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2011 Partnership ReportRapport des Partenaires

Take steps to end global poverty.

Faites quelques pas pour mettre fin à la pauvreté dans le monde.

On behalf of Aga Khan Foundation Canada, I want to thank you for your extraordinary contribution toward ending global poverty.

This year’s World Partnership Walk was our best ever, thanks to your loyalty and willingness to take an active role in our mission: to develop sustainable improvements in the quality of life of poor and marginalized communities in Asia and Africa.

We have had the good fortune to meet many of you at Walks across Canada. As ambassadors, volunteers, sponsors and donors, you pound the pavement and invite friends, neighbours and colleagues to walk with you in their own meaningful way. Your efforts—raising almost $7 million and encouraging thousands of Canadians to join us on Walk Day—enable us to continue our work in the field, expand our programs and pursue new ventures.

This year’s report highlights ways in which our established programs in Pakistan, Mozambique and Egypt are evolving in step with the needs of local communities. In Mozambique, for example, we began by helping families ensure year-round access to food. Now, we are building on our experience and earlier gains by improving access to basic financial services and market development expertise. These programs will help farmers sell their surpluses and generate new income.

The success of this year’s Walk reinforces our belief that Canadians will continue to work with us to fight global poverty. As we expand our programs and respond to new challenges, your efforts will enable us to make an even greater impact.

Once again, thank you for your valued support.

Yours sincerely,

Amin Lalji Ameerally Kassim-LakhaChairman, AKFC National Committee Vice-Chairman, AKFC National Committee

Au nom de la Fondation Aga Khan Canada, je vous remercie pour votre extraordinaire contribution à notre œuvre visant à mettre fin à la pauvreté dans le monde.

Cette année, la Marche des partenaires mondiaux a connu son plus grand succès grâce à votre loyauté et à votre volonté de participer activement à notre mission, soit améliorer durablement la qualité de vie des personnes pauvres et marginalisées en Asie et en Afrique.

Nous avons eu la chance de vous rencontrer en grand nombre lors des marches de part et d’autre du Canada. En tant qu’ambassadeurs, bénévoles, commanditaires ou donateurs, vous ouvrez la voie et invitez amis, voisins et collègues à marcher avec vous, chacun à sa manière. Vos efforts, grâce auxquels nous avons amassé près de 7 M$ et réuni des milliers de Canadiens le Jour de la Marche, nous permettent de poursuivre notre œuvre sur le terrain, d’étoffer nos programmes et d’entreprendre de nouveaux projets.

Le rapport de cette année souligne comment nos programmes établis au Pakistan, au Mozambique et en Égypte évoluent en réponse aux besoins des communautés locales. Par exemple, au Mozambique, nous avons commencé par aider les familles à avoir de la nourriture à longueur d’année. Désormais, nous tirons profit de notre expérience et de nos premiers succès en améliorant l’accès aux services financiers de base et à des spécialistes en développement des marchés. Ces programmes aideront les agriculteurs à vendre leurs surplus agricoles et à générer de nouveaux revenus.

Le succès que la Marche a connu cette année renforce notre croyance selon laquelle les Canadiens continueront à collaborer avec nous pour lutter contre la pauvreté dans le monde. Alors que nous amplifions nos programmes et affrontons de nouveaux défis, vos efforts nous permettront d’accroître notre impact.

Je vous remercie encore pour votre soutien inestimable et je vous prie d’accepter l’expression de mes sentiments distingués,

Amin Lalji Ameerally Kassim-LakhaPrésident, Comité national de la Fondation Vice président, Comité national de la Fondation

Highlights from the 2011 World Partnership Walk Thousands of Canadians converged on parks and city centres this spring to take part in the 27th World Partnership Walk.

This year’s Walk raised $6.8 million to support Aga Khan Foundation Canada (AKFC). An annual event, the Walk has raised nearly $70 million since 1985.

Ambassadors are the Walk’s lifeblood. They provide support in numerous ways, such as hosting information sessions in their workplaces, raising funds through their networks and inviting newcomers to join them on Walk day. In 2011, more than 6,000 people registered as individuals or team members, raising more than $3.75 million. Generous corporate donations and sponsorships raised $3.05 million.

