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Jul 26, 2011

Kenyan Jamat gathers to witness opening of Heart and Cancer Centre by Mawlana Hazar Imam and President Kibaki



Nairobi, 25 July 2011 — Thousands of Ismailis gathered at the Parklands Complex Pavillion in Nairobi to witness the opening of a new Heart and Cancer Centre. The Aga Khan University Hospital facility was inaugurated by His Excellency President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya in the presence of Mawlana Hazar Imam.


The Heart and Cancer Centre brings international standards of patient care in cardiology and oncology treatment to Kenya, positioning the University Hospital as a hub in an integrated AKDN health system being established in East Africa. It also represents a significant expansion for the Aga Khan University’s Faculty of Health Sciences in the region.

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Jul 25, 2011

Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Inauguration of the Heart and Cancer Centre at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi (Kenya)


Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim


Your Excellency President Mwai Kibaki, President and Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces of the Republic of Kenya
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Honorable Uhuru Kenyatta
Minister for Medical Services, Honorable Professor Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o
Chief Executive Officer of Agence Francaise de Developpement, Mr. Zerah
Members of the Corps Diplomatic
Honorable Ministers, Your Excellencies

Chairman and Members of the Board of Trustees of the Aga Khan University

Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen
I am enormously pleased to celebrate with all of you this benchmark moment in the evolution of the Aga Khan Development Network and the Aga Khan University.
I think of this as a “benchmark” because it signifies another step on a long pathway of medical advancement.
We can trace that pathway back a thousand years - to the great hospitals that were founded in Cairo by my ancestors, the Fatimid Imam-Caliphs of Egypt. More recently, we remember the founding - some 53 years ago - of the Aga Khan Hospital here in Nairobi. That event was part of the Platinum Jubilee of my late grandfather, Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah.




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Jul 24, 2011

Mawlana Hazar Imam meets with President Kibaki in Nairobi








Nairobi, 22 July 2011 — Mawlana Hazar Imam met with His Excellency President Mwai Kibaki at Harambee House in Nairobi today. Continuing his Jamati visit to Kenya, Hazar Imam had returned to the capital after spending a few days in Mombasa where he met with the Jamat and visited the Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa.
At the Aga Khan Academy, Mawlana Hazar Imam met with the Academies Unit, Planing and Construction Management staff and architects to review plans for future development, including the addition of a nursery school and a faculty village. Children from the school choir, which had been practising during school holidays ahead of the Kenya National Music Festival taking place next week, performed two songs for Hazar Imam.
Mawlana Hazar Imam is in Kenya to meet with the Jamat after having visited with Jamats in Tanzania and Uganda. While in Nairobi, Hazar Imam will also preside over the opening of the Aga Khan University Hospital’s Heart and Cancer Unit, and the groundbreaking of the Aga Khan University Graduate School of Media and Communications.

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Jul 18, 2011

Mawlana Hazar Imam attends Kenyan Jamati Institutional Dinner



Nairobi, 16 July 2011 — Mawlana Hazar Imam joined Jamati and institutional leaders at a dinner held in Nairobi this evening.
“I want to tell you how happy I am at the occasion of my renewal of my visits to my Jamat,” said Mawlana Hazar Imam during his dinner remarks. “I have had such a wonderful time in East Africa, in Tanzania, in Uganda and here in Kenya. And when I look at you and I remember all the work that you have done with me over the years, I have expressed my deepest gratitude and my deepest admiration.”



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Video: Mawlana Hazar Imam at the Tanzania Jamati Institutional Dinner-theismaili.org

Mawlana Hazar Imam joined the leadership of the Tanzanian Jamat for a dinner on 7 July 2011 in Dar es Salaam. Marking the special occasion, Ismaili youth performed dances representing cultures from different parts of the world and President Aitmadi Jehangir Bhaloo presented a gift to the Imam on behalf of those in attendance.


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Jul 14, 2011

Gallery: Mawlana Hazar Imam’s Jamati visit to Kenya-


Gallery: Mawlana Hazar Imam’s Jamati visit to Kenya





   














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Mawlana Hazar Imam arrives in Kenya




Nairobi, 13 July 2011 — Mawlana Hazar Imam arrived in Kenya this evening, commencing the final leg of his three-country Jamati tour of East Africa. Touching down at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Hazar Imam was received by His Excellency Hon. Kalonzo Musyoka, Vice President of the Republic of Kenya, as well as Jamati and AKDN institutional leaders.
Mawlana Hazar Imam is in Kenya to meet with the Jamat, after having visited with Jamats in Tanzania and Uganda. While in Nairobi, Hazar Imam will also preside over the opening of the Aga Khan University Hospital’s Heart and Cancer Unit, and the groundbreaking of the Aga Khan University Graduate School of Media. Later, the Imam will also visit the Aga Khan Academy in Mombasa.


