A Big Thank You to Our Volunteers

On December 5th, we celebrated International Volunteer Day so in this special edition of From the Field, we’d like to recognize our PartnershipsInAction volunteers.... View Article

Creating Art that Points Toward Change

In conjunction with the 2012 San Francisco Partnership Walk, an art contest featured the work of students on the theme... View Article

Financing for the Poorest, and New Directions for Microfinance

This commentary by Joanna Ledgerwood, Senior Advisor on Access to Finance for the Aga Khan Development Network, is adapted from... View Article

CEO Notes: Creating an Atmosphere for Investing in Social Good

Several events, including the publication of excellent reports by the Monitor Group (From Blueprint to Scale) and the Omidyar Network... View Article

Helping Malians Cope with Unrest

In Mali, the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) has supported the provision of remedial education for children internally displaced as a... View Article

SOCAP12 and a New Market for Social Investment

Just weeks after the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 and as trillions of dollars disappeared from global capital markets,... View Article

New Ideas from Rural India: Growing Food without Land

This post was originally published on InterAction as part of a series in recognition of the UN’s International Day for... View Article

Cross-Border Education Bridges Communities in Central Asia

In May 2012, Natalie Ross, AKF USA’s Program Associate for Civil Society and Youth, visited the Cross-Border Vocational Education in... View Article

CEO Notes: Diasporas and Philanthropy

Dr. Mirza Jahani is Chief Executive Officer of Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. I recently attended the Global Diaspora Forum, hosted... View Article

A Relationship Blooms at the Social Capital Markets Conference

The Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) is proud to be a Community Partner for this year’s SOCAP12 Conference in... View Article