Many ambassadors are motivated by personal experience with the cause they’re walking for. Sultan Mitha, a Walk supporter for over 20 years, visited AKFC programs in East Africa last year as the winner of the 2010 Walk’s “Mega Bonus Draw.”

“As we travelled through Tanzania and Mozambique,” said Ms. Mitha, “I saw how the Aga Khan Foundation is working with local communities: helping children go to school, giving families access to clean water and opportunities to earn an income. It was a remarkable experience, and it gave me great pride to see the difference we are making.”

Along with food, entertainment and “Walking the Walk” came numerous opportunities to connect with the cause. Activities in the Global Village tent and around the site offered a glimpse into programs supported by the Walk. Participants earned a chance to win a trip to visit AKFC’s programs in the field by completing a Global Village passport.

The exceptional moral and financial support lent to this year’s Walk demonstrates Canadians’ commitment to causes beyond their borders - read on in this report to learn more about the impact of that support.

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird addresses the crowd at the 2011 World Partnership Walk in Ottawa.

Special guests cut the ribbon at the 2011 World Partnership Walk in Calgary. From left: MLA for Calgary-Fort Wayne Cao, one of Calgary’s top fundraisers Parinbanu Ismail, Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi, Walk volunteer convenor Karim Ismail, Calgary city chair Karim Manji and NHL player Curtis Glencross.

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Longtime supporter Sultan Mitha enjoys the Vancouver Walk.

Justin Trudeau, Member of Parliament for Papineau, Quebec, and Walkers in Montreal identify countries where AKFC works.

This year’s walk

Raised $6.8 million

Was held in 10 cities

Attracted 650 teams

Raised funds through more than 6,000 ambassadors.

Photo courtesy of Vancouver 24 hours, a division of Sun Media Corp.


Your Dollars At WorkFunds raised in this year’s World Partnership Walk are addressing the complex challenges of global poverty. By committing to the long term and responding with a range of strategies and approaches, the Foundation’s programs aren’t just changing lives, they’re changing the fortunes and future of entire communities.

In CAIrO

The Cairo Economic Livelihoods Program draws on modern business principles to revitalize the traditional crafts industry in poor districts of Egypt’s capital. With Canadian help, the program is promoting economic growth through vocational training and financial and business services.

Le Programme économique des moyens de subsistance du Caire s’inspire de principes commerciaux modernes pour revitaliser l’industrie artisanale traditionnelle dans des quartiers défavorisés de la capitale égyptienne. Avec l’aide du Canada, le programme promeut la croissance économique en offrant des formations professionnelles et des services financiers et commerciaux.

In MOzAMBIque

A Canadian-supported program in northern Mozambique is improving the overall quality of life of women and men through improved food security and livelihood opportunities. Close to 35,000 households in seven districts in the Cabo Delgado province will benefit from the program, which is helping families to grow more food and earn a better income.

Un programme soutenu par le Canada et mis en œuvre au nord du Mozambique améliore globalement la qualité de vie des femmes et des hommes grâce à une sécurité alimentaire accrue et de meilleures opportunités économiques. Près de 35 000 ménages dans sept districts de la province de Cabo Delgado profiteront du programme aidant les familles à accroître leurs récoltes et gagner un meilleur revenu.

A student and teacher discuss field experiments at an agricultural college in Mozambique.

Canadian support is helping artisans like Mohamed access loans to open his lampmaking shop in the Darb al-Ahmar district of Cairo.

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YOuTh leAdershIP Key to Prosperity

The Globe and Mail, AKFC’s long-time national media partner, profiled some of AKFC’s work in Pakistan during this year’s Walk campaign. The following story appeared in the April 30th edition of the newspaper.

Growing up in the rugged mountains of Chitral district in northern Pakistan, 25-year-old Tabasum Khan witnessed her parents’ struggle to support their eight children. Subsistence farming and seasonal income from her father’s manual labour was rarely enough to feed and clothe everyone, let alone pay school fees. In spite of her thirst for education, Ms. Khan was forced to leave school soon after she started.

