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CULTURAL SOCIAL ECONOMIC www.akdn.org Pakistan
Support AKDN
When AKDN refines its development approach in a given area, it looks to partners to help expand the scale. A significant portion of the funding for its activities therefore comes from national governments, multilateral institutions and private sector partners. For more information, visit: akdn.org/partners
Partnerships
Individuals can support the AKDN. For more information, visit: akdn.org/support
Individuals
Aga Khan Foundation (Pakistan)Level Nine, Serena Business ComplexKhayaban-e-SuhrawardyIslamabad, PakistanTel: +92 51 111 253 254Email: [email protected]: www.akdn.org/pakistan
For more information
© AKDN, December 2017. Information contained in this brief can be reproduced with acknowledgement to AKDN. Photo credits: AKDN / Kohi Marri, Mathieu Paley, Naeem Safi, Danial Shah
• The Aga Khan University (AKU) Al-Rufaiyda School of Nursing and Midwifery, which was established in 1980 to fill an urgent need, has graduated more than 3,900 nurses and midwives.
• The AKU Medical College in Karachi, since 1983, has graduated over 5,500 students.
• The AKU Hospital, Pakistan's leading tertiary hospital, which was inaugurated in 1985, handles 1.2 million clinical visits and 91,000 admissions annually. Every year AKU conducts 30,000 surgeries, delivers 17,500 babies and carries out 12 million diagnostic tests.
• AKU and the Aga Khan Health Services together operate nearly 450 health centres, hospitals, maternity homes, medical centres and dental units that reach over 1.8 million people throughout the country.
• In AKDN programme areas, the infant mortality rate has dropped significantly to 40/1,000 live births; the maternal mortality ratio is 140/100,000 live births compared to the national average of 300/100,000.
Humanitarian Assistance & Disaster Risk Reduction
The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH), through its FOCUS Humanitarian Assistance programme, has been responding to a number of natural disasters in Pakistan since 1998:
• The Community Based Disaster Risk Management, which aims to equip communities with the skills and tools to be the first local responders in the case of a disaster, has trained over 36,000 volunteers. These volunteers are organised into 172 Community Emergency Response Teams, which are active in almost 160 risk-prone villages. Half of the volunteers are women. Across Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral, 135 community stockpiles are set up for emergency humanitarian relief.
• AKAH also works on developing Search and Rescue Teams and preparing hazard and risk maps. In response to the ever-increasing impact of climate change, it is also involved in addressing
environmental sustainability issues, the safety of physical settings and ensuring that communities are prepared to respond to natural disasters.
• AKAH’s Building and Construction Improvement Programme has benefited 40,000 households, including customised technologies that improve seismic resistance, such as galvanised steel mesh that moulds to masonry during construction.
Agriculture, Food Security and Energy
AKDN has been addressing agriculture and food security issues in Pakistan since 1982 through its pioneering rural development programme, the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP). The programme has been widely hailed as a model for development, winning a number of international awards, including the Global Development Award for Most Innovative Development Project and an Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy. Among its accomplishments, it has:
• Mobilised 4,200 Village and Women Organisations in Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral alone, using its innovative community-led approach to establish local organisations.
• Planted over 30 million trees for fuel wood, fodder and construction.
• Reclaimed over 90,000 hectares of degraded land in an area the size of Ireland.
• Completed thousands of small infrastructure projects, including 1,500 irrigation channels and 634 kilometres of roads linking to markets.
• Installed 333 mini-hydroelectric projects that provide electricity to 40,000 households.
Water and Sanitation
Among AKDN’s many endeavours aimed at improving the quality of life are direct interventions in the areas of water and sanitation by providing engineering and construction services, non-local materials, skilled labour, training and education. Among its achievements are:
• A prize-winning programme that has created safe drinking water and sanitation facilities for over 500,000 people. The programme includes community mobilisation and participation; the infrastructure for potable water supplies; water quality management; grey water drainage infrastructure; household sanitation infrastructure; and health and hygiene education.
Heritage Preservation
The Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC), which seeks to leverage the transformative power of culture to improve socio-economic conditions, has received a number of awards for its work in Pakistan, including 15 UNESCO Asia-Pacific heritage awards. Its work ranges from the 900 year-old Altit Fort in Gilgit-Baltistan to the 17th Century Shahi Hammam in the Walled City of Lahore. AKTC’s achievements include:
• Restoration of the Shahi Guzargah, the Shahi Hammam and the Wazir Khan Chowk in Lahore’s Walled city.
