What is the Aga Khan Foundation and what does it do?
Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. is a nonprofit, non-denominational international development organization that is committed to alleviating poverty, hunger, disease and illiteracy, primarily in Asia and Africa. It works with communities at the grassroots level to strengthen their capacity to solve local problems. The Foundation’s mission is to help communities transform their lives from a situation of poverty to an environment of opportunity and choice. Its programs extend to people irrespective of gender, origin or religion. The Foundation is geographically focused on selected countries in South and Central Asia, East Africa and the Middle East.
