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Within the context of this debate, the Aga Khan Foundation USA (AKF USA) is reviewing the way it supports its civil society programme. AKF USA continues to believe that CSOs are essential for a better society, but is looking to identify local ways of funding them to ensure long-term sustainability and enduring support from local people. A revised strategy would build on AKF USA work in establishing local organizations like the Pakistan Center for Philanthropy and the Kenya Community Development Foundation to focus more on community philanthropy.
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THE Government has applauded the Aga Khan for the numerous investments in Uganda.

Speaking at the Imamat Day, the Government Chief Whip, Daudi Migereko, noted that the Aga Khan investments in the human resource, health sector, insurance, energy, banking and tourism had redefined the potential of the developing world.

The Imamat Day is an annual commemoration of the day His Highness the Aga Khan became the 49th hereditary Imam of the worldwide Shia Ismaili Muslim community.]]> 730@http://www.ismaili-net.com Announcement 2010-09-14T12:03:17-06:00 Postato da admin http://www.ismaili-net.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=729
The Kenyan government has paid glowing tributes to His Highness the Aga Khan for his concerns towards improving the quality of life, well being and dignity of the mankind.

The Speaker of the National Assembly Hon. Kenneth Otiato Marende said His Highness the Khan has immensely improved quality of life through massive investments in people, their cultures and environment . He was addressing guest at Serena Hotel, Nairobi during celebrations marking the 53rd anniversary of the day his Highness the Aga Khan became the Imam of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims.

The Speaker thanked several Ismaili institutions in Kenya for uplifting the standards of life through provision of healthcare, media and education services among others. The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) Resident Representative Mr. Aziz M. Bhaloo thanked the Kenyan government for creating investor friendly environment. He reiterated AKDN commitment to continued social, cultural and economic development in East African region. “His Highness the Aga Khan has a vision for this region including healthy democracy, peace, mutual co-existence and strong civil society. AKDN will continue to regionalize its institutions the spirit of the East Africa Community Common Market”, he said.]]> 729@http://www.ismaili-net.com Announcement 2010-09-14T11:49:06-06:00 Postato da admin http://www.ismaili-net.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=728
The PML leaders also sent bouquets and sweets to Prince Karim Aga Khan through the party’s members of Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly Bashir Ahmed Khan, Amna Ansari and Capt (R) Sikandar on the happy occasion.

In the felicitation message, both the PML leaders paid rich tributes to the services of Aga Khan family in Pakistan Movement and later for the development of the country.]]> 728@http://www.ismaili-net.com Announcement 2010-09-14T11:43:29-06:00 Postato da admin http://www.ismaili-net.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=727
The Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, issued the following statement recognizing Imamat Day:

“This coming Sunday is Imamat Day and I am pleased to join Ismailis in Canada and around the world in marking the anniversary of the accession of His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan as Imam of the Shi’a Ismaili Muslims.

“Canada has greatly benefited from members of the Ismaili community who have made, and continue to make, great contributions to Canada’s heritage, culture and society.

“Just over a month ago, we were honoured to welcome His Highness at a foundation ceremony in Toronto for the Aga Khan Museum – a permanent home for his collection of Islamic art, as well as other artifacts relating to the intellectual, cultural, artistic and religious heritage of Islamic communities.]]> 727@http://www.ismaili-net.com Announcement 2010-09-14T11:40:30-06:00 Postato da admin http://www.ismaili-net.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=726
Attaabad is one of the younger villages in Hunza, inhabited by people from the central oasis five generations ago. The exposed location made irrigated agriculture difficult, favoured orchards and allowed easy access to the high pastures.

