The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) focuses on health, education, culture, rural development, institution-building and the promotion of economic development. It is dedicated to improving living conditions and opportunities for the poor, without regard to their faith, origin or gender.
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THE AGA KHAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK (http://www.akdn.org/about.html)
The AKDN’s mission is to improve living conditions and opportunities in poor regions of the developing world, specifically in sub-Saharan Africa, South and Central Asia and the Middle East.
AKDN’s approach also features a long-term engagement with programmes in ways that allow local organisations to gain the experience and confidence they need to become self-reliant.
Many of these efforts attempt to address the feelings of subordination and vulnerability among people in the developing world – a sense that they are victims of an economic and cultural globalisation in which they cannot be full partners but from which they cannot remain apart.
A significant feature of the AKDN institutions is their ability to harness the energy, dedication and skill of volunteers as well as remunerated professionals, drawing upon the talents of people of all faiths, and serving populations on a non-denominational, non-discriminatory basis.
AKDNs new microfinance bank in Kabul, the first in the country, has additional programmes targeting rural areas, returning refugees, farmers exposed to the lure of poppy production and, for the first time, possibilities for the poor to insure their assets.
AKDN is ready to share its knowledge and experience, as well as to forge partnerships that facilitate independent initiatives which address the regions most pressing needs.
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