10th December, 2011 New Delhi
HUDCO & Aga Khan Foundation (India) Initiative to provide skill training to disadvantaged people
Housing & Urban Development Corporation Ltd. (HUDCO) and Aga Khan Foundation are jointly taking initiative to undertake skill training of 200 disadvantaged people in Nizamuddin Basti, Delhi, through a comprehensive and need based programme focused on vocational training which will contribute to improving the quality of life of these people. In order to help in achieving this objective, HUDCO and Aga Khan Foundation of India have decided to work together by utilizing their respective strengths. To this effect, an MoU was signed in the presence of Kumari Selja, Hon’ble Minister for Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation and Minister of Culture, today. The salient features of the MoU are as follows:
Objective
a) To ensure time bound skill training and capacity building of the under-privileged in which the preferences will be given to participants from below the poverty line.
b) To impart skills which will facilitate regular employment and entrepreneurship.
c) To ensure employment placement for the trained participants and
d) To impart skills for the participants to move from unorganized sector to the organized
sector. HUDCO and Aga Khan Foundation will have definite Roles and Responsibilities to achieve the objectives of this collaboration.
HUDCO’s specific role will be to support and finance skill training activities based on demand which will cover complete skill process by providing venue, training equipments, training materials etc. not exceeding Rs. 10,000/- per participant.
The Aga Khan Foundation, India will identify the participants with requisite aptitude for the training being organized. The training and the curriculum for it, will be designed by the Aga Khan Foundation, the training and course content will be in local language for better absorption by the participants of the training programme.
http://hudco.org/writereaddata/News/HUD ... people.pdf
INSTITUTIONAL ACTIVITIES IN INDIA
AKF India partner in international development.
Minister Oda Announces Canadian Partnerships in International Development
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Dec. 23, 2011) - Today, the Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of International Cooperation, announced the government's support to further progress to reduce poverty and help the world's vulnerable peoples effectively. Through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), 53 Canadian organizations will embark in a series of new development projects.
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release ... 601844.htm
Today's announcement totals up to $111.7 million in projects from the "Over $2 million" category and up to $30.7 million in projects from the "Under $2 million" category. For more information on the calls for proposals process, please visit the CIDA website
Aga Khan Foundation Canada
Country: India
The project's objective is to transform disadvantaged and marginalized children's lives and learning by improving both access to, and quality of, education opportunities. The proposed investment builds upon significant gains working in poor neighbourhoods of 4 sub-districts of Bihar, where a network of neighbourhood-level Learning Support Centres, launched by the Aga Khan Rural Support Program in 2009, is providing afterschool support to 5,000 pre-school and primary school children. (Up to $1,890,879 over 2 years and 3 months)
Minister Oda Announces Canadian Partnerships in International Development
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Dec. 23, 2011) - Today, the Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of International Cooperation, announced the government's support to further progress to reduce poverty and help the world's vulnerable peoples effectively. Through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), 53 Canadian organizations will embark in a series of new development projects.
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release ... 601844.htm
Today's announcement totals up to $111.7 million in projects from the "Over $2 million" category and up to $30.7 million in projects from the "Under $2 million" category. For more information on the calls for proposals process, please visit the CIDA website
Aga Khan Foundation Canada
Country: India
The project's objective is to transform disadvantaged and marginalized children's lives and learning by improving both access to, and quality of, education opportunities. The proposed investment builds upon significant gains working in poor neighbourhoods of 4 sub-districts of Bihar, where a network of neighbourhood-level Learning Support Centres, launched by the Aga Khan Rural Support Program in 2009, is providing afterschool support to 5,000 pre-school and primary school children. (Up to $1,890,879 over 2 years and 3 months)
Publication: Aga Khan Development Network in India – 2011
Founded and guided by His Highness the Aga Khan, the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and its precursors have been working in India since 1905. Its programmes now span the states of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. These programmes work to address a broad spectrum of development issues ranging from cultural restoration to education quality, health care to rural development, civil society strengthening to economic development.
The AKDN works in 30 countries around the world. It employs over 80,000 people, many of them in the project companies of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED). The AKDN’s annual budget for social and cultural development activities in 2010 was US$ 625 million. All AKDN agencies are non-profit except AKFED, which seeks to generate profits as part of its formula for sustainability, but reinvests any profits in further development activities.
AKDN agencies are nondenominational, conducting their programmes without regard to faith, origin or gender. While each agency pursues its own mandate, all of them work together within the over-arching framework of the Network so that their different pursuits interact and reinforce one another.
http://wwww.reliefweb.int/sites/reliefw ... _india.pdf
Founded and guided by His Highness the Aga Khan, the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and its precursors have been working in India since 1905. Its programmes now span the states of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. These programmes work to address a broad spectrum of development issues ranging from cultural restoration to education quality, health care to rural development, civil society strengthening to economic development.
The AKDN works in 30 countries around the world. It employs over 80,000 people, many of them in the project companies of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED). The AKDN’s annual budget for social and cultural development activities in 2010 was US$ 625 million. All AKDN agencies are non-profit except AKFED, which seeks to generate profits as part of its formula for sustainability, but reinvests any profits in further development activities.
AKDN agencies are nondenominational, conducting their programmes without regard to faith, origin or gender. While each agency pursues its own mandate, all of them work together within the over-arching framework of the Network so that their different pursuits interact and reinforce one another.
http://wwww.reliefweb.int/sites/reliefw ... _india.pdf
Aga Khan Planning and Building Services to install innovative smokeless stoves in Chitravad, Gujarat
http://web.mit.edu/adnane/www/adnan/por ... stove.html
Excerpt:
CURRENT PROGRESS
Our device is currently in use in two different households, undergoing realistic duty cycle testing. We regularly interface with our community partners to integrate feedback into our final design, which is expected to be deployed in 2010 by the Aga Khan Planning and Building Services in an initial set of earthquake-struck rebuilt homes.
http://web.mit.edu/adnane/www/adnan/por ... stove.html
Excerpt:
CURRENT PROGRESS
Our device is currently in use in two different households, undergoing realistic duty cycle testing. We regularly interface with our community partners to integrate feedback into our final design, which is expected to be deployed in 2010 by the Aga Khan Planning and Building Services in an initial set of earthquake-struck rebuilt homes.
A pilot project by AKF to tackle backwardness
DIFFERENT DARKNESS
- Backward districts and their development
Commentarao: S.L. Rao
In 1964, V.S. Naipaul wrote about India as an area of darkness. Visiting Bahraich district in Uttar Pradesh recently, I found a part of India which remains an area of darkness amidst the growing illumination over most of India. The Aga Khan Foundation has piloted a limited programme to tackle it.
More.....
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120514/j ... 8t2Wcrh5Gt
DIFFERENT DARKNESS
- Backward districts and their development
Commentarao: S.L. Rao
In 1964, V.S. Naipaul wrote about India as an area of darkness. Visiting Bahraich district in Uttar Pradesh recently, I found a part of India which remains an area of darkness amidst the growing illumination over most of India. The Aga Khan Foundation has piloted a limited programme to tackle it.
More.....
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120514/j ... 8t2Wcrh5Gt
Agakhan Foundation collaborates with Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT), the largest of the Tata trusts
Excerpt:
"In 2006, the state administration set up a polyclinic here. A year later, the Foundation started working with the community and roped in a gynaecologist and a paediatrician for the clinic, which also got a pathology laboratory. While the infrastructure was set, it was important to increase awareness among the families and convince them to use the facilities. That got a fillip when Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT), the largest of the Tata trusts, joined hands with the Aga Khan Foundation in February this year."
http://forbesindia.com/blog/business-st ... act-lives/
Excerpt:
"In 2006, the state administration set up a polyclinic here. A year later, the Foundation started working with the community and roped in a gynaecologist and a paediatrician for the clinic, which also got a pathology laboratory. While the infrastructure was set, it was important to increase awareness among the families and convince them to use the facilities. That got a fillip when Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT), the largest of the Tata trusts, joined hands with the Aga Khan Foundation in February this year."
http://forbesindia.com/blog/business-st ... act-lives/
Agakhan Foundation supports waste management programme
http://www.nerve.in/news:253500471583
Excerpt:
A waste management programme, Clean Basti, will ensure cleanliness of the sprawl adjoining the archaeological complex in Nizamuddin at Rs.35 lakh for about two years, the ministry said. The project will be supported by the Aga Khan Foundation.
