The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) is a group of
development agencies with mandates ranging from health and
education
to architecture, culture, microfinance,
rural development, disaster reduction, the promotion of private-sector enterprise
and the revitalisation of
historic cities.
For the past few years, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture has been restoring three citadels in Syria - in Aleppo, Masyaf and Salah ad-Din - under a partnership agreement with the Syrian General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums. The scope of conservation at the sites has varied, but at each site the work has been closely linked to the generation of socio-economic benefits... more
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Tengir-Too is a new ensemble that plays old music. Founded and directed by Nurlanbek Nyshanov, a gifted composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist who grew up in the city of Naryn, Tengir-Too provides a living laboratory for Nyshanov’s efforts to find a voice for Kyrgyz music. Kyrgyz music is rooted in the sensibility of nomads who inhabit an awe-inspiring landscape of mountains, lakes, and pristine grasslands. more
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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