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Multi-input and multisectoral solutions

The Great Mosque of Mopti, Mali, stands at the centre of an AKDN programme that encompasses social, cultural …

AKTC / Vincent Oblet

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The story of Habib Maiga

Habib Maiga, business owner and client of Première Agence de MicroFinance in Mopti, Mali

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Historic cities: Leveraging culture to alleviate poverty

The restoration of the Mopti Mosque in Mali, completed in 2006, has been followed by an urban regeneration …

AKDN / Lucas Cuervo Moura

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AKDN | Mali

The history of the Ummah has reason to remember the prestige and influence of Mali’s great mosques. At the height of the empire, in the eighth century, it was from these great seats of learning, these veritable centres of intellectual and spiritual activity, that Islam spread across Africa. It is therefore an immense privilege for me to be able to restore these magnificent mosques.

His Highness the Aga Khan
Mopti, April 2008

Men and women sit at desks, undertaking training.

Civil Society

6,000

AKF has trained 6,000 farmers, half of them women, in marketing and market development

Minarets and other earthen structures with protruding logs show a mosque’s restoration in progress.

Cultural Development

345

The Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) has trained 345 people in construction and related skills

Plates on a red tablecloth contain different dry ingredients for a nutritious peanut paste.

Health and Nutrition

450,000

The health programme benefited 450,000 residents of Mopti and Djenné

A man stands at the table of a small kiosk, engaging in a digital financial transaction.

Microfinance

50%

Almost half of PAMF-Mali’s clients are women

A woman points to a list of letters and short words on a blackboard, with adult students answering questions.

Multi-Input Area Development

43,000

AKDN worked with over 43,000 farmers in the region

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