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Aga Khan Foundation to Organize a Workshop on Replicating Innovations in Rural Livelihoods on 6 November in New Delhi
http://www.indiacsr.in/en/?p=8120
http://www.nerve.in/news:253500471583
Excerpt:
A waste management programme, Clean Basti, will ensure cleanliness of the sprawl adjoining the archaeological complex in Nizamuddin at Rs.35 lakh for about two years, the ministry said. The project will be supported by the Aga Khan Foundation.
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Aga Khan Foundation to Organize a Workshop on Replicating Innovations in Rural Livelihoods on 6 November in New Delhi
http://www.indiacsr.in/en/?p=8120
Aga Khan Foundation India Organizes Workshop on Sustainable Community-based Approaches to Livelihood Enhancement
NEW DELHI: The Aga Khan SCALE (Sustainable Community-based Approaches to Livelihood Enhancement) program concluded with a workshop at Shangri La’s Hotel in Delhi on 1st November 2012. The program was inaugurated by Rowland Roome, CEO of Agha Khan Foundation who emphasized on Social Return on Investment (SROI) and spoke widely about Water Management initiatives and accomplishments of Development Support Center (DSC).
Abad Ahmad Chairman of Agha Khan Foundation continued with listing the wide range of activities undertaken by the foundation such as Sustainable and empowered community investment, livestock development, income generating opportunity.
http://www.indiacsr.in/en/?p=8385&print=1
NEW DELHI: The Aga Khan SCALE (Sustainable Community-based Approaches to Livelihood Enhancement) program concluded with a workshop at Shangri La’s Hotel in Delhi on 1st November 2012. The program was inaugurated by Rowland Roome, CEO of Agha Khan Foundation who emphasized on Social Return on Investment (SROI) and spoke widely about Water Management initiatives and accomplishments of Development Support Center (DSC).
Abad Ahmad Chairman of Agha Khan Foundation continued with listing the wide range of activities undertaken by the foundation such as Sustainable and empowered community investment, livestock development, income generating opportunity.
http://www.indiacsr.in/en/?p=8385&print=1
Building India’s tomorrow: Aga Khan Planning and Building Services
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Aga Khan Foundation India: Youth Leadership Program in association with Toastmasters International
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The provision of sanitation facilities in household
The following case studies depict the positive impact of the work of the Aga Khan Development Network, on the lives of rural women, as a result of the provision of sanitation facilities within their households. The case studies are written as conversations with or personal stories of a woman, whose life has been impacted by AKDN's work.
http://indiasanitationportal.org/16
The following case studies depict the positive impact of the work of the Aga Khan Development Network, on the lives of rural women, as a result of the provision of sanitation facilities within their households. The case studies are written as conversations with or personal stories of a woman, whose life has been impacted by AKDN's work.
http://indiasanitationportal.org/16
India, Planning and Building Services, Video
Building India’s tomorrow – Aga Khan Planning & Building Services, India
December 20, 2015 ismailimail#featured
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Tomb of Khan-i-Khanan being restored by Aga Khan Trust for Culture, India
The tomb of Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khana, one of Akbar's nine jewels and better known as Rahim, the bhakti poet, is being conserved and part restored by the Agakhan Foundation. Including some very interesting water pools and fountains. It was a neglected monument in the vicinity of Nizamuddin, hope it will become a thriving cultural site due to such an important place that Rahim occupies in medieval Indian poetry.
With Mustansir Dalvi
https://ismailimail.wordpress.com/2015/ ... ure-india/
Building India’s tomorrow – Aga Khan Planning & Building Services, India
December 20, 2015 ismailimail#featured
https://ismailimail.wordpress.com/2015/ ... ces-india/
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Tomb of Khan-i-Khanan being restored by Aga Khan Trust for Culture, India
The tomb of Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khana, one of Akbar's nine jewels and better known as Rahim, the bhakti poet, is being conserved and part restored by the Agakhan Foundation. Including some very interesting water pools and fountains. It was a neglected monument in the vicinity of Nizamuddin, hope it will become a thriving cultural site due to such an important place that Rahim occupies in medieval Indian poetry.
With Mustansir Dalvi
https://ismailimail.wordpress.com/2015/ ... ure-india/
Celebrating Words, Ideas And Dialogue At The ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival
I am in Rajasthan this week for the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF), on an annual pilgrimage I have made ever since arriving in India. I first came three years ago, not long after I had become the CEO of the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) in Delhi. Right away, I knew AKF had a place here: excited throngs of people, mostly Indian, many in their teens and twenties, joining together for five days to celebrate words, ideas, and dialogue. What better emblem of India's tremendous diversity, pluralism, and intellectual energy?
The Aga Khan Foundation began working in India in 1978, building on a century of development activities by other Aga Khan institutions. Our mandate is to empower and transform marginalised communities and improve quality of life. Since establishment, we have forged long-term partnerships with over 2,500 villages and urban settlements in six states. Annually, we work with some three million people to build community institutions; support women's empowerment through savings and self-help groups; improve agriculture, land and water conservation; and promote health, hygiene, and sanitation.
“ [W]hen I attended JLF for the first time, I felt compelled to join together with this national symbol of India's literacy and learning.
Overarching everything we do is education. At the core of our work is reading - the fundamental building block of self-discovery, access to opportunity, and cultural understanding. In the past decade alone, AKF and its partners have helped over 1.2 million children learn to read and have improved learning levels in more than 3,300 government schools. In the next five years, we have plans to more than double that number, educating over 1.5 million new readers in 750 preschools and 4,000 schools. So when I attended JLF for the first time, I felt compelled to join together with this national symbol of India's literacy and learning.
Last year, we helped JLF bring authors and musicians to Jaipur from around the world, underscoring our common commitment to India's cosmopolitanism: Azerbaijan's Alim Qasimov Ensemble, representing the Aga Khan Music Initiative; sessions on the Bamiyan buddhas and cultural heritage; and a conversation with children's authors Saker Mistri and Mamta Mangaldas, who draw on illustrated manuscripts of ancient Hindu and Indo-Persian stories. The highlight was a session we supported with former President Dr APJ Kalam, who electrified a standing-room-only crowd of Indian youth with his stirring call for education and self-improvement.
This year, we have helped JLF feature one of the world's most important economists, Thomas Piketty. His provocative work on inequality has concentrated minds on one of the fundamental challenges of our era: how to ensure that the poorest among us benefit from the extraordinary growth of global wealth and capital in the last 50 years. The topic is of vital concern to AKF and the communities we serve. In 20 countries, the Aga Khan Foundation is addressing the needs of those who have been left behind and are still striving to feed their families, educate their children, and improve their lives.
“ AKF is supporting a session with the country's Chief Economic Advisor, Arvind Subramanian. He will talk about what economists can learn from literature...
Nowhere is this topic of more urgency than Asia, where incomes and living standards have been transformed for hundreds of millions of people in less than two generations. More people have been lifted out of poverty than at any other time in history. Yet worldwide, 2.1 billion people still live on just over $3 a day. Of the almost 900 million living in extreme poverty, 78% are in South Asia. That is why India's efforts to promote growth and development are so critical - and why private organisations like ours partner with government at all levels to advance these priorities. So this week, AKF is supporting a session with the country's Chief Economic Advisor, Arvind Subramanian. He will talk about what economists can learn from literature and how it can help all of us understand and address the human dimensions of macro-industrial change.
“ Events like this remind us of how intellectually vibrant contemporary India is - and how that diversity contributes to India's development and its future.
Three other sessions align with AKF's dedication to pluralism, the value of cultural heritage, and the urgency of social inclusion. Peter Frankopan will talk about his new book on the Silk Road, reminding us that at its apex, India, through its links to near and far neighborswas open, confident, and cosmopolitan. Sunil Khilnani will discuss his masterful work, The Idea of India, and a range of the country's most important figures. While the Indian writers Nandana Dev Sen, Jerry Pinto and Paro Anand will discuss children's literature and the themes that interest India's new generation.
