Prince Rahim Aga Khan with H.E. Adil Karimli, Minister of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan H.E. Salem bin Khalid Al Qassimi, Minister of Culture United Arab Emirates H.R.H. Princess Dana Firas, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, President of the Board of Directors of Petra National Trust H.E. Ms. Aktoty Raimkulova, President of the Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation H.E. Salim M. AlMalik, Director General of ICESCO H.E. Ms. Aruna Francesca Maria Gujral, Director General of ICCROM H.E. Ms. Dorine Dubois, Chief Executive Office of the Culture Sector UNESCO H.E. Faud Naghiyev, Chairman of the State Tourism Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan H.E. Alanoud Alhaj Al Ali, Acting Assistant Undersecretary for Green Development & Climate Change Sector of the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, United Arab Emirates Ministers of Culture from Jordan, Greece, Malta, Sri Lanka, South Sudan, Uzbekistan, the Maldives and others

Prince Rahim Aga Khan attends High-Level Ministerial Dialogue at COP29

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Ángel Gurría, President of the Paris Peace Forum, welcomes Prince Amyn and Prince Rahim to the event.

Wanted: A Functioning Global Order – Paris Peace Forum 2024 tackles pressing global challenges

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Prince Rahim Aga Khan attends Earthshot Prize Awards to celebrate groundbreaking environmental solutions

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4 ways habitat planning builds safer, thriving communities

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Aga Khan Masters and Tazeen Qayyum premiere groundbreaking Isma'u wa'u at the opening of Manzar

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Mostar honours The Aga Khan: A Bridge for Peace and Unity

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SMS platforms providing real-time crop and market data will be set up to help farmers optimise practices and improve market access.

AKF launches AgroVida programme to improve nutrition and food security for 125,000 people in northern Mozambique

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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.

A research institute building with glass partitions, and an external terrace with tables and seats.

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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Aga Khan Foundation

Aga Khan Schools

Aga Khan Schools

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Aga Khan University

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University of Central Asia

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Aga Khan Trust for Culture

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Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance

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Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development

Our Partners

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