Local Roots, Global Fruits

Join us as AKF invites you on a new kind of journey, celebrating the many ways your support helps communities grow with lasting impact!

This year, in our Local Roots, Global Fruits voyage, we’ll share stories of AKF’s efforts to support locally-led solutions which are then shared with other global communities across Asia and Africa.

Each week you’ll see the real impact of your gifts in the areas of education, gender equality, economic inclusion, civil society, and more.

Help us plant seeds that will flourish long into the future.

Your donations allow communities to take the lead in developing long-term solutions to their challenges and you get to cheer their success!

At home and around the world, AKF partners with communities to build better futures together.

Pack your bags for this exciting adventure to improve the lives of generations to come!

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Your support is needed now more than ever.

For decades, your generosity has contributed to AKF’s wide range of development activities around the world. With your help, we can continue this critical work during a time when the world needs us the most.

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Make a one-time gift to support our work now.

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Areas of Exploration

Education

Equipping young people with the knowledge to flourish in their communities

AKF works to strengthen local education systems so children can gain the knowledge and skills they need to thrive.

Hear how Millicent, a teacher in Kenya, engaged her students during the pandemic with creative activities using easily accessible resources.

Learn more!

Gender Equality

Scaling Mountains to Open Doors of Opportunity

Meet Gul Noori, who trained as a search-and-rescue expert through AKF’s community grown crisis planning.

With over two decades of experience, she routinely scaled mountains to bring life-saving support to those in need. She believes, “If you save one life, it is as if you have saved all of humanity.”

Learn more!

Work and Enterprise

The Sweet Smell of Success…and Pastry

When Nurgul and Nazira met in college, they soon realized they shared a love of baking and a common dream of opening a pastry shop.

With AKF entrepreneurial training and vital business courses, they started their business from scratch with just a large oven and a mixer.

Today, their early seeds of hope have flourished into much more than they could ever have imagined!

Watch their success rise!

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Civil Society

We solve problems best working together.

In a world where cultural differences can divide us, we believe diverse perspectives are a strength.

AKF has worked with more than 34,000 civil society organizations across 14 countries, benefiting more than 1.6 million people. These organizations work to ensure all voices have a chance to be heard in local decision-making.

To spread their reach even further, AKF partnered with like-minded organizations and USAID to create Spark, a collection of learning resources about pluralism and civil society.

Learn about pluralism and see how this tool helps facilitate civil society.

Learn more!

Grow with us!

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