As I arrive in Jaipur for the third time, I am struck again by what this festival symbolises and why AKF supports it. Along with thousands of others, we come to Rajasthan this weekendfor a celebration of reading and ideas that exemplifies the best virtues of pluralist societies accepting difference and pursuing dialogue. The Jaipur Literature Festival participates in a rich Indian tradition of diversity, inquiry, and spirited debate. Events like this remind us of how intellectually vibrant contemporary India is - and how that diversity contributes to India's development and its future.
http://www.huffingtonpost.in/matt-t-ree ... _ref=india
I am in Rajasthan this week for the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF), on an annual pilgrimage I have made ever since arriving in India. I first came three years ago, not long after I had become the CEO of the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) in Delhi. Right away, I knew AKF had a place here: excited throngs of people, mostly Indian, many in their teens and twenties, joining together for five days to celebrate words, ideas, and dialogue. What better emblem of India's tremendous diversity, pluralism, and intellectual energy?
The Aga Khan Foundation began working in India in 1978, building on a century of development activities by other Aga Khan institutions. Our mandate is to empower and transform marginalised communities and improve quality of life. Since establishment, we have forged long-term partnerships with over 2,500 villages and urban settlements in six states. Annually, we work with some three million people to build community institutions; support women's empowerment through savings and self-help groups; improve agriculture, land and water conservation; and promote health, hygiene, and sanitation.
“ [W]hen I attended JLF for the first time, I felt compelled to join together with this national symbol of India's literacy and learning.
Overarching everything we do is education. At the core of our work is reading - the fundamental building block of self-discovery, access to opportunity, and cultural understanding. In the past decade alone, AKF and its partners have helped over 1.2 million children learn to read and have improved learning levels in more than 3,300 government schools. In the next five years, we have plans to more than double that number, educating over 1.5 million new readers in 750 preschools and 4,000 schools. So when I attended JLF for the first time, I felt compelled to join together with this national symbol of India's literacy and learning.
Last year, we helped JLF bring authors and musicians to Jaipur from around the world, underscoring our common commitment to India's cosmopolitanism: Azerbaijan's Alim Qasimov Ensemble, representing the Aga Khan Music Initiative; sessions on the Bamiyan buddhas and cultural heritage; and a conversation with children's authors Saker Mistri and Mamta Mangaldas, who draw on illustrated manuscripts of ancient Hindu and Indo-Persian stories. The highlight was a session we supported with former President Dr APJ Kalam, who electrified a standing-room-only crowd of Indian youth with his stirring call for education and self-improvement.
This year, we have helped JLF feature one of the world's most important economists, Thomas Piketty. His provocative work on inequality has concentrated minds on one of the fundamental challenges of our era: how to ensure that the poorest among us benefit from the extraordinary growth of global wealth and capital in the last 50 years. The topic is of vital concern to AKF and the communities we serve. In 20 countries, the Aga Khan Foundation is addressing the needs of those who have been left behind and are still striving to feed their families, educate their children, and improve their lives.
“ AKF is supporting a session with the country's Chief Economic Advisor, Arvind Subramanian. He will talk about what economists can learn from literature...
Nowhere is this topic of more urgency than Asia, where incomes and living standards have been transformed for hundreds of millions of people in less than two generations. More people have been lifted out of poverty than at any other time in history. Yet worldwide, 2.1 billion people still live on just over $3 a day. Of the almost 900 million living in extreme poverty, 78% are in South Asia. That is why India's efforts to promote growth and development are so critical - and why private organisations like ours partner with government at all levels to advance these priorities. So this week, AKF is supporting a session with the country's Chief Economic Advisor, Arvind Subramanian. He will talk about what economists can learn from literature and how it can help all of us understand and address the human dimensions of macro-industrial change.
“ Events like this remind us of how intellectually vibrant contemporary India is - and how that diversity contributes to India's development and its future.
Three other sessions align with AKF's dedication to pluralism, the value of cultural heritage, and the urgency of social inclusion. Peter Frankopan will talk about his new book on the Silk Road, reminding us that at its apex, India, through its links to near and far neighborswas open, confident, and cosmopolitan. Sunil Khilnani will discuss his masterful work, The Idea of India, and a range of the country's most important figures. While the Indian writers Nandana Dev Sen, Jerry Pinto and Paro Anand will discuss children's literature and the themes that interest India's new generation.
As I arrive in Jaipur for the third time, I am struck again by what this festival symbolises and why AKF supports it. Along with thousands of others, we come to Rajasthan this weekendfor a celebration of reading and ideas that exemplifies the best virtues of pluralist societies accepting difference and pursuing dialogue. The Jaipur Literature Festival participates in a rich Indian tradition of diversity, inquiry, and spirited debate. Events like this remind us of how intellectually vibrant contemporary India is - and how that diversity contributes to India's development and its future.
http://www.huffingtonpost.in/matt-t-ree ... _ref=india
Fidai Baug Ismaili Flats, Andheri West, Mumbai
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Aga Khan Foundation’s Organic Cotton Work in Madhya Pradesh, India
Alexandra Cousteau, National Geographic Emerging Explorer, filmmaker and globally recognized advocate on water issues, travels the world to present a picture of the cotton industry, with a focus on its history and the modern-day challenges and innovations.
Cousteau ventures to the cotton fields in the Madhya Pradesh, India to experience cotton production in action and meet with the local farmers whose lives have improved considerably after changing from conventional to sustainable methods of production.
https://ismailimail.wordpress.com/2016/ ... esh-india/
Alexandra Cousteau, National Geographic Emerging Explorer, filmmaker and globally recognized advocate on water issues, travels the world to present a picture of the cotton industry, with a focus on its history and the modern-day challenges and innovations.
Cousteau ventures to the cotton fields in the Madhya Pradesh, India to experience cotton production in action and meet with the local farmers whose lives have improved considerably after changing from conventional to sustainable methods of production.
https://ismailimail.wordpress.com/2016/ ... esh-india/
Innovative programme raising awareness about NCDs in Jamats across India
https://www.theismaili.org/nutrition/ea ... ross-india
Shameera Somani BHSc MHSc
,
Anvar Nanji
,
Anisa Virji
10 May 2016
Non-communicable diseases kill 38 million around the world each year. In India, the country’s Aga Khan Health Board rolled out Health Mantra, a national programme to help the Jamat to better understand the growing threat of NCDs.
According to the World Health Organization, a 30-year-old in India has a one-in-four chance of dying from a non-communicable disease before reaching the age of 70. In fact, 60 per cent of all deaths in the country are now attributed to NCDs.
Sometimes known as chronic or “lifestyle” diseases, NCDs are not transmissible or infectious from one person to another, but they have a long duration and progress very slowly. They include cardiovascular diseases such as heart attacks and strokes, chronic respiratory diseases such as asthma, as well as diabetes and cancers.
“Creating awareness in the Jamat about various non-communicable diseases and sensitising the Jamat about the need to have regular screenings is important,” says Dr Sulaiman Ladhani, Chairman of the Aga Khan Health Board for India.
“We needed a programme, which was both innovative and more interactive,” he says. “That’s how Health Mantra was conceptualised.”
A new initiative being rolled out by AKHB India, Health Mantra offers “a platform where various members of Jamat like adults, children and senior citizens can come together and engage in interactive health games, taste healthy recipes, meet experts, discuss and learn how to bring about a change in their lifestyle and have regular checkups.”
Because of the life altering messages it delivers, the programme is being launched all across the country in order to be able reach as many rural and urban members of the Jamat as possible.
The roughly 5.8 million Indians who die from NCDs each year are a fraction of the 38 million killed globally by these diseases, according to the WHO. Approximately 28 million of those deaths are from low- and middle-income countries, with children, adults and the elderly all vulnerable to the risk factors that can cause NCDs. A particular alarming observation is that these countries are witnessing the fastest rise in overweight young children.
Women are not immune either. A recent study noted that over 60 per cent of Indian urban women under the age of 45 are at a high risk for cardiovascular disease.
“Cardiovascular diseases are a major health problem among women and remain under-recognised and under-treated,” says Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director of WHO South-East Asian Region.
