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With flying colours: How one Tanzanian teacher has transformed her classroom
On the International Day of Education, meet Sauda, a pre-primary teacher from Zanzibar bringing play, equality and inclusivity into her classroom.
In Afghanistan’s mountains, aid reaches families and farmers long out of sight
In the country’s northern and central highlands, local solutions backed by the European Union support over 145,000 people to withstand harsh winters and lean seasons
Afghanistan’s water crisis is hitting the highlands hardest – but community-run schemes reaching 75,000 people offer hope
With humanitarian support from the European Union, the Aga Khan Foundation and the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat are climate-proofing water systems across Afghanistan’s highlands – cutting disease, easing women’s workloads and empowering local committees to keep water flowing year-round
Our year in pictures 2025
A selection of our favourite photos from 2025. From Syria to Pakistan to Kenya, we are building a future where we all thrive together.
Photo essay: Life on the edge of climate change – and how communities in northern Pakistan are adapting
Amid flash floods, rising temperatures and increasing natural disasters, communities in the high valleys of Chitral are leading their own disaster preparedness efforts.
Go local: Trusting communities in an age of aid austerity
2025 has been a year of reckoning for the aid sector
The month in pictures: November
Cookstoves in Kenya, Taekwondo in Pakistan and sweet apricots in Tajikistan: see what we’ve been up to this month.
Photo essay: Meet the community leaders breaking cycles of harm in Tanzania
As the UN's 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence begins, meet the women working with their communities to bring about change
The month in pictures: October
School gardens in the Kyrgyz Republic, a new bridge in Pakistan’s mountains, and enhancing agricultural production in Syria: see what we’ve been up to this month.
Photo essay: A tale of two school gardens in Tanzania
At Mnacho Primary School and Chienjele Primary School, communities are growing solutions to education challenges.