Kadiatou’s Dream: Better Schools for Better Learning

Kadiatou Diarra, age 8, is a smart girl who lives in Ballabougou with her mother, two sisters, and a brother.... View Article

Women’s Gardening Groups Build Resilience in Côte d’Ivoire

Portio is a village in northern Côte d’Ivoire. Located roughly 30 miles from the border of Mali, Portio is nested... View Article

Improving HIV/AIDS Treatment in Rural Côte d’Ivoire

Dr. Touré is the sole doctor at the medical center in Kouto, a rural community in northern Côte d’Ivoire. He... View Article

Telemedicine Brings Tools for Handling Health Risks

As a nurse with a clinic in northern Côte d’Ivoire, Vehi Pierre has his hands full helping patients. So when... View Article

From DC to Davos, New Recognition of Early Childhood’s Importance

Early childhood programs used to be places where young children took naps and adults paid little attention. Now the years... View Article

Fellows Spotlight: Lessons in Impact Investing

Every year, the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) holds a conference focused on addressing the challenges of measuring and... View Article

In Pursuit of Good Governance – In West Africa, Creating More Inclusive Financial Systems

This is the last installment in our series, In Pursuit of Good Governance, with stories from our new annual report.... View Article

Access to Microfinance in West Africa

The Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA), with a grant from Whole Planet Foundation (WPF), is developing a mobile banking platform to expand access... View Article

Seeing Change in the Happiness of Microfinance Clients

We wrap up our Giving Tuesday series, How I See Change, with the story shared by Simplice Amani, an operations... View Article

Mobile Microfinance Solutions in West Africa

This blog was originally posted by Daniel Vidal on Whole Planet’s “Stories from the Field” blog, which you can read... View Article