One factor that explains the increasing risk of NCDs to Indians is the country's growing prosperity, which is causing dramatic changes to lifestyles and diets. This is not only true for the wealthy — studies show that the poor are as vulnerable to lifestyle diseases as the rich.
Genetics is another factor. For instance, the genetic predisposition of people of South Asian descent towards diabetes is so great that in the United Kingdom, being of Indian origin is considered a risk factor.
Some risk factors for NCDs are behaviours that can be modified such as alcohol and tobacco use, physical inactivity and unhealthy diets. These choices can contribute to symptoms such as high blood pressure, obesity, elevated blood sugar levels and excessive levels of fat in the blood.
The impact of behavioural risk factors is alarming. Up to 18 per cent of global deaths are attributed to high blood pressure followed by obesity and raised blood sugar levels. In 2010, it was estimated that 1.7 million deaths from cardiovascular causes each year were due to excess salt / sodium intake. Health Mantra uses innovative games and creative displays to help members of the Jamat learn about the dangers of NCDs and to provide effective strategies that they can apply to reduce their risk.
“The programme was very good,” says Mahendi Dinani who attended Health Mantra in Keshod, Gujarat and was impressed by the wealth of knowledge that it provided. “Information regarding various NCDs was given through a poster exhibition. The concept of tobacco cessation especially in the health game was interesting.”
Effective strategies to reduce the risk of NCDs
•Avoid smoking and the consumption of alcohol.
•Enjoy a balanced diet with adequate amounts of vegetables, fruits and fibre-rich foods (i.e. whole grains, pulses).
•Be prudent in the use of salt, sugar, oils, and fats.
•Be physically active most days of the week. Brisk walking for 30-45 minutes daily or any other moderate-intensity physical activity improves both physical and mental health.
•Have regular check ups with your healthcare provider to speak about about you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and to help keep your blood pressure, blood cholesterol, blood sugars, weight and other risk factors in check.
•Find ways to relieve stress and take time to relax. Stress can raise blood pressure and has a negative effect on the body overall.
https://www.theismaili.org/nutrition/ea ... ross-india
Shameera Somani BHSc MHSc
,
Anvar Nanji
,
Anisa Virji
10 May 2016
Non-communicable diseases kill 38 million around the world each year. In India, the country’s Aga Khan Health Board rolled out Health Mantra, a national programme to help the Jamat to better understand the growing threat of NCDs.
According to the World Health Organization, a 30-year-old in India has a one-in-four chance of dying from a non-communicable disease before reaching the age of 70. In fact, 60 per cent of all deaths in the country are now attributed to NCDs.
Sometimes known as chronic or “lifestyle” diseases, NCDs are not transmissible or infectious from one person to another, but they have a long duration and progress very slowly. They include cardiovascular diseases such as heart attacks and strokes, chronic respiratory diseases such as asthma, as well as diabetes and cancers.
“Creating awareness in the Jamat about various non-communicable diseases and sensitising the Jamat about the need to have regular screenings is important,” says Dr Sulaiman Ladhani, Chairman of the Aga Khan Health Board for India.
“We needed a programme, which was both innovative and more interactive,” he says. “That’s how Health Mantra was conceptualised.”
A new initiative being rolled out by AKHB India, Health Mantra offers “a platform where various members of Jamat like adults, children and senior citizens can come together and engage in interactive health games, taste healthy recipes, meet experts, discuss and learn how to bring about a change in their lifestyle and have regular checkups.”
Because of the life altering messages it delivers, the programme is being launched all across the country in order to be able reach as many rural and urban members of the Jamat as possible.
The roughly 5.8 million Indians who die from NCDs each year are a fraction of the 38 million killed globally by these diseases, according to the WHO. Approximately 28 million of those deaths are from low- and middle-income countries, with children, adults and the elderly all vulnerable to the risk factors that can cause NCDs. A particular alarming observation is that these countries are witnessing the fastest rise in overweight young children.
Women are not immune either. A recent study noted that over 60 per cent of Indian urban women under the age of 45 are at a high risk for cardiovascular disease.
“Cardiovascular diseases are a major health problem among women and remain under-recognised and under-treated,” says Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director of WHO South-East Asian Region.
One factor that explains the increasing risk of NCDs to Indians is the country's growing prosperity, which is causing dramatic changes to lifestyles and diets. This is not only true for the wealthy — studies show that the poor are as vulnerable to lifestyle diseases as the rich.
Genetics is another factor. For instance, the genetic predisposition of people of South Asian descent towards diabetes is so great that in the United Kingdom, being of Indian origin is considered a risk factor.
Some risk factors for NCDs are behaviours that can be modified such as alcohol and tobacco use, physical inactivity and unhealthy diets. These choices can contribute to symptoms such as high blood pressure, obesity, elevated blood sugar levels and excessive levels of fat in the blood.
The impact of behavioural risk factors is alarming. Up to 18 per cent of global deaths are attributed to high blood pressure followed by obesity and raised blood sugar levels. In 2010, it was estimated that 1.7 million deaths from cardiovascular causes each year were due to excess salt / sodium intake. Health Mantra uses innovative games and creative displays to help members of the Jamat learn about the dangers of NCDs and to provide effective strategies that they can apply to reduce their risk.
“The programme was very good,” says Mahendi Dinani who attended Health Mantra in Keshod, Gujarat and was impressed by the wealth of knowledge that it provided. “Information regarding various NCDs was given through a poster exhibition. The concept of tobacco cessation especially in the health game was interesting.”
Effective strategies to reduce the risk of NCDs
•Avoid smoking and the consumption of alcohol.
•Enjoy a balanced diet with adequate amounts of vegetables, fruits and fibre-rich foods (i.e. whole grains, pulses).
•Be prudent in the use of salt, sugar, oils, and fats.
•Be physically active most days of the week. Brisk walking for 30-45 minutes daily or any other moderate-intensity physical activity improves both physical and mental health.
•Have regular check ups with your healthcare provider to speak about about you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and to help keep your blood pressure, blood cholesterol, blood sugars, weight and other risk factors in check.
•Find ways to relieve stress and take time to relax. Stress can raise blood pressure and has a negative effect on the body overall.
AKEPB(India)Currency issues
For Indian Jamat
Circular by Aga Khan Economic Planning Board on Impact on the Economy.
The government`s move to demonetize Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 currency notes will lead to a transition in our overall economy and will change the way a lot of businesses are carried out. It is believed that with such a strong crackdown on black money and the parallel economy, a lot of businesses, big and small, that operated their businesses, partly or fully in cash, will shift to banking channels substantially. Also with the rollout of the GST from next year, it will make it very important to maintain regular books of accounts and work in the formal economy.
While most of us have been severely inconvenienced since the ban, we believe that long term this is a positive step towards a better India. Some of the possible impacts/changes that would occur as a result of this demonetization are:
• In the short-term, GDP growth may get impacted negatively as the cash-based economy feels a crunch and consumption and investment substantially slows down. The informal sector accounting for around 40% of the economy will be impacted the most, especially in rural India. With an overall cash crunch and the black money out of the system. Consumer spending on jewellery, clothing, footwear, restaurants, expensive luxury goods etc may see some impact as consumers with a liquidity crunch may become choosy on where they spend.
• Real estate prices will be adversely affected as it has traditionally seen a very high involvement of black money and cash transactions. Cities and areas such as NCR with high investor demand will be impacted more than markets which cater to end users. It is expected that land deals will suffer the most as, especially when it comes to agricultural land transactions since they involved a significant cash component.
• While the above will lead to some pain in the short-term, over the long run, the most positive impact would be that public investments will rise which will drive jobs and income. Higher tax collection will now allow the government to increase infrastructure spending which will have a positive spillover effect on employment and income. Most of the transactions that were happening outside the formal economy will now get into the economy which will increase the size of the GDP.
• An expected increase in bank deposits as people follow the process to exchange worthless notes will help reduce bank interest rates. A reduction in interest rates will help revive consumer sentiment which is likely to take a hit in the short run.