• 130 conservation initiatives undertaken in Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including the conservation of five landmark buildings such as forts, mosques, palaces, public spaces and monuments and 13 historic settlements.
• 21,600 buildings documented, including 2,000 identified for historic conservation.
Economic Development and Tourism Promotion
In Pakistan, economic development projects range from tourism promotion to financial service companies under the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development umbrella. Many of these institutions began as local entities but have since grown into major national and international institutions.
• Interests in three well-known financial institutions: HBL, Jubilee Life and Jubilee General Insurance. HBL provides banking services to over 10 million Pakistanis through a country-wide network of 1,600 branches; Jubilee General Insurance and Jubilee Life Insurance are among the top insurers in the country.
• The First MicroFinance Bank (now majority-owned by HBL) has provided US$ 600 million in loans to more than 2.6 million customers since 2002, mostly from rural areas. To tap a greater market share while ensuring that the financial needs of the vulnerable are met adequately, the Bank has begun to offer digital financial services.
• AKFED runs eight Serena hotels in Pakistan, including those in Islamabad, Faisalabad, Quetta, Gilgit and Shigar. The hotels aim to promote tourism and economic development in the areas in which they are built.
30 millionHas planted
over 30 million trees
1.8 millionDelivers quality health care to 1.8 million patients annually
34,000Has trained over 34,000 educators
across the country
In collaboration with its partners AKDN:
Cover page: (top left to right) AKU School of Nursing in Karachi; Shimshal in the north of Pakistan; Altit Fort; (middle left to right) carpentry training in Lahore; Social, Cultural, Economic: the nature of positive change that AKDN institutions and programmes aim to achieve; education for girls; (bottom left to right) safe drinking water; infant health care; employability training for youth.
Development PartnersGovernment of Gilgit-Baltistan, Government of Punjab, Walled City of Lahore Authority, Directorate General of Archeology, Punjab Department of Tourism, Royal Norwegian Embassy, United States Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation, German Foreign Office, Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation, Japanese Grass Roots Assistance Program, Italian Foreign Ministry, International Union for Conservation of Nature, USAID, UNESCO, World Bank, World Monuments Fund, New Zealand Consulate, DFID, Government of Sind, European Union, Global Affairs Canada, Khyber Pakhtunkwha Provincial Disaster Management Authority, Gilgit Baltistan Disaster Management Authority, International Organization for Migration, World Food Program, International Center for Integrated Mountain Development, AFD
CULTURALSOCIAL
ECONOMIC
www.akdn.org
Pakistan
AKDN in PakistanOften better known through its component parts – such as the Aga Khan University in Karachi and the Aga Khan Trust for Culture in Lahore – the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) actually provides a broad range of services in Pakistan – and has been doing so for over 100 years.
It set up its first non-profit school in 1905 in Gwadar, Baluchistan. Today, through the 160 schools of the Aga Khan Education Services and through the teacher training and school improvement programmes of the Aga Khan University and the Aga Khan Foundation, it has reached tens of thousands of teachers and millions of students. It has provided the nation with thousands of doctors, nurses and midwives. These medical professionals are now serving throughout Pakistan. AKDN also operates an array of medical facilities that provide quality healthcare services to 1.8 million people a year throughout Pakistan. It has also planted over 30 million trees – much of it for fuel, fodder and construction. It has built smoke-free stoves that reduce respiratory ailments and simultaneously cut fuelwood consumption by 50 percent. It provides electricity to about 40,000 households through 333 micro-hydroelectric projects. It has prepared communities for disasters through 172 community emergency response teams and 36,000 trained volunteers. It has created safe, prize-winning drinking water and sanitation facilities for over 500,000 people. It provides financial services for millions of Pakistanis, including micro-insurance for health care. At the same time, it has worked to preserve Pakistan’s rich heritage by restoring over 170 historic settlements, forts, houses and monuments, ranging from the Wazir Khan Mosque Complex in Lahore to the Khaplu Village and Palace in Baltistan.
In all of its endeavours, AKDN has tried to create a critical mass of integrated development activities that offer people in a given area not only a rise in income, but a broad, sustained improvement in the
overall quality of life. It encourages self-reliance and a long-term view of development. In fact, many areas that received AKDN support in the past have well-educated communities that are now masters of their own development, building their own schools and health centres and taking other measures to care for themselves and those less fortunate.
