peace in our world…

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  • Aga Khan Development Network

Raising Learning Outcomes: the opportunities of ICT for learning

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  • Posted on November 6, 2018

Research ~ The opportunities and challenges of ICT for learning RAISING LEARNING OUTCOMES WITH UNICEF, AGA…

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These restored gardens are the first chahar-bagh, or four-part paradise garden to surround a Mughal tomb on the sub-continent. Built nearly a century before the Taj Mahal, the Tomb and its gardens were an expression of the love and respect borne towards the Emperor Humayun by his son, Akbar and widow, Haji Begum. The chahar-bagh was more than a pleasure garden. In the discipline and order of its landscaped geometry, its octagonal or rectangular pools, its selection of favourite plants and trees, it was an attempt to create transcendent perfection – a glimpse of paradise on earth.

The hues and scents of these gardens, the varied sources of the design elements and of the chosen construction materials, make this monument an important reminder of the power and elegance of diversity, while the sentiments that moved its patrons, united them in a shared virtue.

— Excerpt: His Highness the Aga Khan at the ceremony to inaugurate the restored Humayun’s Tomb gardens. New Delhi, India. 15 April 2003 https://the.ismaili/speeches

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