All in all, we must all look at this transition as an opportunity to change how we do our businesses. We not only need to embrace the formal economy but also work much harder to improve sales and earnings. A classic example of this would be the several intelligent small retailers who have started accepting digital payments through Paytm and other sources. It is also recommended that all business owners join Jamati and Non-Jamati trade alliances that would help reduce costs and improve profitability.
In these uncertain and difficult times, it is very important that we remain prudent and save as much as we can by delaying or avoiding expenses which are not very important. Whilst we are dealing with the short-term negative impact, we have to prepare for the opportunities in the future.
Dated: 20 November 2016.
For Indian Jamat
Circular by Aga Khan Economic Planning Board on Impact on the Economy.
The government`s move to demonetize Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 currency notes will lead to a transition in our overall economy and will change the way a lot of businesses are carried out. It is believed that with such a strong crackdown on black money and the parallel economy, a lot of businesses, big and small, that operated their businesses, partly or fully in cash, will shift to banking channels substantially. Also with the rollout of the GST from next year, it will make it very important to maintain regular books of accounts and work in the formal economy.
While most of us have been severely inconvenienced since the ban, we believe that long term this is a positive step towards a better India. Some of the possible impacts/changes that would occur as a result of this demonetization are:
• In the short-term, GDP growth may get impacted negatively as the cash-based economy feels a crunch and consumption and investment substantially slows down. The informal sector accounting for around 40% of the economy will be impacted the most, especially in rural India. With an overall cash crunch and the black money out of the system. Consumer spending on jewellery, clothing, footwear, restaurants, expensive luxury goods etc may see some impact as consumers with a liquidity crunch may become choosy on where they spend.
• Real estate prices will be adversely affected as it has traditionally seen a very high involvement of black money and cash transactions. Cities and areas such as NCR with high investor demand will be impacted more than markets which cater to end users. It is expected that land deals will suffer the most as, especially when it comes to agricultural land transactions since they involved a significant cash component.
• While the above will lead to some pain in the short-term, over the long run, the most positive impact would be that public investments will rise which will drive jobs and income. Higher tax collection will now allow the government to increase infrastructure spending which will have a positive spillover effect on employment and income. Most of the transactions that were happening outside the formal economy will now get into the economy which will increase the size of the GDP.
• An expected increase in bank deposits as people follow the process to exchange worthless notes will help reduce bank interest rates. A reduction in interest rates will help revive consumer sentiment which is likely to take a hit in the short run.
All in all, we must all look at this transition as an opportunity to change how we do our businesses. We not only need to embrace the formal economy but also work much harder to improve sales and earnings. A classic example of this would be the several intelligent small retailers who have started accepting digital payments through Paytm and other sources. It is also recommended that all business owners join Jamati and Non-Jamati trade alliances that would help reduce costs and improve profitability.
In these uncertain and difficult times, it is very important that we remain prudent and save as much as we can by delaying or avoiding expenses which are not very important. Whilst we are dealing with the short-term negative impact, we have to prepare for the opportunities in the future.
Dated: 20 November 2016.
President of Ismaili Council Mr. Ashish Merchant speaks to the students of Bridge course AMU
Published on Jan 2, 2017
Mr. Asheesh Merchant, Chairman of Ismaili Council and Prof Abad Ahmed, Chairman Aga khan foundation visited the Bridge Course ,Aligarh Muslim university Aligarh
VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-xeJWmKZDw
Published on Jan 2, 2017
Mr. Asheesh Merchant, Chairman of Ismaili Council and Prof Abad Ahmed, Chairman Aga khan foundation visited the Bridge Course ,Aligarh Muslim university Aligarh
VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-xeJWmKZDw
Empowering women through skills training
Do you know how it feels to purchase something as small as an ice-cream from your own earnings,” 27-year-old Rukhsar asks, displaying a hint of pride that comes with being financially independent.
As she shows her merchandise of beautifully embroidered table cloth to visitors at Apna Basti Mela at Nizamuddin Basti, Rukhsar spools tales of a conservative family where girls were not allowed to study, leave alone step out and earn a livelihood.
Rukhsar recounts the day when her life took a turn for the better when she was introduced to Insha-e-Noor, a women’s empowerment programme by the Aga Khan Foundation that has been scripting success stories for many like Rukhsar for the past seven years now.
Training them in various vocational skills from tailoring, embroidery, crochet etc, the organisation has been helping women in the Nizamuddin Basti, an area where people do not have too many means of livelihood.
A patriarchal mindset coupled with lack of education has led to girls and women in this area remaining dependent on their male family members. Insha-e-Noor has tried to the break years old feudal setup in such families, using traditional skills like tailoring as weapon of liberation.
Says Ratna Sahni, programme coordinator and centre in-charge, Insha-e-Noor, Nizamuddin Basti, “Most of the women we have trained since the inception of this project in 2010, came from extremely old-fashioned households,”
She adds, “When we took the initiative to start this programme, the biggest challenge was to convince women, as well as their fathers and brothers, to let them learn something new.”
Breaking barriers
A patriarchal mindset coupled with lack of education has led to girls and women in this area remaining dependent on their male family members.
Insha-e-Noor has tried to break the years’ old feudal set-up in such families, using traditional skills like tailoring as weapons of liberation.
http://www.dnaindia.com/delhi/report-em ... ng-2560801
Do you know how it feels to purchase something as small as an ice-cream from your own earnings,” 27-year-old Rukhsar asks, displaying a hint of pride that comes with being financially independent.
As she shows her merchandise of beautifully embroidered table cloth to visitors at Apna Basti Mela at Nizamuddin Basti, Rukhsar spools tales of a conservative family where girls were not allowed to study, leave alone step out and earn a livelihood.
Rukhsar recounts the day when her life took a turn for the better when she was introduced to Insha-e-Noor, a women’s empowerment programme by the Aga Khan Foundation that has been scripting success stories for many like Rukhsar for the past seven years now.
Training them in various vocational skills from tailoring, embroidery, crochet etc, the organisation has been helping women in the Nizamuddin Basti, an area where people do not have too many means of livelihood.
A patriarchal mindset coupled with lack of education has led to girls and women in this area remaining dependent on their male family members. Insha-e-Noor has tried to the break years old feudal setup in such families, using traditional skills like tailoring as weapon of liberation.
Says Ratna Sahni, programme coordinator and centre in-charge, Insha-e-Noor, Nizamuddin Basti, “Most of the women we have trained since the inception of this project in 2010, came from extremely old-fashioned households,”
She adds, “When we took the initiative to start this programme, the biggest challenge was to convince women, as well as their fathers and brothers, to let them learn something new.”
Breaking barriers
A patriarchal mindset coupled with lack of education has led to girls and women in this area remaining dependent on their male family members.
Insha-e-Noor has tried to break the years’ old feudal set-up in such families, using traditional skills like tailoring as weapons of liberation.
http://www.dnaindia.com/delhi/report-em ... ng-2560801
AKDN IN INDIA
AKDN activities span the states of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh. They address a spectrum of development issues ranging from cultural restoration to education, financial inclusion to healthcare, agriculture and environment to civil society strengthening. These initiatives include schools and educational centres, a 162-bed multi-specialty acute care hospital in Mumbai, a rural support programme that has benefited over 1.5 million people in six Indian states and the restoration of a World Heritage site in the nation’s capital.
Slide show:
http://www.akdn.org/where-we-work/south-asia/india
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Zee JLF: Universities Can be Engines of Economic Development, Says Aga Khan Foundation's Matt Reed
New Delhi, Jan 26: The CEO of Aga Khan Foundation, Matt Reed said on Friday that there must be room for experiments around how to deliver quality education. He was speaking at the Zee Jaipur Literature Festival.
Matt Reed was part of a scintillating discussion on education at the annual fest. He stressed on the need to leave room for experiment while delivering high quality education.
“Whichever country we are talking about, there ought to be room made to experiment with a variety of innovations around how to deliver high quality education,” he said in the session titled ‘Beyond the University’.
