Mohammed Nasrullah reflects on how the approach to learning at Diamond Jubilee High School, Hyderabad shaped his journey to NASA.

“Everything I learned stayed with me”: Impact of an Aga Khan Schools education

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Princess Zahra Aga Khan is installed as AKU’s first-ever Pro-Chancellor by Chair Zakir Mahmood, a landmark in the history of the University.

AKU celebrates Class of 2025 and installs Princess Zahra Aga Khan as Pro-Chancellor

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An Erk Sous (liquorice juice) vendor in a restored section of the Aleppo souk, where traditional trades are slowly returning after years of conflict.

The Aleppo souk, crucible of memory

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To farm or flee – The climate challenge facing Syria’s farmers

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Life on the edge of climate change – and how communities in northern Pakistan are adapting

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Improving the Quality of Life

The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) is dedicated to improving the quality of life of those in need, mainly in Asia and Africa, irrespective of their origin, faith, or gender. Our multifaceted development approach aims to help communities and individuals become self-reliant.


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14 million

We provide care to more than 14 million people each year.

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2 million

We reach over two million learners each year.

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50 million

We provide financial services to over 50 million people.

Developing Human Capacity

We offer healthcare, education, and parental support to help people flourish.

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Early Childhood Development

Young children point to countries on a map during a geography lesson.

Education

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Health

Building Resilient Communities

We help communities mitigate and overcome natural disasters, and improve their habitats.

Solar panels outside Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge, with the Tsavo landscape behind.

Environment & Climate Change

A Tajik farmer keeps his irrigation channel clear, against a mountain backdrop.

Agriculture & Food Security

A brightly-clothed woman stands and speaks at a nursing council meeting in Zanzibar. Other participants sit alongside her.

Civil Society

Men and women in Tajikistan build protective gabion walls from woven wire and stone.

Disaster Preparedness & Response

A construction site in Immit, Pakistan. Workers perform different tasks to build a hazard-resistant school.

Habitat Planning & Improvement

Generating Economic Growth

We build infrastructure, offer financial services, and provide expertise to drive inclusive economic growth.

Four entrepreneurs in the Kyrgyz Republic have a discussion around a table.

Enterprise Development

Two microfinance bank staff in Côte d'Ivoire do some paperwork at a table.

Financial Inclusion

Maasai men attend horticultural training and plant seedlings near Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge, Kenya.

Hospitality & Tourism

A smiling man operates controls on a wall at SOSUCO, Burkina Faso.

Industrial Development

A Pamir Energy employee monitors screens at his desk.

Infrastructure Development

Three reporters look at web and print versions of the Daily Nation newspaper.

Media

Honouring Cultural Heritage

We invest in heritage, architecture and the arts to enable communities to build on their past and look to the future with confidence.

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Architecture

The Mughal architecture and white dome of Humayun's Tomb, Delhi and its reflection at night.

Historic Cities

Concert at the Aga Khan Music Awards with musicians fusing instruments from around the world, lit up in red and green.

Music

Art exhibition at the Aga Khan Museum, Toronto.

Museum

People sit, lie and walk amidst palm trees in Al-Azhar Park, Cairo.

Parks & Gardens

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