From the Field Blog

  • 2011 Annual Report Release

    June 21, 2012

    It is with great pleasure that I share our 2011 Annual Report, which offers a glimpse into lives touched by the Aga Khan Foundation’s work in Asia and Africa. In the past we have shown how the Aga Khan Foundation has inspired people to create a better future.

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  • AKF Gets Kids in Kyrgyzstan Reading and Learning

    June 6, 2012

    For many children in the Kyrgyz Republic, life involves an annual migration: several months each year moving with their families and livestock to high pastures in the mountains. The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) wants these kids to have access to an education too, so the Yurt Kindergarten program supports pre-school teachers who travel with these pastoralist communities.

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  • Kenya Students Ramp up Tree-Planting Effort

    May 8, 2012

    Despite torrential downpours and muddy grounds, nearly 200 students from the Aga Khan Academy, Nairobi joined 26 staff members of Serena Hotel and about 30 workers supported by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to plant 2,600 tree seedlings on April 27. At this event, held at the Professor Wangari Maathai Peace Institute of the University of Nairobi, Kabete Campus, the participants enthusiastically dug into the work. What’s more, the students insisted they would raise the funds to cover the cost of the seedlings purchased.

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  • Kenya Students Advance Tree-Planting Campaign

    April 20, 2012

    On April 11, 2012, over 300 students from the Aga Khan High School in Nairobi teamed up with students from Githanga Primary School and Githanga Mixed Secondary School in central Kenya to plant over 1,500 trees. The event, at the start of the country’s rainy season, is one of many taking place under the joint initiative of the Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan Fund for the Environment (PSAKFE) and Lions Clubs International (LCI) to plant 1.5 million trees in Kenya by July 2012.

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  • Intern Spotlight: Caroline Lai

    April 18, 2012

    I started my internship with the Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) last September after completing my Master’s degree in International Public Policy at the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Before that I served two years in the Peace Corps in Ghana, which cultivated my interest in international development.

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