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Inspiring via nature in the early years
How will today’s young children transform the world they inherit? Helping them connect with nature can ensure that they care for the environment – now and later.
“It’s about helping my community as well as earning an income”: COVID-19 sparks a new generation of young entrepreneurs in Kenya
Through youth entrepreneurship training facilitated by AKF, Lucy Nyawira is running two businesses from her home in Mtomondoni village in Kenya.
Greening the places where we live and work
From large university campuses to individual family homes, AKDN is working with communities to rethink the way buildings are designed, constructed and operated to promote safer, sustainable living and reach net zero carbon by 2030.
“Good journalism does not come cheap”: Njoki Chege explores the future of the media
For World Press Freedom Day 2022, Director of AKU’s Innovation Centre Dr Njoki Chege shares her observations on the media industry and how the Centre is preparing journalists for the future.
AKDN interview with Miriam Mutebi: The future of cancer care in East Africa
AKU’s Dr Miriam Mutebi, Kenya’s first female breast cancer surgeon, reflects on how stigma, costs and inadequate training prevent patients from getting the care they need, and how to change this.
How to care for your baby’s teeth
Dr Aisha Mohamed, a consultant paediatric dentist at the Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi, talking about oral health in children, says that baby teeth allow children to eat, help with speech development, guide the adult teeth into the correct position and make them smile.
Bugando receives gear from Aga Khan, AFD
The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) in collaboration with the French Development Agency (AFD) last week handed over a breast cancer screening machine to Bugando Medical Centre (BMC) in Tanzania.
Breaking the bias
Take a tour through these photos and meet the women and men whose actions and attitudes are helping to create a world in which our daughters can feel safer, more respected and ready to thrive and lead.
The Global Convocation Ceremony of the Aga Khan University
Speaker:
Speech Date:
Saturday, 26 February 2022 - 7:15pm
“We need to help each other wake up, and quickly. We need a billion climate activists. We need to build a global climate movement that’s even stronger than the fossil fuel industry. We need a huge number of engaged, passionate, courageous climate activists.”