Years later, when she saw a chance to learn some new skills, Ms. Khan seized it and turned it into an opportunity for her entire family. In 2007, she persuaded her reluctant parents to let her study embroidery and product development in a course offered by the Aga Khan Rural Support Program (AKRSP), which has a long track record of working with the population of this remote region near the border with Afghanistan. Ms. Khan excelled not only at producing fine needlework, but also designing new crafts. Soon she was training and mentoring others, while organizing an embroidery co-operative and holding down a job as a resource person for a handicraft trading company.

Ms. Khan became the primary income earner in the family, and vividly recalls the day she brought home the first cash from the sale of her work. “My father and mother became excited and praised me, and being a girl it was an emotional moment as it is a rare case,” Ms. Khan said through an interpreter.

“The training was a turning point in my life, that not only helped me develop a quality product, but also showed me a way to make myself an independent person.”

AKRSP was founded in 1982 in the remote valleys of the Hindu Kush and Karakoram mountains, home to many of the world’s tallest and most treacherous peaks. Canada was the first bilateral donor in 1983, and individual Canadians continue to play a vital role in supporting the development of stronger communities through donations to Aga Khan Foundation Canada.

With 70 per cent of the population younger than 25 years old, and an economy based primarily on subsistence farming, finding ways to keep well-educated youth employed and engaged in the community is a major challenge. AKRSP is working on several fronts to expand the possibilities, whether through building skills such as handicraft embroidery, developing new markets for existing crops, or by refining products produced in the region—such as gem stones or organic dried fruit.

Building strong local organizations is key to the process. The Aga Khan Foundation has helped establish voluntary organizations and women’s groups that can lead the development process and drive the initiatives. Helping youth such as Ms. Khan prepare for the labour market, creating new markets for their work and promoting their leadership skills are ways to strengthen communities and enable youth to contribute to the development process.

Since studying embroidery and product development, Tabasum Khan has started a co-op and created new employment opportunities for other women.


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Your help has enabled us to engage Canadians and make a responsible investment toward ending global poverty.

Votre aide nous a permis d’engager les Canadiens et de faire un investissement responsable envers la fin de la pauvreté dans le monde.


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AMBASSADORS / AMBASSADEURS

Being an ambassador means asking colleagues, family and friends to take steps to end global poverty by sponsoring your efforts and joining you at the World Partnership Walk.

AKFC is pleased to recognize and thank these exceptional ambassadors, each of whom raised over $5,000 this year.

Être ambassadeur signifie demander à des collègues, des parents et des amis d’entreprendre une action pour mettre fin à la pauvreté dans le monde en commanditant vos efforts et en vous accompagnant à la Marche des partenaires mondiaux.

La Fondation est heureuse de reconnaître et de remercier ces ambassadeurs exceptionnels qui ont amassé plus de 5 000 $ cette année.

