Faced with looming water shortages, local residents like Aida Adrahmanova are addressing the issue head on – and in unique and varied ways.

Reducing water stress in the Kyrgyz mountains

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UCA celebrates Class of 2024

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Teaching climate resilience: A forum for innovation

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Impact Odyssey 2.0: The businesses of tomorrow

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UCA launches School for the Advancement of Gender Equality

Mothers push their prams as they walk on a road in Naryn.

AKDN / Christopher Wilton-Steer

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AKDN | Kyrgyz Republic

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2002

AKDN has worked in the Kyrgyz Republic since 2002.

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1,600

We employ over 1,600 people.

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96%

96 percent of our employees are Kyrgyz nationals.

Students of world history remind us how Central Asia, a thousand years ago, “led the world” in trade and investment, in urban development, in cultural and intellectual achievement … The people of the cities here, even all those centuries ago, joined hands with the people of the steppes, and together they reached out to people who were far, far away. That kind of openness can again be the key that unlocks the doors to the future.

His Highness the Aga Khan
Naryn, October 2016

A farmer digs amidst trees in his orchard.

Agriculture and Food Security

520,000

We have reached over 520,000 people in Osh, Jalal-Abad, Batken and Naryn oblasts

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Civil Society

24,000

The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) supports civil society organisations reaching 24,000 people

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Cultural Development

8,000

Centre Ustatshakirt teaches traditional theatre, literature and music to 8,000 primary and secondary school students

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Early Childhood Development

14,500

14,500 children have access to quality early childhood services

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Economic Development

324,000

The Kyrgyz Investment and Credit Bank (KICB) serves over 324,000 clients

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Education

34,000

UCA’s School of Professional and Continuing Education (SPCE) benefits over 34,000 learners in the Kyrgyz Republic

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Health

9,000

We support health services reaching over 9,000 people per year

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Microfinance

18,000

The First MicroFinance Company Kyrgyz Republic (FMFC-K) serves over 18,000 clients

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