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Mawlana Hazar Imam completes Uganda visit.




Kampala, 13 July 2011 — Mawlana Hazar Imam’s two-day visit to Uganda drew to a close today, after he met with the Jamat and toured the Bujagali Hydroelectric power dam project.
On Tuesday evening, Mawlana Hazar Imam attended a dinner with the Jamati and institutional leaders of Uganda held at the Kampala Serena Hotel. During the evening, President Huzur Mukhi Mohamed Lalani presented Hazar Imam a gift of an incense burner cover from Khorasan shaped in the form of a horse head, on behalf of those gathered.
This morning Mawlana Hazar Imam met with the Uganda Jamat at Kampala Jamatkhana, before travelling to inspect the construction of the Bujagali Hydroelectric power dam as it proceeds into its final phase.
Situated near Jinja, the Bujagali Dam is a public-private partnership project between theAga Khan Fund for Economic Development, Sithe Global and the Government of Uganda. It aims to produce over 40 per cent of the total current power demand in Uganda, addressing acute electricity shortages and reliability issues. The power plant and dam are expected to be operational by the end of the year.
In the evening, Mawlana Hazar Imam departed Uganda for Kenya, the last country in his tour of East African Jamati visits.


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Jul 13, 2011

Gallery: Mawlana Hazar Imam’s Jamati visit to Uganda















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Mawlana Hazar Imam arrives in Uganda




Kampala, 12 July 2011 — Mawlana Hazar Imam arrived in Uganda this morning, commencing a Jamati visit during which he will also review projects of the Aga Khan Development Network. He was received at Entebbe International Airport by Hon. Simon D’Ujanga, Uganda’s Minister of State for Energy, as well as institutional representatives and leaders of the Uganda Jamat.
Mawlana Hazar Imam then paid a courtesy visit to His Excellency President Yoweri Museveni at the State House, the President’s official residence in Entebbe.
During the two-day visit, Mawlana Hazar Imam will meet with the Uganda Jamat, who have been busy making preparations and celebrating with traditional festivities. Hazar Imam will also inspect the construction of the Bujagali Hydroelectric power dam and meet with government leaders.
The trip marks the second leg in Mawlana Hazar Imam’s three-country tour of East Africa, which also includes Tanzania and Kenya.


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Jul 10, 2011

Mawlana Hazar Imam attends dinner with Tanzanian Jamati leaders




Dar es Salaam, 7 July 2011 — On the eve of his departure from Tanzania, Mawlana Hazar Imam attended a dinner with the leadership of the Tanzanian Jamat.
During the evening, President Aitmadi Jehangir Bhaloo presented Mawlana Hazar Imam with a gift of a calligraphic panel from Qajar Persia dated AH 1275 on behalf of the assembled leadership.
In his address to the gathering, Mawlana Hazar Imam commented on how happy he was to be in Tanzania. “Inshallah in the months ahead, the years ahead, I will be able to visit the Jamat more often than I have in the past,” added Hazar Imam to rapturous applause.
On his final day in Tanzania, Mawlana Hazar Imam is expected to meet with the entire Tanzanian Jamat before concluding the first leg of his East African tour.



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Gallery: Mawlana Hazar Imam attends a dinner with Tanzanian institutional leaders-theismaili.org




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May 3, 2008

Aga Khan on State Visits to West Africa -AKDN


23 April to 1 May 2008


Youssouf Bakayoko, Minister of Foreign Affairs, meeting His Highness the Aga Khan at the
Felix Houphouet Boigny International Airport
in Abidjan. Photo: Gary Otte

Cote d'Ivoire (28 April to 1 May 2008)

Microfinance agency launched: In addition to official meetings, His Highness was in Cote d'Ivoire to launch the Première Agence de Microfinance (PAMF), which is to start operations in the areas of Boundiali and Dianra in northern Côte d’Ivoire. It joins two sister microfinance institutions, in Mali and Burkina Faso, which were launched in 2006. PAMF will serve disadvantaged communities through a network that is expected to grow to over eight branches by 2012. Loans are primarily intended for income-generating activities, and are designed to improve agricultural productivity, acquire livestock and establish small enterprises in rural and urban areas.

Photographs of Arrival
AKDN Projects in Cote d'Ivoire: A Profile of the Azito Energie Project

Farrokh Derakshani, Director of the Aga Khan Award (at right), with His Highness the Aga Khan and representatives of the Ministry of Culture looking at exhibition panels on the work of the AKAA.
Photo: Arnhel de Serra

Burkina Faso (26-28 April 2008)

In addition to official meetings with President Blaise Compaoré, His Highness the Aga Khan spoke at a special Aga Khan Award for Architecture seminar in Ouagadougou that was held to celebrate three past Burkinabé recipients of the Award.

