2010 Annual Report: Civil Society - PartnershipsInAction
2010 Annual Report: Civil Society - PartnershipsInAction
2010 Annual Report: Civil Society - PartnershipsInAction
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Aga Khan Development Network<br />
Founded and guided by His Highness the Aga Khan, the Aga Khan<br />
Development Network (AKDN) brings together a number of international<br />
development agencies, institutions and programs that work primarily in the<br />
poorest parts of South and Central Asia, Africa and the Middle East. All AKDN<br />
agencies conduct their programs without regard to faith, origin or gender.<br />
AKDN consists of the following agencies:<br />
The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) is a non-denominational, international<br />
development agency established in 1967 by His Highness the Aga Khan. Its<br />
mission is to develop and promote creative solutions to problems that impede<br />
social development, primarily in Asia and East Africa. Created as a private,<br />
non-profit foundation under Swiss law, it has branches and independent<br />
affiliates in 20 countries. Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. was established in<br />
1981 and is based in Washington, DC.<br />
The Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance (AKAM) works to expand access<br />
for the poor to a wider range of financial services, including micro-insurance,<br />
small housing loans, savings, education and health accounts. Its programs<br />
range from village lending cooperatives to self-standing microfinance banks in<br />
South and Central Asia, Africa and the Middle East.<br />
Aga Khan Education Services (AKES) aims to diminish obstacles to<br />
educational access, quality and achievement. It operates more than 300<br />
schools and advanced educational programs at the preschool, primary,<br />
secondary and higher secondary levels in Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Kyrgyz<br />
Republic, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Tanzania and Uganda. It emphasizes studentcentered<br />
teaching methods, field-based teacher training and school<br />
improvement.<br />
Top: AKDN has worked in partnership with<br />
Afghan communities since 2002.<br />
Middle: The First MicroFinanceBank Pakistan,<br />
an institution of Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance,<br />
offers credit, savings, life insurance services<br />
and low cost funds-transfer services as a<br />
means to alleviate poverty.<br />
Bottom: Over 2.5 million people have benefited<br />
directly from the AKF’s rural support<br />
programs worldwide in over 8,400 village<br />
organizations.<br />
Aga Khan Health Services (AKHS) provides primary and curative health<br />
care in Afghanistan, India, Kenya, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Tanzania in over<br />
200 health centers, dispensaries, hospitals, diagnostic centers and community<br />
health outlets. <strong>Annual</strong>ly, AKHS provides primary health care to 1.8 million<br />
beneficiaries and handles 1.5 million patient visits. AKHS also works with<br />
governments and other institutions to improve national health systems.<br />
Aga Khan Planning and Building Services (AKPBS) assists communities with<br />
village planning, natural hazard mitigation, environmental sanitation, water supply<br />
systems and improved design and construction of both housing and public<br />
buildings. It provides material and technical expertise, training and construction<br />
management services to rural and urban areas.