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  • Focus Humanitarian Assistance Holds Seminar on Safe School

    May 18, 2012

    Focus Humanitarian Assistance Pakistan organized a seminar to commemorate 16th May as School Safety Day, in line with a unanimous declaration passed at the International School Safety Conference organized by AKDN in March 2008. The seminar on School Safety was held in Islamabad and  attended by experts and practitioners of School Safety initiatives across Pakistan.

  • Training of Midwives Indispensable for Reducing Child Mortality

    May 18, 2012

    A seminar organized by the Aga Khan University focused on how trained nurses and skilled midwives can assist in reducing childhood mortality. The event was held in conjunction with International Nurses Day.

  • Houston Golfers Will Take a Swing to End Global Poverty

    May 14, 2012

    On Monday, May 21, 2012, nearly 200 golfers will take a swing to end global povertyin theseventh annual Houston Partnership Golf tournament at the Sweetwater Country Club in Sugar Land, Texas.

FROM THE FIELD

Kenya Students Ramp up Tree-Planting Effort

May 8, 2012

Despite torrential downpours and muddy grounds, nearly 200 students from the Aga Khan Academy, Nairobi joined 26 staff members of Serena Hotel and about 30 workers supported by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to plant 2,600 tree seedlings on April 27. At this event, held at the Professor Wangari Maathai Peace Institute of the University of Nairobi, Kabete Campus, the participants enthusiastically dug into the work. What’s more, the students insisted they would raise the funds to cover the cost of the seedlings purchased.

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