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for Habitat India

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(AK

AHI) has developed

a robust framework to improve the quality

of life of marginalized communities by

improving their habitat. Its interventions

include low-cost, quality housing,

sanitation, biodiversity, water security

and management, and reversing climate

change. It also strengthens the resilience

of communities and works on disaster

management with these at-risk populations.

Working in tandem with these

communities and employing powerful

tools like knowledge transfer, best

practices, research and innovation,

AKAHI’s programmes seek to make

the people the agents of change – self-

reliant and empowered to manage their

habitat sustainably and mitigate disasters.

Programmes stress on awareness and social

and behaviour change, communication, as

well as training and capacity building.

‘We have always been at the forefront

in challenging situations and in most

inhospitable circumstances, even during

emergencies like tsunamis, floods and

earthquakes,’ says Tameeza Alibhai,

Acting Chief Executive Officer, AKAHI.

F

ounded by the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat

SA, Aga Khan Health Services India and

Aga Khan Education Services India in 2000

Aga Khan Agency for Habitat, India

(AKAHI) began with a vision of

providing sustainable habitats to

communities, safety from natural

disasters, and an improved Quality

of Life. It has impacted more

than 8,00,000 beneficiaries with

programmes targeting sustainability,

climate change, health and sanitation,

water management and disaster risk

reduction. AKAHI works to give

communities access to disaster-

resilient housing and quality basic

services, and economic opportunities.

Its work has been awarded for best

practices and models, and recognized

by the central and state governments

as well as the Tata Institute of Social

Sciences, UNICEF and more.