Education
AKDN’s institutions have had a broad impact on education in the country, from early childhood development to doctoral programmes in education:
• The first Aga Khan School was established in Gwadar in 1905. Today, the Aga Khan Education Services provides access to quality education to over 40,000 students through a network of 160 schools across the country.
• The Aga Khan University’s Examination Board is the first private national examination board in Pakistan that has trained more than 1,000 teachers every year. Over 30,000 students have graduated from the board over the last 10 years.
• The Aga Khan University’s Institute of Education Development, which was launched in 1993, has granted over 1,300 PhDs, Masters and Advance diplomas in education. Over 34,000 educators have received certification through Professional Development Centres across the country.
• The Aga Khan Foundation’s activities in early childhood development provide more than 35,000 students annually aged 0-8 years (59 percent girls) with quality learning opportunities, in both urban and rural settings.
Health Care
AKDN also has a broad impact on healthcare delivery in Pakistan, both through its education of doctors, nurses and midwives and its direct delivery of healthcare services and diagnostic testing:
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AKDN areas of activity
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Industrial Promotion
")F Financial Services
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CULTURE
")R Restoration")M Music Initiative
Aga Khan UniversityAKU
. Capital City
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Tourism Promotion")T
Agriculture and Food Security
Education: Primary & Secondary")E
")H Health and Nutrition
")A Aga Khan Academy
Civil SocietyCS
HabitatHB
AFS
Economic InclusionEI
The Network has a broad impact on healthcare delivery in Pakistan, both through its education of doctors, nurses and midwives and its direct delivery of healthcare services and diagnostic testing.
Health
The Aga Khan Trust for Culture, which seeks to leverage the transformative power of culture to improve socio-economic conditions, has received a number of awards for its work in Pakistan, including 15 UNESCO Asia-Pacific heritage awards.
Heritage Preservation
The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH), through its FOCUS Humanitarian Assistance programme, has been responding to natural disasters in Pakistan since 1998.
Humanitarian Assistance
The First MicroFinance Bank has provided over US$ 600 million in loans to more than 2.6 million customers since 2002, mostly from rural areas.
Microfinance
The Aga Khan Rural Support Programme has completed thousands of small infrastructure projects, including irrigation channels, bridges and roads, which aid in agricultural production or help bring produce to market.
Rural Communities
AKDN’s institutions have had a broad impact on education in the country, from early childhood development to doctoral programmes in education. Its programmes reach tens of thousands of teachers and millions of students.
Education
1905
1st Aga Khan school established in Gwadar
19241st maternity home
established in Pakistan
1980
AKU Al-Rufaiyda School of Nursing and Midwifery established
1982Rural support programme
established in northern Pakistan
1983
AKU Medical College in Karachi established
1996Conservation of Baltit Fort
completed
1998 2003 2011
AKDN begins responding to natural disasters in Pakistan
AKU establishes Pakistan’s first private Examination Board
Conservation of Altit Fort and village recognised with the UNESCO Asia-Pacific heritage award
2002 2006First MicroFinanceBank Ltd Pakistan
establishedAKAH receives the Sitara-i-Eisaar award for humanitarian assistance
during the 2005 Kashmir Earthquake
AKDN in PakistanOften better known through its component parts – such as the Aga Khan University in Karachi and the Aga Khan Trust for Culture in Lahore – the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) actually provides a broad range of services in Pakistan – and has been doing so for over 100 years.
It set up its first non-profit school in 1905 in Gwadar, Baluchistan. Today, through the 160 schools of the Aga Khan Education Services and through the teacher training and school improvement programmes of the Aga Khan University and the Aga Khan Foundation, it has reached tens of thousands of teachers and millions of students. It has provided the nation with thousands of doctors, nurses and midwives. These medical professionals are now serving throughout Pakistan. AKDN also operates an array of medical facilities that provide quality healthcare services to 1.8 million people a year throughout Pakistan. It has also planted over 30 million trees – much of it for fuel, fodder and construction. It has built smoke-free stoves that reduce respiratory ailments and simultaneously cut fuelwood consumption by 50 percent. It provides electricity to about 40,000 households through 333 micro-hydroelectric projects. It has prepared communities for disasters through 172 community emergency response teams and 36,000 trained volunteers. It has created safe, prize-winning drinking water and sanitation facilities for over 500,000 people. It provides financial services for millions of Pakistanis, including micro-insurance for health care. At the same time, it has worked to preserve Pakistan’s rich heritage by restoring over 170 historic settlements, forts, houses and monuments, ranging from the Wazir Khan Mosque Complex in Lahore to the Khaplu Village and Palace in Baltistan.
