An Initiative of Aga Khan Foundation U'S'A' and its volunteers across America

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• An Initiative of Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. and
  its volunteers across America

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Living in our Global Village
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What does extreme poverty look like?
Living on less than 1.25 per day
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In Mali, 1 in every 4 children under the age of 5
will die, most from easily prevented causes.

• In the United States, 1 in every 143.

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• In Afghanistan, 1 in 8 mothers will die as a
  result of pregnancy or complications during
  childbirth.
• In the United States, 1 in 4,800 mothers.

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In extreme poverty, basic necessities become
inaccessible luxuries.
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• In the developing world, 1 in 5 children have no
• access to safe water,

compared to 1 in 100 in the U.S.
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• Living in poverty
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• taking a sip of water can be risky

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• In Uganda, only 16 of secondary school aged
  girls are enrolled in school.
• In Afghanistan, 8.
• In the United States, 96.

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Poverty is not the exception

• Almost half of the world over 3 billion people,
  live on less than 2.50 per day

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Solutions are within Reach
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Solutions are within Reach
Improving agricultural productivity food
security
Training in enterprise development
Preventive health care for moms and kids
Expanding opportunity and hope
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Problem In Gujurat, India, women spent a
majority of their day collecting water, when the
river dries up and villagers have no source of
clean water.

• Solution
• The women of Moti Moral Village organized a
  village organization and worked with Aga Khan
  Foundation to build rooftop rainwater harvesting
  structures

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Problem In Afghanistan, 2 million out of 6
million school children do not have access to
safe drinking water (UNICEF)

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• Aga Khan Foundation organizes communities to
  build clean and safe water supply systems,
  especially close to schools.

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Problem More than 1 million of Afghanistans
primary school age girls are not enrolled in
school.Adult literacy rate in Afghanistan43
male 13 female
Girls face several obstacles in going to school
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Solution Training Female Teachers

• I want to educate myself not only to empower
  women to break the cycle of cultural constraints,
  but to be in a position from which I can pass on
  my knowledge to girls to enable them to become
  doctors and nurses.
• -Fatima, a community teacher with AKFs
  program Partnership for Advancing Community
  Education in Afghanistan

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SolutionPartnering with the Community
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Shayestas Story
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Shayestas Story
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Promoting Girls Education and Teacher Training
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• Over 900 nurses have graduated from the Advanced
  Nursing Program

Zanzibar
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• Over 900 nurses have graduated from the Advanced
  Nursing Program

Zanzibar
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Only 2 of children with disabilities attend
school

• Over 900 nurses have graduated from the Advanced
  Nursing Program

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Only 2 of children with disabilities attend
school

• Over 900 nurses have graduated from the Advanced
  Nursing Program

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• Over 900 nurses have graduated from the Advanced
  Nursing Program

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• Over 900 nurses have graduated from the Advanced
  Nursing Program

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• Over 900 nurses have graduated from the Advanced
  Nursing Program

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• Over 900 nurses have graduated from the Advanced
  Nursing Program

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Training Nurses and Health Professionals

• Over 900 nurses have graduated from the Advanced
  Nursing Program

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Training Nurses and Health Professionals

• Over 900 nurses have graduated from the Advanced
  Nursing Program

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Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A.

• AKF USA is a non-profit, non-denominational,
  private international development organization
  established in 1981
• Its aim is to improve the quality of life for
  people in the developing world through programs
  in
• Health
• Education
• Rural Development
• Civil Society
• Environment

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AKF USA is a part of Aga Khan Development Network

• AKDN is a group of private, international,
  non-denominational agencies working to improve
  living conditions and opportunities for people in
  specific regions of the developing world.
• AKDN works for the common good, regardless of
  gender, origin, religion or political
  association.
• www.akdn.org

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AKDNs Geographic Presence 29 Countries in 7
Regions
Europe Bosnia-Herzegovina France Portugal Russian
Federation Switzerland United Kingdom
West Africa Burkina Faso D.R. Congo Ivory
Coast Mali Senegal
Middle East Egypt Iran Syria
Eastern Africa Kenya Madagascar Mozambique Tanzani
a Uganda
South Asia Bangladesh India Pakistan
Central Asia Afghanistan Kazakhstan Kyrgyz
Republic Tajikistan Uzbekistan
North America Canada United States of America
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YOU are helping
Investing in Our Future
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A single donation can have far-reaching effects
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• 75
• is equivalent to the cost of giving a pair of
  goats to a family in Tajikistan, and, in turn, a
  steady source of income.

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100 is equivalent to the cost of establishing
an Early Childhood Education Center in Pakistan,
creating a lifelong joy of learning for the
children who walk through its doors.
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• 250
• is equivalent to providing 15 children with
  immunization vaccines, protecting them from
  preventable diseases for life.

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500 is equivalent to the cost of digging a
well in Afghanistan, providing an entire
community with access to safe water.
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