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In India, programmes of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) span the states of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan and address a broad spectrum of development issues ranging from cultural restoration to education quality, microfinance to health care. These initiatives include 82 schools and educational centres, a 137-bed multi-specialty acute care hospital in Mumbai, a rural support programme that has benefited 400,000 people in four Indian states and the restoration of a World Heritage site in the nation's capital.

Andhra Pradesh Relief-to-Development Projects

SPOTLIGHT ON Disaster Resistance

Andhra Pradesh Relief-to-Development Projects

In the aftermath of the December 2004 tsunami, AKDN went to work on the coast of the eastern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Building on its experience in post-disaster reconstruction and area development, it supported community-based projects that helped restore livelihoods while decreasing the vulnerability of communities in the tsunami-affected area. More


 

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Jashn e Khusrau, A Festival of Poetry and Music as Part of Delhi Urban Renewal Programme
01 March 2010 - Jashn e Khusrau, a festival of poetry and music to be held 4-14 March 2010 as Part of the Humayun’s Tomb-Sunder Nursery-Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti urban renewal programme.

Sanitation and Health in India
07 January 2010 - Water supply and sanitation programmes have been central to most AKDN environmental health efforts. Programmes in sanitation and hygiene promotion are particularly important. In the Indian state of Gujarat, for example, a government programme to bring sanitation to all the state’s 18,000 villages features an annual “Nirmal Gram”, or Clean Village, award.

Integrating Culture in the Development Process
01 October 2009 - An important lesson arising from AKDN experience has been that there are few area development contexts in which a single institution can have the necessary impact on the quality of life. Rather, a broad spectrum of national and international partners must be engaged in the process of area development.

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