The crack in the slope had been discovered some time ago in the aftermath of the Astor earthquake. Humanitarian organisations such as Focus Humanitarian Assistance had assessed the likely danger and advised the villagers to leave their unstable abodes high above the Hunza river. Despite the timely warning, around 20 people lost their lives, 50 houses were destroyed and 1,500 people were displaced and forced to live in camps or with relatives and friends in neighbouring villages. The Karakoram Highway – while undergoing repairs by Chinese engineers – was damaged along a 1.5-km stretch. A lake formed upstream into Gojal where it submerged roads and bridges, lands and residences of Ainabad and Shishket. Recently it reached Gulmit, the largest village and tehsil headquarter of Gojal, however, the upper lake level has not been affected yet.
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Lalji joined TSN in 1997 and is the Vancouver correspondent for SportsCentre, covering the Canucks, Lions and other sports stories in the Vancouver area.

During his 14 years at TSN, he has covered some of the biggest sporting events in North America, including the 2004, 2006 and 2010 Olympic Games, the Stanley Cup Finals, NBA Finals, Grey Cup, MLB and NBA All-Star Games, and golf’s U.S. Open and PGA Championship.

Born in Tanzania, Lalji has resided in Vancouver since the age of four and his love of sports began at an early age. Lalji got his start as the Sports Information Director at Simon Fraser University from 1991 to 1994.
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Microfinance Focus, June 15, 2010: Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance (AKAM) is an industry pioneer in developing micro health insurance products.  Realizing the fact that a near absence of health insurance, often leaves the poor impoverished due to illnesses and sudden causalities, AKAM opened the First Microinsurance Agency Pakistan in 2007 and the First Microinsurance Agency Tanzania in late 2008. To further extend its services, it has recently tied up with Pakistan’s New Jubilee Insurance Company (NJI), which developed micro health insurance products to be distributed through MFIs/NGOs to the uninsured poor.
Peter Wrede 216x300 AKAM’s Micro Health Insurance Product reaches 60, 000 Clients

AKAM’s hospitalisation insurance, for example, helps families prepare for both expected and unexpected health expenditures by encouraging saving for the future and providing insurance safety nets for catastrophic events. The insurance safety nets kick in when households experience an event requiring immediate hospitalisation, such as accidents, obstructed births and acute illnesses. Other products protect families from the death of a breadwinner. Crop, livestock and asset insurance products are also being developed.]]> 724@http://www.ismaili-net.com Development News 2010-06-15T01:05:27-06:00 Postato da admin http://www.ismaili-net.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=723 KATIE TURNER
FOR METRO CALGARY
June 14, 2010 5:05 a.m.

Thousands of Calgarians took steps towards the solution to global poverty yesterday during the World Partnership Walk in Prince’s Island Park.

Now in its 26th year, the walk is an initiative of the Aga Khan Foundation of Canada and raises funds which go directly towards sustainable development in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, said long-time volunteer and spokesperson Rehana Rajabali.

“Over the last 25 years across the country, $50 million has been raised,” she said, adding that 100 per cent of the profits go towards the overseas projects.

Rajabali said she has been participating in the walk since she was about six and has a personal connection to the event.
]]> 723@http://www.ismaili-net.com Poverty 2010-06-15T00:57:50-06:00 Postato da admin http://www.ismaili-net.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=722 June 10th, 2010

On Friday and for the next month, all eyes will be on South Africa when it hosts the FIFA World Cup of Soccer -- the first African country ever to host the game. It's a distinction that South Africans of all races should be proud of.

South Africa, the apartheid capital where racism and discrimination was supreme, went through several reforms under President Frederik de Klerk until 1994 Nelson Mandela won the first multiracial elections.

On Friday, South Africa will be ready to receive the world, after polishing its image. Johannesburg, formerly called the "murder capital of the world," has cleaned up its tough neighbourhoods, filling them up with art galleries, boutiques, hotels and cafes in readiness for 350,000 tourists.

When the World Cup is over, soccer fans will hopefully go home carrying good impressions of the country and how well the hospitable locals ran the biggest sporting event in the continent's history. Each foreign visitor will post-mortem their visit to South Africa and give that country a progress report of how it did. This century is also supposed to be Africa's century when the continent is undergoing massive transformation in growth and development.
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