Aga Khan Foundation

Address : 1 Avenue de la Paix, Geneva, Switzerland

Industries : Nonprofit Organization Management, Education Management

Company Description

Building a future where we all thrive together.The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), an agency of the Aga Khan Development Network, is a private, not-for-profit, non-denominational, international development agency established in 1967 by His Highness the Aga Khan. AKF brings together human, financial and technical resources to address some of the challenges faced by the poorest and most marginalised communities in the world. With an emphasis on women and girls, AKF invests in human potential, expanding opportunities and improving quality of life.AKF leads a range of integrated, innovative and gender sensitive interventions in agriculture and food security; civil society; climate resilience; early childhood development; education; health and nutrition; and work and enterprise. Interventions are informed by evidence, data, local knowledge and extensive networks of community-led institutions. Its activities are coordinated not only with those of other AKDN agencies but also with local, national and international partners in order to bring to bear a full package of multiple activities that can spark a long-term process of positive change.In addition, AKF often plays a convening, partnership development, policy dialogue and resource mobilisation role for the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and its agencies.

Specialities

Economic Inclusion
Civil Society
Early Childhood Development
Climate Resilience
Education Management

Health & Nutrition
Education
Agriculture & Food Security
Nonprofit Organization Management
Non-profit Organizations

Financial

Employees Total : 5,000

Miscellaneous

Founded in : 1967

Twitter : AKF_UnitedK

Facebook : agakhanfoundationuk

Linkedin : aga-khan-foundation

Instagram : akdn

Hosting : Google Cloud Hosting

Content Delivery Networks : Amazon CloudFront

Domain Name Services : Route 53

Email Providers : Outlook

Tech : Microsoft Office 365

Hosting : Amazon AWS

Last Updated : 2023-12-17

Employees

Asem Zeair ( Volunteer )
Aslisho Nazarbekov ( Regional Programm coordinator )
Faith Letaru ( Area Procurement and Admin Westnile )
Atteeya Sumar ( Country Director, Tanzania )

Aijamal Toigojoeva ( Consultant for the development and implementation of social media strategy )
Anita Mohamed ( Programme Director )
Devdatt Foundation ( Consultant )