Since the launch of the Aga Khan Academies’ and the Aga Khan Foundation’s Reading for Children initiative in the Kyrgyz Republic, children have made tremendous progress in their reading skills. The impact has been incredibly unique, and the effect on families has been demonstrated by the formation of home libraries and parents devoting more time to their children.

Josephine Awino, a student at the Aga Khan Academy Mombasa, shares her reflections on an intensive training programme for permaculture. She was able to learn first-hand how sustainable agriculture can be used to fight poverty and that permaculture brings people together to practice agriculture that is beneficial to them. This filled Josephine with hope.