The Network brings together nine agencies that focus on the social, cultural and economic development of some of the least developed parts of Asia and Africa.
Aga Khan Health Services (AKHS), which provide primary and curative health care in India, Pakistan, Kenya, Tanzania, and Syria;
Aga Khan Education Services (AKES), which operate more than 300 schools and advanced educational programmes at the pre-school, primary, secondary and higher secondary levels in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Tajikistan;
the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC), which coordinates cultural activities, including the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, the Historic Cities Support Programme and the Music Initiative for Central Asia;
the University of Central Asia, which has three campuses in Tajikistan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Kazakhstan, and is intended to serve the educational and development needs of people across the vast mountain zones of Central Asia.
Type of organisation:
Non-governmental and business organizations
Established:
several agencies established at various dates since 1967; the origins of the others date to the early 1900s
Number of staff:
50 in Geneva, over 70,000 worldwide
Head/Director:
Founder: His Highness the Aga Khan
Cooperation
with international aid agencies, the UN, NGOs, universities, institutes and other organizations involved in sustainable development.
