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MacJannet Prize for Global Citizenship awarded to AKU's Urban Health Program

The Talloires Network and the MacJannet Foundation today (16/04/2009) announced the winners of the first annual MacJannet Prize for Global Citizenship. The first place winner is the Urban Health Program based in Aga Khan University in Pakistan. From the press release: "This innovative and long-standing program run by Aga Khan University’s Department of Community Health Sciences provides critical health and socio-economic support to the squatter settlements of Karachi."

Revitalising the Citadels of Syria

Syria, August 2008 - From 1999 to 2007, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) undertook conservation work on the citadels of Aleppo, Salah ad-Din and Masyaf in partnership with the Syrian Directorate General of Antiquities and Museums.

Two agreements for reducing the risk of natural disasters in Tajikistan

The Embassy of Japan in Tajikistan signs agreement with FOCUS to reduce the risk of Natural Hazards in Tajikistan; DFID, SDC and FOCUS sign agreement to reduce the risk of glacial lake outburst floods on Tajik communities

FMFB-Pakistan and FMFB-Tajikistan among Top-100 MFIs in 2008 MIX Global 100 Rankings

First MicroFinance Bank of Pakistan ranked seventh in the 2008 MIX Global 100 Composite Rankings of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs).

Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance expands in Egypt

AKAM Partners with USAID to Expand in Aswan; Holds AKAM/Deutsche Bank Microfinance Forum in Cairo

First MicroFinanceBank pioneers housing finance in Afghanistan

First MicroFinanceBank–Afghanistan to Pioneer Access to Housing Finance with the Support of IFC

Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance expands operations in Madagascar

The Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance has expanded its operations in Madagascar to a new district with the opening of a branch in Analavory.

Afghanistan rehabilitation and relief accelerates despite heightened tension

Against the backdrop of a major humanitarian disaster, heightened by tensions of potential international conflict and a massive refugee crisis, Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS) is continuing to move ahead with rehabilitation activities in Afghanistan even as it presses forward with its ongoing relief programme across the country.

Spiritual Sounds of Central Asia: Nomads, Mystics and Troubadours

Seventeen musicians from Central Asia, a culturally dynamic and rapidly changing region, will share their mastery of traditions at once ancient and contemporary in an 11-city North American tour beginning on October 12th.

Steering Committee for Aga Khan Award's Eleventh Cycle (2008-2010) announced

The Aga Khan Award for Architecture today announced the members of the new Steering Committee for the 11th Award cycle (2008 – 2010).

MacJannet Prize for Global Citizenship awarded to AKU's Urban Health Program

Revitalising the Citadels of Syria

Two agreements for reducing the risk of natural disasters in Tajikistan

FMFB-Pakistan and FMFB-Tajikistan among Top-100 MFIs in 2008 MIX Global 100 Rankings

Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance expands in Egypt

First MicroFinanceBank pioneers housing finance in Afghanistan

Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance expands operations in Madagascar

Afghanistan rehabilitation and relief accelerates despite heightened tension

Spiritual Sounds of Central Asia: Nomads, Mystics and Troubadours

Steering Committee for Aga Khan Award's Eleventh Cycle (2008-2010) announced

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