“On the subject of the quality of education, the question ought to be: Is it good? Is it good enough? How do we make it better?“ @MattReedAKDN speaking at Beyond the University at#JaipurLiteratureFestival #AKFatJLF pic.twitter.com/ey84bL5Zf7
— AgaKhanFoundationUK (@AKF_UnitedK) January 26, 2018
http://www.india.com/news/india/zee-jai ... d-2864359/
AKDN activities span the states of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh. They address a spectrum of development issues ranging from cultural restoration to education, financial inclusion to healthcare, agriculture and environment to civil society strengthening. These initiatives include schools and educational centres, a 162-bed multi-specialty acute care hospital in Mumbai, a rural support programme that has benefited over 1.5 million people in six Indian states and the restoration of a World Heritage site in the nation’s capital.
Slide show:
http://www.akdn.org/where-we-work/south-asia/india
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Zee JLF: Universities Can be Engines of Economic Development, Says Aga Khan Foundation's Matt Reed
New Delhi, Jan 26: The CEO of Aga Khan Foundation, Matt Reed said on Friday that there must be room for experiments around how to deliver quality education. He was speaking at the Zee Jaipur Literature Festival.
Matt Reed was part of a scintillating discussion on education at the annual fest. He stressed on the need to leave room for experiment while delivering high quality education.
“Whichever country we are talking about, there ought to be room made to experiment with a variety of innovations around how to deliver high quality education,” he said in the session titled ‘Beyond the University’.
“On the subject of the quality of education, the question ought to be: Is it good? Is it good enough? How do we make it better?“ @MattReedAKDN speaking at Beyond the University at#JaipurLiteratureFestival #AKFatJLF pic.twitter.com/ey84bL5Zf7
— AgaKhanFoundationUK (@AKF_UnitedK) January 26, 2018
http://www.india.com/news/india/zee-jai ... d-2864359/
Multi-Sector Programme in Uttar Pradesh
The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), an agency of the Aga Khan Development Network is implementing a multisector area development programme in Uttar Pradesh (UP) to improve the quality of life of poor and marginalised groups. The programme is located in Bahraich District, one of the poorest districts in UP, with expansion planned to neighbouring areas over time.
Bahraich District has a predominantly agricultural economy and low development indicators reflect its endemic poverty. The programme aims to improve livelihoods, education, health and sanitation conditions of rural communities.
It creates community-based institutions and helps community members to plan and implement solutions to their own development problems.
http://www.akdn.org/publication/multi-s ... ar-pradesh
The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), an agency of the Aga Khan Development Network is implementing a multisector area development programme in Uttar Pradesh (UP) to improve the quality of life of poor and marginalised groups. The programme is located in Bahraich District, one of the poorest districts in UP, with expansion planned to neighbouring areas over time.
Bahraich District has a predominantly agricultural economy and low development indicators reflect its endemic poverty. The programme aims to improve livelihoods, education, health and sanitation conditions of rural communities.
It creates community-based institutions and helps community members to plan and implement solutions to their own development problems.
http://www.akdn.org/publication/multi-s ... ar-pradesh
High Focus on Higher Education: How Universities Can be Growth Engines
The Aga Khan Development Network is present in 30 countries. AKDN activities in India span the states of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh. These initiatives include schools and educational centres, a 162-bed multi-specialty acute care hospital in Mumbai, a rural support programme that has benefited over 1.5 million people in six Indian states and the restoration of a World Heritage site in the nation’s capital.
This their website tells me — what had originally piqued my interest was how they’d restored the Humayun’s Tomb in Delhi. As a resident of NIzamuddin East, I’d seen the derelict and the renewed and marvelled at the mammoth restoration efforts. – then scaffolding phase.
On the sidelines of the Zee Jaipur Literature Fest a few weeks ago, I caught up with Matt Reed, the Chief Executive Office of Aga Khan Foundation (UK) and of AKDN. Reed had just come off speaking at one of the sessions where he’d stressed on the need to find out what kind of education was required in the country than use just an inherited curriculum. It struck a chord and I jumped at an opportunity for a one on one interaction later that day on the press terrace.
Here some excerpts of my conversation with him where he talks about how his organisation hope to create pathways of adaptability and development through education:
More...
http://www.india.com/education/zeejlf-c ... n-2950861/
The Aga Khan Development Network is present in 30 countries. AKDN activities in India span the states of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh. These initiatives include schools and educational centres, a 162-bed multi-specialty acute care hospital in Mumbai, a rural support programme that has benefited over 1.5 million people in six Indian states and the restoration of a World Heritage site in the nation’s capital.
This their website tells me — what had originally piqued my interest was how they’d restored the Humayun’s Tomb in Delhi. As a resident of NIzamuddin East, I’d seen the derelict and the renewed and marvelled at the mammoth restoration efforts. – then scaffolding phase.
On the sidelines of the Zee Jaipur Literature Fest a few weeks ago, I caught up with Matt Reed, the Chief Executive Office of Aga Khan Foundation (UK) and of AKDN. Reed had just come off speaking at one of the sessions where he’d stressed on the need to find out what kind of education was required in the country than use just an inherited curriculum. It struck a chord and I jumped at an opportunity for a one on one interaction later that day on the press terrace.
Here some excerpts of my conversation with him where he talks about how his organisation hope to create pathways of adaptability and development through education:
More...
http://www.india.com/education/zeejlf-c ... n-2950861/
Earning More Than Their Dads: In This UP Village, Women Are Breaking All Ceilings!
Shabnam Begum is just 17 but owns her tailoring centre. She lives in the Pathananpurwa village of Raipur Gram Panchayat, in the district of Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh.
She not only stitches clothes for people in her village but guides other young girls in the village in picking up the latest styles and designs from the internet. Over the last couple of years, she has earned about a lakh of rupees, while saving Rs 17,000.
When her father, a retailer of betel leaves, admits proudly, “you are earning more than me, my daughter,” a shy smile lights up her face. She is grateful for the opportunity given to her by the community volunteers and Adolescent Programme Coordinator of Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) that came to her rescue after she completed middle school.
More...
https://www.thebetterindia.com/142070/w ... p-village/
Shabnam Begum is just 17 but owns her tailoring centre. She lives in the Pathananpurwa village of Raipur Gram Panchayat, in the district of Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh.
She not only stitches clothes for people in her village but guides other young girls in the village in picking up the latest styles and designs from the internet. Over the last couple of years, she has earned about a lakh of rupees, while saving Rs 17,000.
When her father, a retailer of betel leaves, admits proudly, “you are earning more than me, my daughter,” a shy smile lights up her face. She is grateful for the opportunity given to her by the community volunteers and Adolescent Programme Coordinator of Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) that came to her rescue after she completed middle school.
More...
https://www.thebetterindia.com/142070/w ... p-village/
Tiny havens of learning
Innovation is the key at the new balphulwaris in Bahraich
Right to education, education for all, beti bachhao, beti padao are wonderful slogans. But putting them to practice can be a Herculean challenge, especially when it comes to flood-rehabilitated peasants in remote Baldipurwa village of Bahraich. When the Ghagra river washed away Basgari village in 2013, the families were rehabilitated in bamboo, plastic and tin huts in this barren dust bowl of Uttar Pradesh.
Today, some 200 families live in the rehabilitated village, 60 from Basgari and the rest from Pachdevri hamlet. All do labour work, travelling to Bahraich, Lucknow and other cities. Their children were wandering around aimlessly, covered with dirt. Eighty per cent of the resettled in Baldipurwa had never been to a school, so the question of sending their children to one seemed a distant possibility. There was nothing close by, not even an ICDS (Integrated Child Development Services) Centre. Then the Aga Khan Foundation, with its dreams of seeing every child in school, took on the challenge.
More...
https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/sp ... 059935.ece
Innovation is the key at the new balphulwaris in Bahraich
Right to education, education for all, beti bachhao, beti padao are wonderful slogans. But putting them to practice can be a Herculean challenge, especially when it comes to flood-rehabilitated peasants in remote Baldipurwa village of Bahraich. When the Ghagra river washed away Basgari village in 2013, the families were rehabilitated in bamboo, plastic and tin huts in this barren dust bowl of Uttar Pradesh.
Today, some 200 families live in the rehabilitated village, 60 from Basgari and the rest from Pachdevri hamlet. All do labour work, travelling to Bahraich, Lucknow and other cities. Their children were wandering around aimlessly, covered with dirt. Eighty per cent of the resettled in Baldipurwa had never been to a school, so the question of sending their children to one seemed a distant possibility. There was nothing close by, not even an ICDS (Integrated Child Development Services) Centre. Then the Aga Khan Foundation, with its dreams of seeing every child in school, took on the challenge.
