Aga Khan Foundation and USAID Launch Partnership to Strengthen Civil Society in East Africa

NAIROBI, KENYA, OCTOBER 10, 2014 – The Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) signed... View Article

Toward New Strategies for Civil Society Development in Africa

Civil society organizations (CSOs) around the world play a key role in providing local services, building community cohesion, and helping... View Article

New Civil Society Partnership Announced with U.S. Government and the Aga Khan Development Network

New York –President Barack Obama yesterday announced a partnership among the United States government, the Swedish government, and the Aga... View Article

Social Cohesion as a Process

The growing number of conflict zones around the world highlights the need to better understand the dynamics of social cohesion,... View Article

Part 2: What Can Community Philanthropy Do?

The News from Kenya The drought in California is a leading news story this summer. However, another story of water... View Article

Part 1: What Can Community Philanthropy Do?

When communities pull together to solve problems, it rarely makes headlines (especially in developing countries) but this month such an... View Article

Crisis to Opportunity: Kyrgyz Veterinarians Build Public Trust and Private Practice

Next in our series, Rooted in Resilience: From Crisis to Opportunity, is the story of Mukanbet Ibraev in the Kyrgyz... View Article

Making Local Ownership Real: Moving Beyond the Buzzwords

“Local ownership” has been a buzzword for a long time and is widely touted as a better way forward for... View Article

Social Cohesion in Kyrgyzstan through a Participatory Lens

In November 2013, we met with our partners in Kyrgyzstan to plan the start-up of a new World Bank-funded grant... View Article

New Agreement Between Aga Khan Foundation and the World Bank Launches Program for Social Cohesion in the Kyrgyz Republic

WASHINGTON, DC, JANUARY 17, 2014 – The Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) and the World Bank have inaugurated a program to identify factors... View Article