With the support of UKAid, the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) is working with the Mountain Society Development Support Programme and local grass roots organisations, the University of Central Asia as well as the Accelerate Prosperity initiative, to tackle the sources of resource instability in the bor
On 19 March, AKDN Resident Representative to Tajikistan, Qozidavlat Qoimdodov, had a meeting with the new International Financial Corporation (IFC) Country Officer, Farrukh Sultonov, to discuss AKDN projects launched in Tajikistan, such as Pamir Energy.
In cross-border regions of Central Asia that are water and resource poor and affected by conflict, the Aga Khan Foundation and its partners implemented a programme that benefitted more than 300,000 people through improved access to and management of irrigation water, drinking water, and grazing lands.
In Tajikistan, Deputy Minister of Industry and New Technologies, Farhod Bilolzoda, confirmed the country’s intention to create the High-Tech Park at an online panel discussion that was organised in collaboration with University of Central Asia (UCA) on 10 March.
In the Khatlon region, Thrive Tajikistan – a programme supported by the United States Agency for International Development and the Aga Khan Foundation – is helping to build a more resilient food system and improving the lives of remote farming communities.
Qudratbekova, Grade 9 student at the Aga Khan Lycée in Khorog, Tajikistan attributes her confidence and achievements – academic scholarship and several local and regional Olympiad wins – to having female role models encouraging her in both the classroom and at home.
In the mountains of Tajikistan, female wilderness guides are rare, but with the support of the Pamir Eco-Cultural Tourism Association, Furough began leading tours in some of the region’s highest peaks and obtained a grant to teach other young women trekking and camping skills with her can-do mindset.
In the Pamir mountains in Tajikistan, the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat is working to help communities to protect snow leopards instead of retaliating against these endangered animals for attacking livestock.
In Tajikistan, a second meeting of the Steering Committee for the Improving Health and Habitat Integration in the Rasht Region Project, implemented by AKDN agencies, was held at the Dushanbe Serena Hotel in February.
In Islamabad, the Inter-University Consortium for the Promotion of Social Science (IUCPSS) celebrated its 9th anniversary with a series of talks by experts in higher education. The inaugural talk in this series was done by Professor S. Sohail H.