Improving sanitation and hygiene
Programmes in sanitation and hygiene promotion are particularly important in AKDN’s efforts to improve the quality of life in poor, remote communities.
Health
Aga Khan Foundation in Tajikistan
The Foundation’s programmes in Tajikistan focus on four areas: rural development, health, education and civil society.
Voices Women and Sanitation - India
With his annual income of Rs. 40,000 (US$ 920), Menandbhai managed to construct a “pucca” tworoom house in place of the ancestral “kuchha” one. When he was told that agencies of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), were constructing sanitation infrastructure in his village, as part of the European Commission-funded “Multi Sector Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Programme” (MSRRP) in Kutch, he decided to add a toilet and bathroom to the house, at a cost of Rs. 8000 (US$ 177).