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Thanks to our valued donors, AKF USA has been investing in people for a quarter century, extending a helping hand to communities and individuals so they may live with dignity and hope. Your tax-deductible donation can make a tremendous impact on saving lives, educating children and helping families to lift themselves out of poverty.

Matching Gifts

Multiply your gift with a match from your employer! Many companies will match their employee's gifts. By taking advantage of your company's Matching Gift Program, you can double or even triple your contribution to support our work. To find out if your company has a matching gift policy, please contact your Human Resources Department or Benefits Administrator.

Impact of Change

The Foundation’s programs place great emphasis on community participation, gender equity, the environment and human resource development. Your contribution goes to support programs that give people that extra boost they need to solve their own problems and put in place long-lasting solutions to reduce poverty.

• Health programs focus on the health needs of communities, such as promoting health education, training local community members in safe health care practices, providing health care facilities, and practicing early intervention, especially for children and women.
• Education programs emphasize early childhood development, girls’ education and training female teachers. Women and girls suffer the most around the world and by providing them with quality education, health care and better nutrition, we can save lives and grow productive citizens. Helping women achieve higher levels of education is key to improving economic development.
• Programs in rural development focus on reducing poverty, expanding income-generating opportunities, engaging communities to participate in determining their own development priorities, and increasing food security by using new and appropriate technologies and training.
• The Foundation supports building capacity of civil society organizations and community-based organizations. It supports programs that train people in agriculture, micro-credit, health care, teaching, constructing infrastructure, and improving the management of schools and health care facilities. The Foundation offers technical support and shares best practices with local organizations so they can become self-sustaining and financially secure over the long term.

Here’s a glimpse at how far your contribution actually goes.

• In 1989, diarrhea was the #1 killer of children under five globally. AKF was a pioneer in research and promotion of oral re-hydration therapy, an affordable treatment for diarrhea-related dehydration. By 2000, diarrhea-related deaths declined by half, preventing more than 1 million deaths every year.
• 2.5 million people have benefited directly from the Aga Khan Foundation’s rural support programs worldwide, with indirect beneficiaries reaching close to 12 million people in over 8,400 village organizations.

Learn more about the Impact of Change from our programs.