In all of its endeavours, AKDN has tried to create a critical mass of integrated development activities that offer people in a given area not only a rise in income, but a broad, sustained improvement in the
overall quality of life. It encourages self-reliance and a long-term view of development. In fact, many areas that received AKDN support in the past have well-educated communities that are now masters of their own development, building their own schools and health centres and taking other measures to care for themselves and those less fortunate.
Education
AKDN’s institutions have had a broad impact on education in the country, from early childhood development to doctoral programmes in education:
• The first Aga Khan School was established in Gwadar in 1905. Today, the Aga Khan Education Services provides access to quality education to over 40,000 students through a network of 160 schools across the country.
• The Aga Khan University’s Examination Board is the first private national examination board in Pakistan that has trained more than 1,000 teachers every year. Over 30,000 students have graduated from the board over the last 10 years.
• The Aga Khan University’s Institute of Education Development, which was launched in 1993, has granted over 1,300 PhDs, Masters and Advance diplomas in education. Over 34,000 educators have received certification through Professional Development Centres across the country.
• The Aga Khan Foundation’s activities in early childhood development provide more than 35,000 students annually aged 0-8 years (59 percent girls) with quality learning opportunities, in both urban and rural settings.
Health Care
AKDN also has a broad impact on healthcare delivery in Pakistan, both through its education of doctors, nurses and midwives and its direct delivery of healthcare services and diagnostic testing:
.
P A K I S T A N
Islamabad
AZAD KASHMIR
PUNJAB
CHITRAL GILGIT-BALTISTAN
SINDH
KHYBERPAKHTUNKHWA
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")F !(A ")E ")H AKUHB ")R
TAJIKISTAN
KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
AFGHANISTAN
PAKISTAN
INDIA
BANGLADESH
UNITED ARABEMIRATES
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AKDN areas of activity
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Industrial Promotion
")F Financial Services
")I
CULTURE
")R Restoration")M Music Initiative
Aga Khan UniversityAKU
. Capital City
) (Existing PlannedSTATUS:
Tourism Promotion")T
Agriculture and Food Security
Education: Primary & Secondary")E
")H Health and Nutrition
")A Aga Khan Academy
Civil SocietyCS
HabitatHB
AFS
Economic InclusionEI
The Network has a broad impact on healthcare delivery in Pakistan, both through its education of doctors, nurses and midwives and its direct delivery of healthcare services and diagnostic testing.
Health
The Aga Khan Trust for Culture, which seeks to leverage the transformative power of culture to improve socio-economic conditions, has received a number of awards for its work in Pakistan, including 15 UNESCO Asia-Pacific heritage awards.
Heritage Preservation
The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH), through its FOCUS Humanitarian Assistance programme, has been responding to natural disasters in Pakistan since 1998.
Humanitarian Assistance
The First MicroFinance Bank has provided over US$ 600 million in loans to more than 2.6 million customers since 2002, mostly from rural areas.
Microfinance
The Aga Khan Rural Support Programme has completed thousands of small infrastructure projects, including irrigation channels, bridges and roads, which aid in agricultural production or help bring produce to market.
Rural Communities
AKDN’s institutions have had a broad impact on education in the country, from early childhood development to doctoral programmes in education. Its programmes reach tens of thousands of teachers and millions of students.
Education
1905
1st Aga Khan school established in Gwadar
19241st maternity home
established in Pakistan
1980
AKU Al-Rufaiyda School of Nursing and Midwifery established
1982Rural support programme
established in northern Pakistan
1983
AKU Medical College in Karachi established
1996Conservation of Baltit Fort
completed
1998 2003 2011
AKDN begins responding to natural disasters in Pakistan
AKU establishes Pakistan’s first private Examination Board
Conservation of Altit Fort and village recognised with the UNESCO Asia-Pacific heritage award
2002 2006First MicroFinanceBank Ltd Pakistan
establishedAKAH receives the Sitara-i-Eisaar award for humanitarian assistance
during the 2005 Kashmir Earthquake
AKDN in PakistanOften better known through its component parts – such as the Aga Khan University in Karachi and the Aga Khan Trust for Culture in Lahore – the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) actually provides a broad range of services in Pakistan – and has been doing so for over 100 years.
