2010 Annual Report: Education - PartnershipsInAction

The Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) encompasses the triennial Aga Khan
Award for Architecture; the Historic Cities Program, which undertakes
conservation and rehabilitation in ways that act as catalysts for development;
the Music Initiative, which preserves and promotes the traditional music of Central
Asia, Middle East, North Africa and South Asia; ArchNet.org, an online archive
of materials on architecture and related issues; the Aga Khan Program for Islamic
Architecture, which is based at Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute
of Technology; and the Museums Project, which is creating museums in Toronto
and Cairo.
The Aga Khan University (AKU) is a major center for education, training
and research. Chartered as Pakistan’s first private international university in
1983, it has teaching sites in Afghanistan, Kenya, Pakistan, Syria, Tanzania,
Uganda and the United Kingdom. Following the establishment of the Faculty
of Health Sciences, the Institute for Educational Development and the Institute
for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, AKU is moving towards becoming a
comprehensive university with a Faculty of Arts and Sciences in Karachi.
The University of Central Asia (UCA), chartered in 2000, is located on
three campuses: Khorog, Tajikistan; Tekeli, Kazakhstan; and Naryn, Kyrgyz
Republic. UCA’s mission is to foster economic and social development in the
mountain regions of Central Asia. It will offer Master of Arts degrees in
mountain development; a Bachelor of Arts program based on the liberal arts
and sciences; and non-degree continuing education courses.
The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) is the only forprofit
agency in the Network. Often acting in collaboration with local and
international partners, the Fund takes bold but calculated steps to invest in
fragile and complex settings. AKFED mobilizes investment for the construction,
rehabilitation or expansion of infrastructure; sets up sustainable financial
institutions; builds economically viable enterprises that provide essential goods
and services; and creates employment opportunities.
The Aga Khan Academies (AKA), an integrated network of schools, are
dedicated to expanding access to education of an international standard of
excellence. The Academies, which will educate young men and women from
pre-primary through higher secondary education, are planned for key locations
in Africa and Asia. The first such school, the Aga Khan Academy in Mombasa,
began operating in August 2003.
Top: Al-Azhar Park, a project of the Aga Khan Trust for
Culture, has proven to be a powerful catalyst for urban
renewal in Darb al-Ahmar, one of the poorest districts
in Cairo.
Middle: Frigoken, an AKFED project company, supports
over 45,000 small scale farmers in rural Kenya.
Bottom: The Aga Khan Academies is dedicated to expanding
access to education of an international standard
of excellence.