Education

Aga Khan Foundation

The Madrasa Early Childhood Programme
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In the early 1980s research suggested that the early development of young children provided the foundation for children's later success in school and life. The Aga Khan Foundation's Madrasa Programme has since grown from a local pre-school involving a few families and teachers to a regional initiative involving hundreds of communities. An AKDN film with some footage courtesy of Red River College.

Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance

Microfinance for Women in Northern Pakistan

Since its establishment in 2005, the Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance (AKAM) has taken over 25 years of microfinance activities, programmes and banks that were administered by sister agencies within the AKDN. The underlying objectives of the Agency are to reduce poverty, diminish the vulnerability of poor populations and alleviate economic and social exclusion. more

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