The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) is a private, not-for-profit international development agency. AKF seeks to provide long-term solutions to problems of poverty, hunger, illiteracy and ill health in the poorest parts of South and Central Asia, Eastern and Western Africa, and the Middle East. In these regions, the needs of rural communities in mountainous, coastal and resource poor areas are given particular attention.
AKF collaborates with local, national and international partners in order to bring about sustainable improvements of life in the 19 countries in which it works.
AKF was founded in 1967 by Shah Karim Al Hussaini, Aga Khan IV, the 49th Hereditary Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims.
The Foundation's head office is located in Geneva, Switzerland.