$25,000+Farah Bundeali

Zameer Devraj

Zein Dhanidina

Ayaz Dhrolia

Parinbanu H. Esmail

Alimran Gangani

Basheer Habib

Sheeraz Hemani

Nurbanu Hemani

Karim Ismail

Zaytoon Janjua

Farhaz Jassani

Munir Jivraj

Rahime Juma

Shafin Kanji

Shellina Lakhdhir

Dave R. Macfarlane

Nabat M. Mawji

Esmail Merani

Sultan Mitha

Noreen Mohamed

Badrudin Moosa

Nabat Muljiani

Mohamed Punjani

Karim Rajan

Moiz Ramji

Faaiza Ramji

Naz G. Rayani

Amira A. Sidi

Zabin Somani

Fatimah Sorathia

Musa Suleman

Rahim Tajdin

Rashida Tejani

Jehangir Virani

Shahinur Visram

$10,000+Zafreen Abdullah

Zakiya Abdullah

Amirali Ajani

Almas Allibhai

Hakam Bhaloo

Mohamed Bhanji

Armaan and Imara A. Bhulji

Aleric Cirella

Ramzan N. Dadani

Nizarali Damji

Salim Fakirani

Irfan Gillani

Muneer M. Habib

Rashida Haji

Al-nawaz Hasham

Fatima Hemani

Navroz Hirji

Shamsh Hirji

Firoz Hudani

Haaziq Ismail

Azeem H. Jadavji

Shamshudin Jamal

Yasmin Jamal

Anil Jiwa

Ramzan N. Jussa

Al Kanji

Nadirshah Khoja

Shiraz Kotadia

Khanu Lalani

Rehman Lalji

Sheleza Manji

Madat N. Mawji

Sakar Mawji

Hanif S. Mawji

Roshan Meraly

Femida Mirshahi

Mehrun I. Mitha

Azim Mitha

Shaffina Mohamed

Al-Noor Moosa

Alim Nagji

Ashnoor Nagji

Yasmin Nathoo

Sherif Nathoo

Nick Nuraney

Rehana Rajabali

Habiba Rajan

A. A. Ramji

Karim Rehmat

Abdul Remtulla

Andrea Roulston

Saira Kanani & Shelina Alibhai

Feizal Sunderji

Karim Tejani

Alnoor A. Tejpar

Khaliya Thawer

Nizar K. Thawer

Azmina Virani

$7,500+Altaf Dewji

Khatoon A. Dhanani

Farida A Dhanji

Naznin Hasham

Adil Jadavji

Yasmin A. Jaffer

Ameera Ladak

Lux Lakhu

Yasmin Lalani


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Meet an Ambassador: sAhezAd PArdhAndIreCTOr, CAPITAl MAnAGeMenT OxFOrd PrOPerTIes GrOuP

“AKFC’s focus on the root causes of poverty and helping communities to develop sustain-able solutions is what makes me so passion-ate about the Walk and the organization,” says Sahezad Pardhan, a Director at Oxford Proper-ties Group, a global real estate investment firm.

Sahezad brought more than knowledge and skills to Oxford when he joined the company in 2010. He brought enthusiasm and passion for the World Partnership Walk, something he had demonstrated as national Walk teams coordinator at KPMG. Over a five-year period, Sahezad helped grow KPMG’s participation from two teams to ten across Canada. In 2010 alone, KPMG’s teams raised over $150,000.

Oxford employees and executives were keen to take up the Walk challenge. They held two “lunch and learn” sessions and gave Walk volunteers access to company offices and properties to advertise and promote the Walk.

The company’s first-year results were impres-sive: Fifty team members signed on and raised over $21,000.

“Raising awareness about the Walk and AKFC is the key to building a strong corporate team and getting the support of the organization right from the executive level through to the grassroots,” says Sahezad. “AKFC’s long-term commitment to the communities it works with and the collaborative approach to its programming give me hope that Canadians can truly make a difference in helping alleviate poverty in Africa and Asia.”