More...
https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/sp ... 059935.ece
The Aga Khan Foundation India participated in NDTV’s daylong Cleanathon show
BY ISMAILIMAIL POSTED ON OCTOBER 2, 2018
Oct 2, 2018: Today, on Mahatma #Gandhi’s birthday, the Aga Khan Foundation India participated in NDTV’s daylong Cleanathon show moderated by Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan. 🚿
AKF India’s CEO, Tinni Sawhney, spoke about its work supporting the Government of India’s#CleanIndia campaign. To date, AKF—with AKRSP and AKAH—has supported communities across#India to construct over 90,000 sanitation units and promoted the adoption of improved hygiene practices.
In partnership with RB, the Aga Khan Development Network is also working to improve hygiene practices in 900 schools across six states, reaching out to 100,000 schoolchildren.
Source: https://www.facebook.com/agakhanfoundation/
BY ISMAILIMAIL POSTED ON OCTOBER 2, 2018
Oct 2, 2018: Today, on Mahatma #Gandhi’s birthday, the Aga Khan Foundation India participated in NDTV’s daylong Cleanathon show moderated by Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan. 🚿
AKF India’s CEO, Tinni Sawhney, spoke about its work supporting the Government of India’s#CleanIndia campaign. To date, AKF—with AKRSP and AKAH—has supported communities across#India to construct over 90,000 sanitation units and promoted the adoption of improved hygiene practices.
In partnership with RB, the Aga Khan Development Network is also working to improve hygiene practices in 900 schools across six states, reaching out to 100,000 schoolchildren.
Source: https://www.facebook.com/agakhanfoundation/
Supporting the empowerment of adolescent girls in India
October 2018 - A key goal of the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) is to assist the poorest and most marginalised, especially women and girls, such that they achieve a level of self-reliance and improved quality of life.
Video;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtMoMwuBUpA
October 2018 - A key goal of the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) is to assist the poorest and most marginalised, especially women and girls, such that they achieve a level of self-reliance and improved quality of life.
Video;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtMoMwuBUpA
Superheroes of today, torch bearers of tomorrow
On the occasion of Children’s Day in India, The.Ismaili India brings to you special moments, thoughts, and journeys of some of our young minds across India. Take a sneak peek into some exciting events and programmes organised for their holistic development.
Superheroes are not born, they are often formed at a young age and it wouldn’t be wrong to say that our community can count many of them among its ranks. On the occasion of Children’s Day, the Ismaili brings to you young superheroes of the Jamat from across the length and breadth of India.
Mawlana Hazar Imam has often guided students to work hard and seek to become among the best graduates in their respective schools. In an effort to fulfil this vision, Bright Sparx, an academic enrichment residential camp was conceived and is currently running its 3rd cycle in Vapi and Mumbai.
“I have come out of a cocoon just like a butterfly comes out of hers,” Manav Medav of the ninth grade shares about his journey at the camp. “We’ve had so many opportunities to develop our personality and practice the English language that I now confidently express my thoughts and ideas with the peers around me.”
To feed the curious minds, students from the Religious Education Centre (REC) shared intellectual traditions and remarkable milestones in the history of Islam through a gallery walk, taking the Jamat back in history to the era of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family).
As for the juniors, they didn’t miss a chance to develop their cognitive ability and raise awareness on social topics such as appropriate behaviour and the ill-effects of bad social habits. Shanaya Lalani, a Bulbul Girl Guide shares, “I feel like a hero when I work for the community.”
Children of such age benefit from new opportunities to unfold themselves and what better way to reveal their talent than to hand them tools such as kitchen utensils. A visitor at the Little Master Chef program shares his insight on the event, “These Little Master Chefs had some mouth-watering delicacies up their sleeves and blew us away with their creative techniques.”
With so many platforms to exhibit their talent, the future of our Community looks bright. It is our hope and wish that these young minds will hold on to the traditions of our history and bear the torch for generations to come.
The.Ismaili India wishes all readers a Happy Children’s Day!
https://the.ismaili/india/superheroes-t ... rce=Direct
On the occasion of Children’s Day in India, The.Ismaili India brings to you special moments, thoughts, and journeys of some of our young minds across India. Take a sneak peek into some exciting events and programmes organised for their holistic development.
Superheroes are not born, they are often formed at a young age and it wouldn’t be wrong to say that our community can count many of them among its ranks. On the occasion of Children’s Day, the Ismaili brings to you young superheroes of the Jamat from across the length and breadth of India.
Mawlana Hazar Imam has often guided students to work hard and seek to become among the best graduates in their respective schools. In an effort to fulfil this vision, Bright Sparx, an academic enrichment residential camp was conceived and is currently running its 3rd cycle in Vapi and Mumbai.
“I have come out of a cocoon just like a butterfly comes out of hers,” Manav Medav of the ninth grade shares about his journey at the camp. “We’ve had so many opportunities to develop our personality and practice the English language that I now confidently express my thoughts and ideas with the peers around me.”
To feed the curious minds, students from the Religious Education Centre (REC) shared intellectual traditions and remarkable milestones in the history of Islam through a gallery walk, taking the Jamat back in history to the era of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family).
As for the juniors, they didn’t miss a chance to develop their cognitive ability and raise awareness on social topics such as appropriate behaviour and the ill-effects of bad social habits. Shanaya Lalani, a Bulbul Girl Guide shares, “I feel like a hero when I work for the community.”
Children of such age benefit from new opportunities to unfold themselves and what better way to reveal their talent than to hand them tools such as kitchen utensils. A visitor at the Little Master Chef program shares his insight on the event, “These Little Master Chefs had some mouth-watering delicacies up their sleeves and blew us away with their creative techniques.”
With so many platforms to exhibit their talent, the future of our Community looks bright. It is our hope and wish that these young minds will hold on to the traditions of our history and bear the torch for generations to come.
The.Ismaili India wishes all readers a Happy Children’s Day!
https://the.ismaili/india/superheroes-t ... rce=Direct
Importance of School hygiene education to sustain ODF outcomes.
The AKDN Comprehensive Sanitation Initiative, which was launched in 2015, is supporting the Swachh Bharat (Clean India) Mission, and is working to improve the quality of life of poor communities by facilitating access to water and sanitation for 100,000 poor households across six states in India, as well as by improving hygiene behaviours. On the world Toilet day, let us look at the approaches adopted by the Aga Khan Foundation of layering hygiene education with community sanitation initiative.
With over 8.4 crore toilets built in the last four years under the Swachh Bharat (Clean India) Mission, the rural sanitation coverage of India has increased significantly, from 39 per cent in October 2014 to over 95 per cent in October 2018. The success of the Clean India Mission will undoubtedly have a significant impact on the global achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal 6.2 - that pertains to access to sanitation and hygiene for all. However, the real challenge going forward will be to sustain the Open Defecation Free (ODF) communities that have been created under the programme. In many rural settings where toilet use has never been an embedded cultural practice, it is critical to adopt approaches that ensure regular use of toilets by communities. A school focussed hygiene campaign can initiate a process of passing on improved hygiene behaviour related information from school to household to community thus helping to sustain ODF outcomes.
The Aga Khan Development Network with support from Reckitt Benckiser, is implementing its school hygiene education programme in the same geographies where it is implementing its larger community WASH initiative. The AKDN Comprehensive Sanitation Initiative, which was launched in 2015, is supporting the Swachh Bharat Mission, and is working to improve the quality of life of poor communities by facilitating access to water and sanitation for 100,000 poor households across six states in India, as well as by improving hygiene behaviours.
Layering hygiene education with a community sanitation initiative was a strategic approach adopted by AKDN to help sustain ODF efforts. Schools present a unique opportunity to engage students, parents and the wider community through demonstration and community outreach activities. Moreover, healthy hygiene practices, if initiated during childhood, are not only difficult to change but also influence a person’s future health, thus preparing entire generations and keeping them safe from the risk of water-borne diseases. For, AKDN, the provision of safe water, sanitation and hand washing facilities in schools is only the first step towards a healthy physical learning environment improving both learning and health outcomes. An equally important and critical intervention is hygiene education that promotes improved hygiene behaviours. Together, these conditions not only help children like Aranji learn better but also make it possible for messages to be taken back to children’s families and communities.
