This 28-minute documentary film introduces audiences to the transformative world of Schools2030, a programme led by the Aga Khan Foundation, and its mission to help give teachers and school communities the tools they need to become education innovators.
Western Union, a global leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement and payments, is collaborating with major financial institutions in Africa, to enable millions of consumers to send and receive cross-border payments, quickly and reliably. Customers of KCB Bank Kenya, the Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) and the Kenya Post Office Savings Bank (Postbank), can now enjoy an easy and convenient way to send cross-border money transfers, with the launch of Western Union’s digital money transfer services on their respective mobile banking apps. Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) is a leading regional bank listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE). An affiliate of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), DTB has operated in East Africa for more than 70 years. DTB’s focus on the small- and medium- enterprise sector and commitment to enhancing convenience for customers through innovative digital solutions has driven the bank’s growth in recent years.
Gilbert Atukunda, English Language and Literature teacher at the Aga Khan High School, Kampala, works with students and teachers to build a spoken word poetry tradition that empowers students to express themselves with confidence. “That attachment all the students have towards poetry, the opportunity they receive to freely discuss their passions, and the peer review and collaborative sessions brings everyone together and a part of a bigger picture, which I think gives the students that sense of social belonging they deserve within a school.”
Frigoken Limited – a project company of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development – is the largest vegetable processor in East and Central Africa. In this video, produced by Global Compact Network Kenya as part of its Sustainable Development Goals in Action series, Frigoken’s CEO Mr Karim Dostmohamed discusses the company's investment in all-round workplace wellness to advance corporate sustainability. He details why this move was a business imperative for Frigoken and why other Kenyan companies should follow suit.
Growing up in an environment where mental health is sidelined, Khushbu Kotak, an alumna from the Aga Khan Academy in Mombasa, Kenya, believed her feelings and opinions were often suppressed, leading her to feel unsupported. After going through counselling herself, she began efforts to destigmatise mental health well-being and started a counselling service for youth called Salama (“Safe”) Minds.
Entre 2016 et 2021, la Fondation Aga Khan a entrepris un projet dont l’objectif était d’améliorer la santé et le bien-être des femmes et des enfants de moins de cinq ans au Kenya, au Mali, au Mozambique et au Pakistan en collaboration avec les gouvernements et les communautés à l’échelle locale et avec le soutien financier d’Affaires mondiales Canada. Au total, 1,7 million de personnes, dont 60 % de femmes et de filles, ont bénéficié de ce projet d’une valeur de 24 millions de dollars, nommé « Accès à des soins de qualité par l’expansion et le renforcement des systèmes de santé » (AQCESS).
From 2016 to 2021 the Aga Khan Foundation, in collaboration with local governments and communities and with the financial support of Global Affairs Canada, undertook a project dedicated to improving the health and well-being of women and children under five in Kenya, Mali, Mozambique and Pakistan. The US$ 24 million project – Access to Quality Care through Extending and Strengthening Health Systems (AQCESS) – reached 1.7 million people, 60 percent of them women and girls.
It is important that people know their body. As much as headache, nausea and fatigue can be a sign of flu, it could mean something different in older individuals. There are several signs of change to look out for, and one is a change in vision. Poor vision tends to progress with age. However, when vision changes include sudden double vision or the inability to focus, prompt medical attention should be sought. Other changes to be vigilant about are sudden difficulty walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination, trouble seeing with one or both eyes, severe headache and drowsiness”, says Dr Edwin Mogere, a neurosurgeon at the Aga Khan University Hospital.
Over the past 18 months, the pandemic made educational inequalities more visible. The partial closure of schools and move to remote teaching for most students shone a spotlight on the issue of access to education, with often the poorest students missing out. Addressing gender equality, Maina WaGῖokõ, Vice Principal at the Aga Khan Academy in Mombasa, trains the trainers that lead a programme called Connecting Classrooms, which are professional development courses for teachers in Sub-Saharan Africa. He explains how both he and his teachers benefited hugely from being grouped with schools from around the world on the virtual learning platform to explore different ways of teaching the topic. “Teachers don’t just learn about the idea of gendered access to education,” says Dr WaGῖokõ. “They also learn how to deliver their lessons in a gender-responsive way. “
Doctors from the Aga Khan University in Kenya write that the country is grappling with the Covid-19 Delta variant, which recently resulted in the western part of the country being put into lockdown, and it now threatens the capital, Nairobi. They write that a major effort is needed to help hospitals test and report results quickly for optimal patient care, particularly in the public sector. There also needs to be better coordination of bed availability across counties and the country. The doctors go on to say that the vaccination programme needs to be expanded and expedited. Using local knowledge and networks is essential to prepare people and health services for a rapid vaccination scale-up.