Organization Overview
Known for its capacity to develop innovative, sustainable, community-driven solutions to endemic and institutionalized problems, the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) seeks to marry local consensus with leading development practice. Underpinned by an ethos of improving living conditions and opportunities for the poor without regard to their faith, origin or gender, the AKDN has operated in Tajikistan since 1992, and currently employs over 3,500 people; a vast majority of them are local Tajik citizens. In Tajikistan, the Network is comprised of eight different agencies, and is involved in a diverse array of programmatic initiatives, in all regions of the country including the capital, Dushanbe. The Network is heavily invested in the fields of health, education, rural, economic and cultural development, poverty alleviation, humanitarian assistance, and cross-border development. AKDN aims to contribute to the development of an economically dynamic, intellectually vibrant, and culturally plural Tajikistan.
The agencies and affiliates of AKDN which are currently implementing programmes in various parts of the country and in various sectors are Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance (AKAM), Aga Khan Education Services (AKES), Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED), Aga Khan Health Services (AKHS), Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC), the University of Central Asia (UCA), FOCUS Humanitarian Assistance, and the Mountain Societies Development Support Programme (MSDSP) which serves as an affiliate of AKF.
| Mr. Qozidavlat Qoimdodov AKDN Resident Representative Tel: (+992 37) 224 65 00 Fax: (+992 37) 251 00 66 Website: http://www.akdn.org/tajikistan Address: 8 – 10 Gani Abdullo Street, 734013 Dushanbe, Tajikistan |