Sarenna Lalani

Roshan A. Maken

Shirazali Mulji

Khatoon Nanji

Arzina Nayani

Aleem Ramji

Naseem Teja

Zeyan Walji

$5,000+Abdallah Abdula

Sultan Ali Ahmed

Leila Alibhai

Raisa Allarakhia

Navroz Allibhai

Nazmudin G. Allidina

Amin Amlani

Ellyana Baumet

Rahim Bhatia

Badrudin Bhimani

Natasha Bhimji

Kiana Boschitsch

Karim Chandani

Nizar Damji

Nurain Devji

Amina Dhalla

Farid A. Dhanani

Rosemin Dhanji

Gurbakhsh S. Dosanjh

Sophy S. Ebrahim

Roshan Esmail

Mariam Esmail

Famida Esmail

Aliya, Alym and Rayyan Giga

Naffisa Gilani

Ahmed Gilani

Ayaz Gulamhussein

Pyarali A. Haji

Saliha Hashuri

Gulbanu Hirji

Shakeel Hirji

Shaffina Hirji

Alzahra Hudani

Nasim Jadavji

Yasminkhanu Jaffer

Abdul Jaffer

Amir Jaffer

Safeera Jaffer-Hirji

Haleema Jaffer-Hirji

Shirin Janmohamed

Alyf Janmohamed

Azraa Janmohamed

Naushad Jessa

Altaf Jina

Aman Jina

Alnoor Jivraj

Imran Jivraj

Zulfikar Jiwa

Zeenat Juma

Jamal G. Kanji

Keyaan and Mikhail Kanji

Farida N. Karim

Noordin Karmali

Arif Kassam

Rani Kassam

Shamim Khimji

Alisha Ladha

Shahina Lalani

Zahir Lalani

Tazmina Lalani

Zahed Lalani

Alnoor Lalany

Aly Lalji

Zaylin Lalji

Roshan Lavji

Mansurali & Nazlin Lila

Amir Mamdani

Laila Mamdani

Ashina Manji

Tatiana Mawani

Serena Mawani

Kamran H. Merali

Nazim Merali

Zeenat Mitha

Gulshan Mohammed

Amir Moosa

Sadiq Mulani

Aleem Mussa

Shiraz Natha

Sahezad Pardhan

Nasim Pirmohamed

Abdul Premji

Nargis Premji

Raheem Premji

Amin Rajabali

Rahim Rashid

Alnashir Rashid

Nimira Rattansi

Nizar Samji

Karima Shajani

Salima Shariff

Shawn Steele

Salim Sunderji

Daulat Velji

Rumina Velshi

Zidaan Virani

Rozmina Visanji

Sarfraz Visram

Azim A. Bharmal

Sahezad Pardhan (top row, fifth from right) with his daughter and members of the Oxford Team at the Toronto World Partnership Walk.


A student in a grade one class at Qazideh public school in Afghanistan, where Canadian support is helping to educate and empower a new generation of girls and women.

Two years ago, Mozambiquan farmer Sacuru Candure took out a modest loan to support the expansion of local agriculture. He has since opened a second shop, and has used the profits to help educate his wife, son and three brothers.

Nadia Hassan runs a small garment shop from her home in Darb al Ahmar, a poor neighbourhood in Cairo, Egypt. Canadian support has helped her to secure two consecutive loans to expand her business and increase her monthly income.

Kokilaben Parmar joined forces with women in her village in Gujarat, India to plan and maintain a new sanitation system and preserve sources of safe drinking water.

About Aga Khan Foundation CanadaAga Khan Foundation Canada (AKFC) is an international development agency and registered Canadian charity that supports social and economic development programs in Asia and Africa. As an agency of the Aga Khan Development Network, AKFC works to address the root causes of poverty, finding and sharing effective and lasting solutions that help improve the quality of life for poor communities.

La Fondation Aga Khan Canada (Fondation) est une agence internationale de développement et organisme de bienfaisance enregistré qui apporte son appui à divers programmes de développement social et économique en Asie et en Afrique. En tant qu’agence du Réseau Aga Khan de développement, la Fondation s’attaque aux causes profondes de la pauvreté, cherchant non seulement à diffuser des solutions efficacies et durables, mais aussi de permettre d’améliorer la qualité de vie des communautés pauvres.

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Aga Khan Foundation Canada would like to thank all World Partnership Walk supporters for taking steps to end global poverty.

We look forward to taking steps with you again in 2012!

la Fondation Aga Khan Canada aimerait remercier tous ceux qui ont soutenu la Marche des partenaires mondiaux d’avoir agi pour mettre fin à la pauvreté dans le monde.

Au plaisir de vous revoir en 2012!

Photo Credits:Asif Bhalesha, Veronique Buisson, Sandra Caligaro, Zahir Daya, Safiq Devji, Aziz Dhamani, Nequi Dharsee, Arvind Eyunni, Derek Ford, Rene Kohut, Ashifa Lalani, Amin Maherali, Kim Moyer, Michelle Penny, Ashraf Rajabali, Shamir Ramji, Shafiq Shamji, Troy Shantz

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