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The Aga Khan Foundation, the first component part of AKDN, was founded in Switzerland by His Highness the Aga Khan, in 1967, as a private, international, non-denominational, non-profit development agency. Switzerland is the registered home for AKDN and several agencies maintain small headquarters offices in Geneva.
As such, Switzerland often serves as a hub for the coordination of development programmes within AKDN and with international partners. The Geneva head office represents approximately 0.1 percent of AKDN staff globally, with most staff based in the field.
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Our work extends to 35 countries in fields such as education and medical care, job creation and energy production, media and tourism, the fine arts and micro-finance. We believe that by improving the largest numbers of variables in the shortest possible time, we can obtain stable, long-term improvement in the quality of human life.
His Highness the Aga Khan
London, October 2015
