http://www.akdn.org/ The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) is a group of development agencies working in health, education, culture and rural and economic development, primarily in Asia and Africa. en-us Copyright 2008 Aga Khan Development Network Thu, 2 Sep 2010 22:27:18 GMT 120 http://www.akdn.org/Content/1008/FOCUS-assists-thousands-of-flood-victims-in-Pakistan http://www.akdn.org/Content/1008/FOCUS-assists-thousands-of-flood-victims-in-Pakistan Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS) Pakistan, an affiliate of the Aga Khan Development Network, has launched a relief effort to assist the thousands of people displaced by the recent floods in the Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral regions of northern Pakistan. Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:25:00 GMT http://www.akdn.org/Content/1007/KfW-Signs-Agreement-on-Expansion-of-AKPBS-Water-and-Sanitation-Programme http://www.akdn.org/Content/1007/KfW-Signs-Agreement-on-Expansion-of-AKPBS-Water-and-Sanitation-Programme To improve drinking water supply and sanitation conditions in Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan, Germany’s KfW will provide a grant of Euro 3.12 million for the implementation of the second phase of the Water and Sanitation Extension Programme (WASEP) – a programme run by the Aga Khan Planning and Building Service, Pakistan (AKPBS,P). Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:07:00 GMT http://www.akdn.org/Content/1006/Act-of-Honesty-by-Serena-Hotel-Employee-Applauded-by-Governor http://www.akdn.org/Content/1006/Act-of-Honesty-by-Serena-Hotel-Employee-Applauded-by-Governor The Governor of Punjab, His Excellency Salman Taseer, gave an award and cash prize to Essa Khan of the Gilgit Serena Hotel for returning US$ 50,000 to a hotel guest. Mr. Khan found the US$ 50,900 in a room vacated by a guest who had been staying at the Hotel. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:38:00 GMT http://www.akdn.org/Content/1005/Directory-of-Indian-Government-Scholarships-Released http://www.akdn.org/Content/1005/Directory-of-Indian-Government-Scholarships-Released To make information on government scholarships more accessible to socially and economically marginalised communities and available in a user-friendly form, the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) has published a directory on financial support schemes for school education in India. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:44:00 GMT http://www.akdn.org/Content/1004/The-Community-of-PortugueseSpeaking-Countries-CPLP-and-AKDN-Sign-Protocol-of-Cooperation http://www.akdn.org/Content/1004/The-Community-of-PortugueseSpeaking-Countries-CPLP-and-AKDN-Sign-Protocol-of-Cooperation The Executive Secretary of the CPLP, Mr Domingos Simões Pereira, and the AKDN Representative for Portugal and Mozambique, Mr Nazim Ahmad, signed today a Protocol of Co-operation during the Eighth Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP). Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:52:00 GMT http://www.akdn.org/Content/1003/Statement-at-the-Kabul-Conference-on-Afghanistan-Kabul-Afghanistan http://www.akdn.org/Content/1003/Statement-at-the-Kabul-Conference-on-Afghanistan-Kabul-Afghanistan Statement by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Kabul Conference on Afghanistan Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:08:00 GMT