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Aga Khan Foundation


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[top] [end]Origin of funds

Aga Khan Development Network

[top] [end]Goals/aims

The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) focuses on health, education, culture, rural development, institution-building and the promotion of economic development. It is dedicated to improving living conditions and opportunities for the poor, without regard to their faith, origin or gender. It's mission is to develop and promote creative solutions to problems that impede social development, primarily in Asia and East Africa

[top] [end]Main form of support

Grant or Subsidy

[top] [end]Typical budget size



[top] [end]Support type

Social development,

[top] [end]Countries of operation

The work of all AKDN agencies is heavily concentrated in South Asia, Central Asia, and Eastern Africa, the areas inhabited by a large percentage of the world's poorest people.
  • Western Africa: Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali
  • South Asia: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan
  • Central Asia: Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan
  • Central and Eastern Africa: DRC, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania & Zanzibar, Uganda
Individual agencies have activitities in other areas such as:
  • North America: Canada, USA
  • Europe: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Portugal, Switzerland, United Kingdom
  • Middle East: Egypt, Syria

[top] [end]Main target groups

NGOs

[top] [end]General conditions

With few exceptions, the Foundation funds programmes in countries where it has offices and local professional staff to monitor implementation. These programmes are expected to:
  • Respond to the felt needs of local populations, and to the needs of women and children that are often unexpressed;
  • Be innovative in nature, limited in time, and have potential for financial and organisational sustainability;
  • Mobilise indigenous resources, including voluntary efforts;
  • Be action-oriented and likely to provide early and replicable results in diverse cultural settings;
  • Include a significant capacity-building component;
  • Have an adequate and dependable management structure or plans for developing one; and
  • Include monitoring and evaluation mechanisms.

[top] [end]Example projects

Aga Khan Planning and Building Service in Pakistan Receives World Habitat Award 2006

[top] [end]Contact details

For general information on the AKDN, please visit www.akdn.org or write to us at th address below:
Aga Khan Development Network
P.O. Box 2049
1211 Geneva 2
SWITZERLAND

Tel. (+41 22) 909 7200
Fax (+41 22) 909 7292
http://www.akdn.org/

[top] [end]Sources

This profile, based on initial information contributed by Eco Ltd, was updated within the framework of the Sparknet project supported by the European Commission's Fifth Framework Programme.

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