Women delivering change
Jane Wanyama is the CEO of Aga Khan Hospital in Kisumu. Her position is rare for a woman in East Africa – or for that matter, anywhere in the world.
East Africa
- All
- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- Burkina Faso
- Canada
- Central Asia
- East Africa
- Egypt
- India
- Kenya
- Kyrgyz Republic
- Madagascar
- Mali
- Mozambique
- Pakistan
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Uganda
Sowing the seeds of potential: Transforming teachers
The Madrasa Program also transforms the lives of the teachers who come through its doors, by training existing and future teachers.
New opportunities, at their fingertips
Across Aga Khan Foundation’s global education programs, I’d often heard about school classrooms that held upwards of eighty, one hundred, even two hundred students at one time.
Sowing the seeds of potential
The first 1,000 days of a child’s life, it is said, sets the stage for all future growth.
Daring to Deliver: Midwives on the Frontlines
Midwives are often on the frontlines of health care in developing countries, delivering crucial patient-centered care to women and their
Meet Mwatime: How this 7-year-old can get access to quality education
The world’s 1.1 billion girls are a source of power, energy, and creativity.
It takes a village
We were all once children. We were all once young, full of hope and potential.
Matters of the Heart: Tackling a cardiovascular crisis in East Africa
East Africa is facing a growing threat: By 2030, cardiovascular diseases are expected to surpass infectious diseases like malaria and HIV/AIDS as a leading cause of death in the region.
World Health Day: 4.5 million reasons to celebrate
Four years ago, Laya Hoor took a walk through the village of Ghulmet, on the banks of the Hunza River. The craggy peaks of northern Pakistan’s mountain ranges rose around her on all sides, so high that they skimmed the clouds drifting by.
