Aga Khan Development Network

Children’s Books Focusing on Pluralism and Tolerance to Reach All Schools in Kyrgyz Republic
19 January 2012 - An agreement to reprint 90,500 copies of dual-language children’s books aimed at promoting peace, tolerance and respect for diversity among primary school children was signed. The books will be distributed to all 2,204 schools in the country.

App for Aga Khan Award for Architecture Now Available
17 January 2012 - The Aga Khan Award for Architecture app is now available for the iPhone, iPad and iTouch from the iTunes app store

AKPBS Nominated for 2012 Zayed Energy Prize
12 January 2012 - The Aga Khan Planning and Building Services’ (AKPBS) Building and Construction Improvement Programme (BACIP) is one the finalists of the 2012 Zayed Future Energy Prize. The prize recognizes and rewards outstanding work in renewable energy and sustainability.

AKTC Launches Guidebook of Humayun’s Tomb for Children
22 November 2011 - AKTC has created a guidebook to Humayun's tomb in Delhi, India, geared towad the 300,000 children who visit the site every year.

Music Initiative at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
18 November 2011 - As part of the opening of New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Museum will co-present a concert of new music featuring music commissioned by the Aga Khan Music Initiative on 9 December 2011

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Ottawa, Canada
13 January 2012
On 13 January 2012, His Highness the Aga Khan was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Ottawa for his service to humanity.
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Microfinance for Women in Northern Pakistan