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The AKDN Comprehensive Sanitation Initiative, which was launched in 2015, is supporting the Swachh Bharat (Clean India) Mission, and is working to improve the quality of life of poor communities by facilitating access to water and sanitation for 100,000 poor households across six states in India, as well as by improving hygiene behaviours. On the world Toilet day, let us look at the approaches adopted by the Aga Khan Foundation of layering hygiene education with community sanitation initiative.
With over 8.4 crore toilets built in the last four years under the Swachh Bharat (Clean India) Mission, the rural sanitation coverage of India has increased significantly, from 39 per cent in October 2014 to over 95 per cent in October 2018. The success of the Clean India Mission will undoubtedly have a significant impact on the global achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal 6.2 - that pertains to access to sanitation and hygiene for all. However, the real challenge going forward will be to sustain the Open Defecation Free (ODF) communities that have been created under the programme. In many rural settings where toilet use has never been an embedded cultural practice, it is critical to adopt approaches that ensure regular use of toilets by communities. A school focussed hygiene campaign can initiate a process of passing on improved hygiene behaviour related information from school to household to community thus helping to sustain ODF outcomes.
The Aga Khan Development Network with support from Reckitt Benckiser, is implementing its school hygiene education programme in the same geographies where it is implementing its larger community WASH initiative. The AKDN Comprehensive Sanitation Initiative, which was launched in 2015, is supporting the Swachh Bharat Mission, and is working to improve the quality of life of poor communities by facilitating access to water and sanitation for 100,000 poor households across six states in India, as well as by improving hygiene behaviours.
Layering hygiene education with a community sanitation initiative was a strategic approach adopted by AKDN to help sustain ODF efforts. Schools present a unique opportunity to engage students, parents and the wider community through demonstration and community outreach activities. Moreover, healthy hygiene practices, if initiated during childhood, are not only difficult to change but also influence a person’s future health, thus preparing entire generations and keeping them safe from the risk of water-borne diseases. For, AKDN, the provision of safe water, sanitation and hand washing facilities in schools is only the first step towards a healthy physical learning environment improving both learning and health outcomes. An equally important and critical intervention is hygiene education that promotes improved hygiene behaviours. Together, these conditions not only help children like Aranji learn better but also make it possible for messages to be taken back to children’s families and communities.
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‘Sunday Funday’ at Parbhani
With a desire to provide programmes of various boards on one platform to the Jamat, particularly those residing in smaller centres, the Local Council for Hyderabad in Southern India, on 26th August 2018, organised ”Sunday Funday" for the Jamats of Parbhani and Nanded. The basket of programmes presented to the Jamat had at least one programme for each of the age groups and ensured that the Jamat had an exciting day throughout.
To help those who need to walk a few steps to a table is a gesture of service; but to assist those who need to walk a mile, is indeed is an act of proactive, prosocial behaviour.
Inspired by the desire to provide programs of quality to the Jamat residing in small centres, the Local Council for Hyderabad, under the jurisdiction of the Southern India Council, organised an event titled "Sunday Funday" at the Parbhani Jamatkhana on 26th August, 2018. The Jamats of Parbhani and Nanded did indeed have a “fun-day” on Sunday through a coalition, where all boards jointly and actively organized and participated.
The resident Jamati members worked their hearts out over a week-long preparation to welcome the leadership, facilitators and the travelling Jamati members. The final day was filled with warmth, camaraderie and togetherness. The atmosphere was one of learning and sharing, joy and knowledge, set throughout—right from the breakfast table.
The programs through the day focused on life and living skills which not only aimed to provide tips to increase longevity, but also improve the quality of life of individuals. The day started off with programmes titled "Hum Saath Saath Hai" (We are together!) and "Parivaar on Ravivaar". (With Family on Sunday)
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With a desire to provide programmes of various boards on one platform to the Jamat, particularly those residing in smaller centres, the Local Council for Hyderabad in Southern India, on 26th August 2018, organised ”Sunday Funday" for the Jamats of Parbhani and Nanded. The basket of programmes presented to the Jamat had at least one programme for each of the age groups and ensured that the Jamat had an exciting day throughout.
To help those who need to walk a few steps to a table is a gesture of service; but to assist those who need to walk a mile, is indeed is an act of proactive, prosocial behaviour.
Inspired by the desire to provide programs of quality to the Jamat residing in small centres, the Local Council for Hyderabad, under the jurisdiction of the Southern India Council, organised an event titled "Sunday Funday" at the Parbhani Jamatkhana on 26th August, 2018. The Jamats of Parbhani and Nanded did indeed have a “fun-day” on Sunday through a coalition, where all boards jointly and actively organized and participated.
The resident Jamati members worked their hearts out over a week-long preparation to welcome the leadership, facilitators and the travelling Jamati members. The final day was filled with warmth, camaraderie and togetherness. The atmosphere was one of learning and sharing, joy and knowledge, set throughout—right from the breakfast table.
The programs through the day focused on life and living skills which not only aimed to provide tips to increase longevity, but also improve the quality of life of individuals. The day started off with programmes titled "Hum Saath Saath Hai" (We are together!) and "Parivaar on Ravivaar". (With Family on Sunday)
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Delhi events update: Capital city to host international symposium on Creativity and Freedom
A stellar line up of speakers including thinkers, academics, filmmakers, artists and others from the creative world, will address the pertinent subject of creative freedom. Know more!
At a time when the digital sphere has pervaded almost all spheres of life, and when nearly everything creative has been commodified, an upcoming symposium on "Creativity and Freedom" here, beginning from Tuesday, will ask what does creative freedom and artistic autonomy really mean?
A stellar line up of speakers including thinkers, academics, filmmakers, artists and others from the creative world, will address the pertinent subject of creative freedom, especially in today's polarised climate, during the two-day international symposium.
"Creativity And Freedom" is being presented by Kolkata based CIMA gallery, Ashoka University and the India International Centre (IIC), with noted art historian Alka Pande as its director.
Some of the prominent speakers include Nicholas Coleridge (Chairman of Conde Nast Britain and Chairman, Victoria And Albert Museum, London), Gopalkrishna Gandhi (civil servant and author), Sabyasachi Mukherjee (fashion designer), Catherine David (Deputy Director, Musee d'Art Moderne at The Centre Pompidou, Paris), Patrizia Asproni (President, Marino Marini Foundation, Florence), Deborah Swallow (Director, The Courtauld Institute of Art, London) and Sergio Scapagnini (Italian filmmaker).
The event will be presented in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur, Agha Khan Foundation and Raza Foundation and will be held at the IIC.
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A stellar line up of speakers including thinkers, academics, filmmakers, artists and others from the creative world, will address the pertinent subject of creative freedom. Know more!
At a time when the digital sphere has pervaded almost all spheres of life, and when nearly everything creative has been commodified, an upcoming symposium on "Creativity and Freedom" here, beginning from Tuesday, will ask what does creative freedom and artistic autonomy really mean?
A stellar line up of speakers including thinkers, academics, filmmakers, artists and others from the creative world, will address the pertinent subject of creative freedom, especially in today's polarised climate, during the two-day international symposium.
"Creativity And Freedom" is being presented by Kolkata based CIMA gallery, Ashoka University and the India International Centre (IIC), with noted art historian Alka Pande as its director.
Some of the prominent speakers include Nicholas Coleridge (Chairman of Conde Nast Britain and Chairman, Victoria And Albert Museum, London), Gopalkrishna Gandhi (civil servant and author), Sabyasachi Mukherjee (fashion designer), Catherine David (Deputy Director, Musee d'Art Moderne at The Centre Pompidou, Paris), Patrizia Asproni (President, Marino Marini Foundation, Florence), Deborah Swallow (Director, The Courtauld Institute of Art, London) and Sergio Scapagnini (Italian filmmaker).
The event will be presented in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur, Agha Khan Foundation and Raza Foundation and will be held at the IIC.
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