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Current Projects of the Aga Khan Foundation (2005)

Listed below are illustrative examples of projects currently sponsored by the Foundation and its partners. The list is indicative of the range of the Foundation's interests and of how it works to transfer useful experiences across the regions it serves.

 

Health

• Advanced Nursing Studies programme, East Africa
• Building and Construction Improvement Programme, Pakistan
• Building capacity to treat Tuberculosis, Pakistan
• Coastal Rural Support Programme - Health (Mozambique)
• Community health programme in Salamieh, Syria
• Community health programme in the Northern Areas, Pakistan
• Community health programme, Afghanistan
• Community Led Initiatives for Child Survival (Child survival programme in Maharashtra), India
• Essential Hospital Services Programme (Providing essential hospital services), Tajikistan
• Gujarat Environmental Health Improvement Programme (water and sanitation), India
• Gujarat Health Systems Development Programme (community health), India
• Health sector reform programme, Tajikistan
• HIV/AIDS Programme, Zanzibar
• Institutes of Health Sciences, Afghanistan
• Medical facility construction and rehabilitation, Afghanistan
• Mountain Societies Development Support Programme - Health (Kyrgyz Republic)
• Nursing Improvement Programme (AKU-SON), Syria
• Raising awareness of mental health issues, USA
• Rationalising Pharmaceutical Management and Policy, Tajikistan
• Reproductive Health and Child Survival, Tajikistan
• Sharing Health Resources, USA
• Strengthening health systems in Coast Province, Kenya
• Water and Sanitation Extension Programme, Pakistan
• Water and sanitation programme, Afghanistan

Education

• AKU-Institute for Educational Development, Pakistan
• Allied Schools (school improvement) project, Tajikistan
• Coastal Rural Support Programme - Education (Mozambique)
• Continuing education and institutional strengthening, Mozambique
• Education, Dairy and Nutrition Programme (school milk programme), Tajikistan
• Education sector reform programme, Tajikistan
• Educational support for children of marginalised populations, Kenya
• Enhancing teaching of health education, Tajikistan
• Improving the quality of learning in Zanzibar, Tanzania
• Institute for Professional Development, Tajikistan
• Integrated Educare programme (early childhood education), Portugal
• Madrasa Programme Resource Centres and research, East Africa
• Mountain Societies Development Support Programme - Education (Kyrgyz Republic)
• National early childhood development programme, Syria
• Non Formal Primary Education project, Bangladesh (BRAC)
• Northern Pakistan Education Programme
• The Nur Center, Tajikistan
• PIAR-LCPC Women’s Development Program (language development), USA
• Professional Development Centre, East Africa
• Programme for Enrichment of School Level Education, India
• Quality Assurance Institutional Development (improving private education in urban areas), Pakistan
• Releasing Confidence and Creativity (early childhood development), Pakistan
• Rural education support programme, Afghanistan
• School improvement projects and research, East Africa
• Teacher Advancement Programme, Zanzibar
• Teacher education programme (AKU-IED), Syria
• Teachers’ Resource Centre (Early childhood development), Pakistan
• Teacher training colleges, Afghanistan

Rural Development

• Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (India)
• Aga Khan Rural Support Programme, Pakistan
• Coastal Rural Support Programme (Kenya)
• Coastal Rural Support Programme (Mozambique)
• Integrated rural development programme, with a particular focus on enhancing alternative livelihood options, Afghanistan
• Mountain Societies Development Support Programme (Kyrgyz Republic)
• Mountain Societies Development Support Programme, Tajikistan
• Salamieh rural support programme, Syria

Civil Society

• Human Resource Development Network, Pakistan
• Kashf Foundation, Pakistan
• NGO Resource Centre Zanzibar, Tanzania
• NGO Resource Centre, Pakistan
• Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy
• Pakistani Diaspora Philanthropy study
• Social Institutions Development Programme, Pakistan (PAKSID)
• Support for Pakistan NGO Forum
• Support for Taraquee Foundation, Pakistan
• Young Development Professionals programme, East Africa

Humanitarian Assistance

• Earthquake relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction, Pakistan/India
• Fostering Disaster Resilient Communities in Isolated Mountain Areas of Tajikistan
• Post-Tsunami Relief to Development, India
• Provision of shelters to returning refugees, Afghanistan

Other Projects

• Aga Khan Humanities Project Film on Nosir Khusraw, Tajikistan and Afghanistan
• BRAC Learning Partnership, Canada/Bangladesh
• Canadian Development Exchange Programme
• Capacity building and institutional linkages - University of Central Asia, Canada/USA
• Fellowship in International Development Management, Canada
• Fellowship in International Microfinance and Microenterprise, Canada
• First MicroFinanceBank of Afghanistan
• Human resource development for volunteers, USA
• Initiative on Pluralist Societies, Canada
• International Development Scholarship Programme, Canada
• International Scholarship Programme
• Internship Program, USA
• Young Development Professionals
• Islamic Cultural Studies Program, University of Texas at Austin, USA
• Policy and research initiatives, Canada
• Gujarat earthquake rehabilitation, India
• Social Safety Net (institutionalised social services delivery), USA
• Strategic Alliances for Learning, Policy Change and Funding, United Kingdom
• Tajik Scholarship Programme, Tajikistan
• University Seminar Series, Canada
• Urban Community Support Programme, Portugal

 

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