2010 Annual Report: Education - PartnershipsInAction

Early Childhood Development (ECD). AKF has been a pioneer in promoting
ECD for decades. With its child-centered approach and culturally appropriate
curricula, AKF’s model East Africa preschool program has grown to over 200
preschools, training 6,000 teachers and 3,000 school management
committee members and reaching over 60,000 children.
Training Nurses. Nurses form the front line of rural healthcare, often serving
as the first and only point of contact for health services in developing countries.
AKDN has established training programs in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Syria and
throughout East Africa to improve skills and qualifications as well as expand
the pool of qualified nurses.
Opposite page: A nursing teacher from Aga
Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan trains
students in the nursing program in
Afghanistan. An AKF agriculturalist trains
Afghan farmers in better farming techniques
and promotes the use of seed banks.
Above: At Learning Resource Centers in
Tajikistan, teachers are guided in child-centered
teaching methods and learn to make
low-cost learning aids to enrich lessons.
School Improvement and Teacher Training. AKDN operates more than
300 schools and programs that provide quality preschool, primary, and
secondary education services to students in Afghanistan, Pakistan, India,
Bangladesh, Kenya, the Kyrgyz Republic, Uganda, Tanzania, and Tajikistan.
Professional Development Centers provide world-class training to boost a
growing cadre of competent, inspiring teachers.
Building Skills and Knowledge among Rural Populations. In most areas
where the Foundation works, agricultural production is the primary economic
activity for a majority of the people. The Foundation trains farmers in improved
agricultural techniques to expand yields and productivity, which in turn,
improve food security and incomes.