It set up its first non-profit school in 1905 in Gwadar, Baluchistan. Today, through the 160 schools of the Aga Khan Education Services and through the teacher training and school improvement programmes of the Aga Khan University and the Aga Khan Foundation, it has reached tens of thousands of teachers and millions of students. It has provided the nation with thousands of doctors, nurses and midwives. These medical professionals are now serving throughout Pakistan. AKDN also operates an array of medical facilities that provide quality healthcare services to 1.8 million people a year throughout Pakistan. It has also planted over 30 million trees – much of it for fuel, fodder and construction. It has built smoke-free stoves that reduce respiratory ailments and simultaneously cut fuelwood consumption by 50 percent. It provides electricity to about 40,000 households through 333 micro-hydroelectric projects. It has prepared communities for disasters through 172 community emergency response teams and 36,000 trained volunteers. It has created safe, prize-winning drinking water and sanitation facilities for over 500,000 people. It provides financial services for millions of Pakistanis, including micro-insurance for health care. At the same time, it has worked to preserve Pakistan’s rich heritage by restoring over 170 historic settlements, forts, houses and monuments, ranging from the Wazir Khan Mosque Complex in Lahore to the Khaplu Village and Palace in Baltistan.
In all of its endeavours, AKDN has tried to create a critical mass of integrated development activities that offer people in a given area not only a rise in income, but a broad, sustained improvement in the
overall quality of life. It encourages self-reliance and a long-term view of development. In fact, many areas that received AKDN support in the past have well-educated communities that are now masters of their own development, building their own schools and health centres and taking other measures to care for themselves and those less fortunate.
Education
AKDN’s institutions have had a broad impact on education in the country, from early childhood development to doctoral programmes in education:
• The first Aga Khan School was established in Gwadar in 1905. Today, the Aga Khan Education Services provides access to quality education to over 40,000 students through a network of 160 schools across the country.
• The Aga Khan University’s Examination Board is the first private national examination board in Pakistan that has trained more than 1,000 teachers every year. Over 30,000 students have graduated from the board over the last 10 years.
• The Aga Khan University’s Institute of Education Development, which was launched in 1993, has granted over 1,300 PhDs, Masters and Advance diplomas in education. Over 34,000 educators have received certification through Professional Development Centres across the country.
• The Aga Khan Foundation’s activities in early childhood development provide more than 35,000 students annually aged 0-8 years (59 percent girls) with quality learning opportunities, in both urban and rural settings.
Health Care
AKDN also has a broad impact on healthcare delivery in Pakistan, both through its education of doctors, nurses and midwives and its direct delivery of healthcare services and diagnostic testing:
.
P A K I S T A N
Islamabad
AZAD KASHMIR
PUNJAB
CHITRAL GILGIT-BALTISTAN
SINDH
KHYBERPAKHTUNKHWA
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")F
")F !(A ")E ")H AKUHB ")R
TAJIKISTAN
KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
AFGHANISTAN
PAKISTAN
INDIA
BANGLADESH
UNITED ARABEMIRATES
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AKDN areas of activity
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Industrial Promotion
")F Financial Services
")I
CULTURE
")R Restoration")M Music Initiative
Aga Khan UniversityAKU
. Capital City
) (Existing PlannedSTATUS:
Tourism Promotion")T
Agriculture and Food Security
Education: Primary & Secondary")E
")H Health and Nutrition
")A Aga Khan Academy
Civil SocietyCS
HabitatHB
AFS
Economic InclusionEI
The Network has a broad impact on healthcare delivery in Pakistan, both through its education of doctors, nurses and midwives and its direct delivery of healthcare services and diagnostic testing.
Health
The Aga Khan Trust for Culture, which seeks to leverage the transformative power of culture to improve socio-economic conditions, has received a number of awards for its work in Pakistan, including 15 UNESCO Asia-Pacific heritage awards.
Heritage Preservation
The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH), through its FOCUS Humanitarian Assistance programme, has been responding to natural disasters in Pakistan since 1998.
Humanitarian Assistance
The First MicroFinance Bank has provided over US$ 600 million in loans to more than 2.6 million customers since 2002, mostly from rural areas.
Microfinance
The Aga Khan Rural Support Programme has completed thousands of small infrastructure projects, including irrigation channels, bridges and roads, which aid in agricultural production or help bring produce to market.
Rural Communities
AKDN’s institutions have had a broad impact on education in the country, from early childhood development to doctoral programmes in education. Its programmes reach tens of thousands of teachers and millions of students.
