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Partnership Walk is organized by volunteer teams. We hold our volunteers in very high esteem and acknowledge their contribution in every outreach piece we create. Join hundreds of other volunteers across the country for a satisfying and rewarding experience. Join a network of dedicated neighbors in your area, including professionals, entrepreneurs, homemakers, teachers and students who are all working for a cause that they believe in.

Hundreds of volunteers from around the United States work to make AKF USA's programs, especially Partnership Walk, a great success. Volunteers contribute their precious time to build exhibits for the Walks in the different cities, organize the logistical details of holding large-scale fundraising events, spread awareness about global poverty and AKF's solutions to global poverty. AKF USA 's volunteers truly make a world of difference.

Photographers: Shiraz Meherali (Left), Jamie Rector (Center and Right). Volunteers, young and old, dedicated their Sunday afternoons to making the Walk a success in their respective cities. Each year volunteers take the lead role in organizing the Walk – from logistics, to event management, entertainment, and fundraising – volunteers do it all to make the Walk a great success.

By volunteering with AKF USA you can be sure that you are touching the lives of people around the world and that you are taking steps to alleviate global poverty. We can all do our part even without living in physical proximity to the people whose development efforts we support. Extend your helping hand to millions of people from around the world. At the same time expand your horizons, work for a cause that you believe in, learn more about organizing events, improve your communications skills and best of all, make new friends.

Volunteer Opportunities:

• Raise funds from individuals and corporations
• Event logistics
• Media relations
• Outreach and awareness about Partnership Walk and the development activities of the Aga Khan Development Network
• Create Village in Action exhibits and displays
• Provide administrative support
• Involve your own community, including youth and students in the Walk

Besides their particular duties, all volunteers promote the Partnership Walk and other activities of the Foundation and assist in fundraising. Training is provided in all areas, and volunteer time is flexible. Volunteers in Walk cities report to a Team Leader or Coordinator, who in turn reports to the Regional Coordinator. If you would like to become a Partnership Walk volunteer, please use our online form or contact your city team by clicking on Walk Cities and choosing your city page. Your city team will be able to provide you with more city-specific information.