Focus and World Bank agree natural hazard and poverty reduction project for High Mountain areas
The World Bank and Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS) have agreed to implement an innovative project aimed at reducing poverty in high-mountain areas around Lake Sarez.
AKFED to set up Afghanistan's first microfinance bank
Aga Khan creates new 30-hectare park in Historic Cairo (Media Advisory)
The creation of the 30-hectare (74-acre) Al-Azhar park, undertaken in the historic district of Cairo by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, is proving to be a catalyst for urban renewal in one of the most congested cities in the world.
AKFED is joined by IFC, EBRD and governments of Germany and Japan in launch of Kyrgyz Republic's largest bank
Masterpieces of the Aga Khan Museum opens at the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon
"The Path of Princes: Masterpieces of the Aga Khan Museum Collection" exhibition at the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon was officially opened today by Emílio Rui Vilar, President of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and Prince Amyn Aga Khan, who was representing his brother, His Highness the Aga Khan.
Top ranking for First MicroFinanceBank Pakistan in MIX global 100 report
It was announced that The First MicroFinanceBank Ltd. (FMFB) of Pakistan, an institution of the Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance, was ranked 14th in the “2007 MIX Global 100: Rankings of Microfinance Institutions”.
1 Million Dollar World Bank administered Japanese grant for Northern Pakistan
A US$959,239 grant was signed with Aga Khan Foundation today to alleviate economic and social poverty in Northern Pakistan through improvement in housing and living conditions.
First Microinsurance Agency established in Pakistan
Agency to make affordable life, health, and hospitalisation insurance for hundreds of thousands of Pakistan’s poor.
Aga Khan announces Om Habibeh Foundation grant for Aswan
His Highness the Aga Khan today announced a grant for medical equipment by the Om Habibeh Foundation.