Education
1905
1st Aga Khan school established in Gwadar
19241st maternity home
established in Pakistan
1980
AKU Al-Rufaiyda School of Nursing and Midwifery established
1982Rural support programme
established in northern Pakistan
1983
AKU Medical College in Karachi established
1996Conservation of Baltit Fort
completed
1998 2003 2011
AKDN begins responding to natural disasters in Pakistan
AKU establishes Pakistan’s first private Examination Board
Conservation of Altit Fort and village recognised with the UNESCO Asia-Pacific heritage award
2002 2006First MicroFinanceBank Ltd Pakistan
establishedAKAH receives the Sitara-i-Eisaar award for humanitarian assistance
during the 2005 Kashmir Earthquake
Support AKDN
When AKDN refines its development approach in a given area, it looks to partners to help expand the scale. A significant portion of the funding for its activities therefore comes from national governments, multilateral institutions and private sector partners. For more information, visit: akdn.org/partners
Partnerships
Individuals can support the AKDN. For more information, visit: akdn.org/support
Individuals
Aga Khan Foundation (Pakistan)Level Nine, Serena Business ComplexKhayaban-e-SuhrawardyIslamabad, PakistanTel: +92 51 111 253 254Email: [email protected]: www.akdn.org/pakistan
For more information
© AKDN, December 2017. Information contained in this brief can be reproduced with acknowledgement to AKDN. Photo credits: AKDN / Kohi Marri, Mathieu Paley, Naeem Safi, Danial Shah
• The Aga Khan University (AKU) Al-Rufaiyda School of Nursing and Midwifery, which was established in 1980 to fill an urgent need, has graduated more than 3,900 nurses and midwives.
• The AKU Medical College in Karachi, since 1983, has graduated over 5,500 students.
• The AKU Hospital, Pakistan's leading tertiary hospital, which was inaugurated in 1985, handles 1.2 million clinical visits and 91,000 admissions annually. Every year AKU conducts 30,000 surgeries, delivers 17,500 babies and carries out 12 million diagnostic tests.
• AKU and the Aga Khan Health Services together operate nearly 450 health centres, hospitals, maternity homes, medical centres and dental units that reach over 1.8 million people throughout the country.
• In AKDN programme areas, the infant mortality rate has dropped significantly to 40/1,000 live births; the maternal mortality ratio is 140/100,000 live births compared to the national average of 300/100,000.
Humanitarian Assistance & Disaster Risk Reduction
The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH), through its FOCUS Humanitarian Assistance programme, has been responding to a number of natural disasters in Pakistan since 1998:
• The Community Based Disaster Risk Management, which aims to equip communities with the skills and tools to be the first local responders in the case of a disaster, has trained over 36,000 volunteers. These volunteers are organised into 172 Community Emergency Response Teams, which are active in almost 160 risk-prone villages. Half of the volunteers are women. Across Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral, 135 community stockpiles are set up for emergency humanitarian relief.
• AKAH also works on developing Search and Rescue Teams and preparing hazard and risk maps. In response to the ever-increasing impact of climate change, it is also involved in addressing
environmental sustainability issues, the safety of physical settings and ensuring that communities are prepared to respond to natural disasters.
• AKAH’s Building and Construction Improvement Programme has benefited 40,000 households, including customised technologies that improve seismic resistance, such as galvanised steel mesh that moulds to masonry during construction.
Agriculture, Food Security and Energy
AKDN has been addressing agriculture and food security issues in Pakistan since 1982 through its pioneering rural development programme, the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP). The programme has been widely hailed as a model for development, winning a number of international awards, including the Global Development Award for Most Innovative Development Project and an Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy. Among its accomplishments, it has:
• Mobilised 4,200 Village and Women Organisations in Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral alone, using its innovative community-led approach to establish local organisations.
• Planted over 30 million trees for fuel wood, fodder and construction.
• Reclaimed over 90,000 hectares of degraded land in an area the size of Ireland.
• Completed thousands of small infrastructure projects, including 1,500 irrigation channels and 634 kilometres of roads linking to markets.
• Installed 333 mini-hydroelectric projects that provide electricity to 40,000 households.
Water and Sanitation
Among AKDN’s many endeavours aimed at improving the quality of life are direct interventions in the areas of water and sanitation by providing engineering and construction services, non-local materials, skilled labour, training and education. Among its achievements are:
• A prize-winning programme that has created safe drinking water and sanitation facilities for over 500,000 people. The programme includes community mobilisation and participation; the infrastructure for potable water supplies; water quality management; grey water drainage infrastructure; household sanitation infrastructure; and health and hygiene education.
