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The Internet education program helps aid workers understand how African families work. This project is partially funded by a variety of groups including UNICEF, UNESCO, the Aga Khan Foundation and the World Bank.

The Dushanbe office of the USAID will realize three projects to improve the educational sphere in Tajikistan, in cooperation with the Aga Khan Fund, Open Society Institute-Assistance Fund [of the Soros Foundation], Save the Children (USA), Save the Children (United Kingdom) and the Zdrav/Plus.

AKU seminar on higher education addresses the fact that the rapid spread of English language as a means for global communication was becoming a necessity and the government fully realised the challenge.

The Aga Khan promotes a singular culture and education program in the central asiatic nations along the old silk road - he fights against the inheritance of the Taliban, against poverty, drugs and corruption, writes Henrike Thomsen...Striving for knowledge is the obligation of all Muslims

PESHAWAR: The Aga Khan Family Health Centre was inaugurated here on Tuesday to provide healthcare services to the local people as well as Afghan refugees. Vice-Chairman Ali Ratancy, The Aga Khan Foundation, Pakistan, said the project would go a long way in improving the health delivery system in the city for the poor.

DCB plans Rs 200-cr capital hike -'The bank has no immediate plan for an initial public offering (IPO). 'We have to wait 2-3 years before floating an IPO,'' said Mr John Harris, Head Financial Services of Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development, which holds 49 per cent equity stake in the bank'

KHOROUGH: In a unique international initiative, the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) is creating the University of Central Asia (UCA) with campuses in the three Central Asian countries of Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. This will be the first private, internationally chartered university offering subjects related to sustainable development in these impoverished mountain societies.

KARACHI, Pakistan (PNS) - Aga Khan Foundation (Pakistan) in cooperation with USAID, is implementing 'Releasing Confidence and Creativity (RCC): An Early Childhood Development Programme'. This programme is being implemented in 50 communities of Balochistan and another 50 in Sindh.

The Hunza Valley has one of the most educated populations in Pakistan, and that includes the women. As members of the Ismailis Sect of Islam, under the influence of the Aga Khan, women here have a much freer way of life than in other parts of the Muslim State...Most significantly there has been a concerted effort by the Aga Khan Foundation to preserve the very things that made Hunza so unique.

Thousands of Ismaili Muslims were among the Asians expelled from Uganda in 1972 by Idi Amin. As the tyrant lies on his deathbed three decades later, ERIN ANDERSSEN reports, Canada's hugely prosperous Ismaili community doesn't bat an eye. Nasim Rajani's family was at prayer when they lost their every possession in the world. If the neighbours hadn't warned them on their way home from the mosque, it might have been much worse. A servant had slipped out to send a panicked message: You can't come back. There are soldiers here. They are waiting for you.