Returning to Cairo’s Gem and Finding More
February 7, 2013 2:13 pmBy Caroline Lai, Program Assistant with Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. During my first trip to Egypt to visit a friend... View Article
USDA-Supported Programs Help Mali Farmers Adapt in Hard Times
February 5, 2013 2:01 pmOn the day before Thanksgiving, Mary Beth Leonard, the U.S. ambassador to Mali, took a trip to see how the... View Article
The Value of an Education in One Life, and Many
January 3, 2013 12:01 pmThis fall, to promote the Partnership Walk in San Antonio, Dr. Shazli Malik joined Waheeda Kara, Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) volunteer,... View Article
Changes in Mountain Economies and Societies
December 12, 2012 11:46 amThis blog is excerpted from a conversation with Abdul Malik, General Manager of the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) in Pakistan. He... View Article
A Big Thank You to Our Volunteers
December 7, 2012 11:12 amOn 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
November 30, 2012 11:06 amIn 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
November 15, 2012 10:59 amThis 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
November 8, 2012 10:06 amSeveral 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
November 2, 2012 7:12 pmIn 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
October 25, 2012 6:54 pmJust weeks after the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 and as trillions of dollars disappeared from global capital markets,... View Article