Heritage Preservation
The Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC), which seeks to leverage the transformative power of culture to improve socio-economic conditions, has received a number of awards for its work in Pakistan, including 15 UNESCO Asia-Pacific heritage awards. Its work ranges from the 900 year-old Altit Fort in Gilgit-Baltistan to the 17th Century Shahi Hammam in the Walled City of Lahore. AKTC’s achievements include:
• Restoration of the Shahi Guzargah, the Shahi Hammam and the Wazir Khan Chowk in Lahore’s Walled city.
• 130 conservation initiatives undertaken in Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including the conservation of five landmark buildings such as forts, mosques, palaces, public spaces and monuments and 13 historic settlements.
• 21,600 buildings documented, including 2,000 identified for historic conservation.
Economic Development and Tourism Promotion
In Pakistan, economic development projects range from tourism promotion to financial service companies under the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development umbrella. Many of these institutions began as local entities but have since grown into major national and international institutions.
• Interests in three well-known financial institutions: HBL, Jubilee Life and Jubilee General Insurance. HBL provides banking services to over 10 million Pakistanis through a country-wide network of 1,600 branches; Jubilee General Insurance and Jubilee Life Insurance are among the top insurers in the country.
• The First MicroFinance Bank (now majority-owned by HBL) has provided US$ 600 million in loans to more than 2.6 million customers since 2002, mostly from rural areas. To tap a greater market share while ensuring that the financial needs of the vulnerable are met adequately, the Bank has begun to offer digital financial services.
• AKFED runs eight Serena hotels in Pakistan, including those in Islamabad, Faisalabad, Quetta, Gilgit and Shigar. The hotels aim to promote tourism and economic development in the areas in which they are built.
30 millionHas planted
over 30 million trees
1.8 millionDelivers quality health care to 1.8 million patients annually
34,000Has trained over 34,000 educators
across the country
In collaboration with its partners AKDN:
Cover page: (top left to right) AKU School of Nursing in Karachi; Shimshal in the north of Pakistan; Altit Fort; (middle left to right) carpentry training in Lahore; Social, Cultural, Economic: the nature of positive change that AKDN institutions and programmes aim to achieve; education for girls; (bottom left to right) safe drinking water; infant health care; employability training for youth.
Development PartnersGovernment of Gilgit-Baltistan, Government of Punjab, Walled City of Lahore Authority, Directorate General of Archeology, Punjab Department of Tourism, Royal Norwegian Embassy, United States Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation, German Foreign Office, Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation, Japanese Grass Roots Assistance Program, Italian Foreign Ministry, International Union for Conservation of Nature, USAID, UNESCO, World Bank, World Monuments Fund, New Zealand Consulate, DFID, Government of Sind, European Union, Global Affairs Canada, Khyber Pakhtunkwha Provincial Disaster Management Authority, Gilgit Baltistan Disaster Management Authority, International Organization for Migration, World Food Program, International Center for Integrated Mountain Development, AFD
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• The Aga Khan University (AKU) Al-Rufaiyda School of Nursing and Midwifery, which was established in 1980 to fill an urgent need, has graduated more than 3,900 nurses and midwives.
• The AKU Medical College in Karachi, since 1983, has graduated over 5,500 students.
• The AKU Hospital, Pakistan's leading tertiary hospital, which was inaugurated in 1985, handles 1.2 million clinical visits and 91,000 admissions annually. Every year AKU conducts 30,000 surgeries, delivers 17,500 babies and carries out 12 million diagnostic tests.
• AKU and the Aga Khan Health Services together operate nearly 450 health centres, hospitals, maternity homes, medical centres and dental units that reach over 1.8 million people throughout the country.
• In AKDN programme areas, the infant mortality rate has dropped significantly to 40/1,000 live births; the maternal mortality ratio is 140/100,000 live births compared to the national average of 300/100,000.
Humanitarian Assistance & Disaster Risk Reduction
The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH), through its FOCUS Humanitarian Assistance programme, has been responding to a number of natural disasters in Pakistan since 1998:
• The Community Based Disaster Risk Management, which aims to equip communities with the skills and tools to be the first local responders in the case of a disaster, has trained over 36,000 volunteers. These volunteers are organised into 172 Community Emergency Response Teams, which are active in almost 160 risk-prone villages. Half of the volunteers are women. Across Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral, 135 community stockpiles are set up for emergency humanitarian relief.
• AKAH also works on developing Search and Rescue Teams and preparing hazard and risk maps. In response to the ever-increasing impact of climate change, it is also involved in addressing
environmental sustainability issues, the safety of physical settings and ensuring that communities are prepared to respond to natural disasters.
• AKAH’s Building and Construction Improvement Programme has benefited 40,000 households, including customised technologies that improve seismic resistance, such as galvanised steel mesh that moulds to masonry during construction.
Agriculture, Food Security and Energy
AKDN has been addressing agriculture and food security issues in Pakistan since 1982 through its pioneering rural development programme, the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP). The programme has been widely hailed as a model for development, winning a number of international awards, including the Global Development Award for Most Innovative Development Project and an Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy. Among its accomplishments, it has:
• Mobilised 4,200 Village and Women Organisations in Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral alone, using its innovative community-led approach to establish local organisations.
• Planted over 30 million trees for fuel wood, fodder and construction.
• Reclaimed over 90,000 hectares of degraded land in an area the size of Ireland.
• Completed thousands of small infrastructure projects, including 1,500 irrigation channels and 634 kilometres of roads linking to markets.
• Installed 333 mini-hydroelectric projects that provide electricity to 40,000 households.
Water and Sanitation
Among AKDN’s many endeavours aimed at improving the quality of life are direct interventions in the areas of water and sanitation by providing engineering and construction services, non-local materials, skilled labour, training and education. Among its achievements are:
• A prize-winning programme that has created safe drinking water and sanitation facilities for over 500,000 people. The programme includes community mobilisation and participation; the infrastructure for potable water supplies; water quality management; grey water drainage infrastructure; household sanitation infrastructure; and health and hygiene education.
Heritage Preservation
The Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC), which seeks to leverage the transformative power of culture to improve socio-economic conditions, has received a number of awards for its work in Pakistan, including 15 UNESCO Asia-Pacific heritage awards. Its work ranges from the 900 year-old Altit Fort in Gilgit-Baltistan to the 17th Century Shahi Hammam in the Walled City of Lahore. AKTC’s achievements include:
• Restoration of the Shahi Guzargah, the Shahi Hammam and the Wazir Khan Chowk in Lahore’s Walled city.
• 130 conservation initiatives undertaken in Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including the conservation of five landmark buildings such as forts, mosques, palaces, public spaces and monuments and 13 historic settlements.
• 21,600 buildings documented, including 2,000 identified for historic conservation.
Economic Development and Tourism Promotion
In Pakistan, economic development projects range from tourism promotion to financial service companies under the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development umbrella. Many of these institutions began as local entities but have since grown into major national and international institutions.
• Interests in three well-known financial institutions: HBL, Jubilee Life and Jubilee General Insurance. HBL provides banking services to over 10 million Pakistanis through a country-wide network of 1,600 branches; Jubilee General Insurance and Jubilee Life Insurance are among the top insurers in the country.
• The First MicroFinance Bank (now majority-owned by HBL) has provided US$ 600 million in loans to more than 2.6 million customers since 2002, mostly from rural areas. To tap a greater market share while ensuring that the financial needs of the vulnerable are met adequately, the Bank has begun to offer digital financial services.
• AKFED runs eight Serena hotels in Pakistan, including those in Islamabad, Faisalabad, Quetta, Gilgit and Shigar. The hotels aim to promote tourism and economic development in the areas in which they are built.
30 millionHas planted
over 30 million trees
1.8 millionDelivers quality health care to 1.8 million patients annually
34,000Has trained over 34,000 educators
across the country
In collaboration with its partners AKDN:
Cover page: (top left to right) AKU School of Nursing in Karachi; Shimshal in the north of Pakistan; Altit Fort; (middle left to right) carpentry training in Lahore; Social, Cultural, Economic: the nature of positive change that AKDN institutions and programmes aim to achieve; education for girls; (bottom left to right) safe drinking water; infant health care; employability training for youth.
Development PartnersGovernment of Gilgit-Baltistan, Government of Punjab, Walled City of Lahore Authority, Directorate General of Archeology, Punjab Department of Tourism, Royal Norwegian Embassy, United States Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation, German Foreign Office, Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation, Japanese Grass Roots Assistance Program, Italian Foreign Ministry, International Union for Conservation of Nature, USAID, UNESCO, World Bank, World Monuments Fund, New Zealand Consulate, DFID, Government of Sind, European Union, Global Affairs Canada, Khyber Pakhtunkwha Provincial Disaster Management Authority, Gilgit Baltistan Disaster Management Authority, International Organization for Migration, World Food Program, International Center for Integrated Mountain Development, AFD
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