Photographs of Arrival and Official Meetings

Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Aga Khan Award for Architecture Seminar

Photographs at Seminar

Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan Dinner hosted by President Blaise Compaoré

President Amadou Toumani Touré accompanied the Aga Khan for the inauguration of the Great Mosque of Mopti.Once at risk of collapsing, the Mosque
has been stabilised and restored by the
Aga Khan Trust for Culture.

Mali (23-26 April 2008)

Cultural Projects: President Amadou Toumani Touré and His Highness the Aga Khan inaugurated the restoration of the Komoguel I Mosque in Mopti and announced the creation of an Urban Park in Bamako. The Aga Khan also reviewed the work on the Djingarey Ber Mosque in Timbuktu as part of the Aga Khan Development Network’s (AKDN) expanded development activities in Mali.

25 April 2008

Bamako Park Launch

Photographs

24 April 2008

Mopti

Photographs
Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan
Discours à la Cérémonie d’inauguration de la Grande Mosquée
Slideshow of the Restoration of Mopti Mosque

Timbuktu

Photographs
Speech by His Highness, 24 April 2008
Discours de Son Altesse l’Aga Khan, 24 avril 2008

23 April 2008

Arrival and official meetings

Photographs

Dinner hosted by President Amadou Toumani Touré

Discours de Son Altesse l’Aga Khan
Discours de Monsieur Amadou Toumani Touré



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Apr 30, 2008

West Africa visit -29 April 08



Mawlana Hazar Imam spends a moment with AKDN staff and volunteers from the Jamat of Burkina Faso, prior to departing the country. Photo: Arnhel de Serra
Mawlana Hazar Imam arrived in Burkina Faso on Saturday, 26 April to a full ceremonial welcome, including a guard of honour and renditions of the Nashid al-Imamah and the Burkina Faso National Anthem. Mawlana Hazar Imam, Prince Rahim, Prince Hussain and Princess Khaliya were greeted at Ouagadougou airport by Prime Minister Tertius Zongo, senior government ministers and representatives of the Aga Khan Development Network.
During his visit, Mawlana Hazar Imam and Prince Rahim had meetings with President Blaise Compaoré and government ministers to review the work of the Aga Khan Development Network in Burkina Faso.
Mawlana Hazar Imam also opened a seminar in Ouagadougou held to celebrate national recipients of the Aga Khan Award of Architecture. Prince Hussain and Princess Khalya also participated at the seminar, which was organised by the Burkinabé Ministry of Culture and the Aga Khan Trust for Culture.
On Sunday, 27 April, Mawlana Hazar Imam and Prince Rahim travelled to visit the Sosuco sugar plant in Banfora, which is owned by the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development.
Further details, including press releases, Mawlana Hazar Imam’s speeches and photographs are available on the AKDN website. Additional information will continue to be posted at http://www.theismaili.org/.



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Apr 29, 2008

West Africa visit -theismaili.org



Saturday, 26 April 2008
Mawlana Hazar Imam bids farewell to AKDN staff in Mali, upon his departure from Bamako airport. Photo: Gary Otte
Mawlana Hazar Imam continues his Golden Jubilee visit to West Africa as he departs Mali for Burkina Faso today.
While in Mali, Mawlana Hazar Imam was awarded the Grand Cross of the National Order of Mali — the country's highest honour — by Malian President Amadou Toumani Touré at a state dinner held in Hazar Imam’s honour on Wednesday, 23 April.
The next morning, Mawlana Hazar Imam, accompanied by Prince Rahim, Prince Hussain and Princess Khaliya, visited Mopti, where he was welcomed by President Touré. Later in the afternoon, Mawlana Hazar Imam travelled to Timbuktu, before returning to Bamako in the evening. In Mopti, the two leaders officiated over the inauguration of the Komoguel I Mosque (also known as the Great Mosque of Mopti) which had been restored by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture. President Touré paid great tribute to Mawlana Hazar Imam and thanked him on behalf of the people of Mali.
In Timbuktu, Mawlana Hazar Imam was awarded an honorary degree Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Sankoré as well as an Honorary Citizenship to the Community of Timbuktu by the Imam of the Djingarey Ber Mosque and other local leaders. The Aga Khan Trust for Culture has plans to restore the mosque.
On Friday, 25 April, Mawlana Hazar Imam and Prince Rahim met with several government ministers during the course of the morning. In the afternoon, President Touré again accompanied Mawlana Hazar Imam to the inauguration ceremony for the Bamako Park — an initiative described by Mawlana Hazar Imam as totally unique and essential. President Touré described the project as one that would not only benefit the people of Bamako, but all of Mali.
In the evening, Mawlana Hazar Imam hosted a Diplomatic Reception for members of the diplomatic corps, international organisations and senior government officials in Mali.
Today, Mawlana Hazar Imam was accompanied by President Touré as he prepared to depart Mali. The ceremonial farewell included a full military guard of honour, renditions of the Malian National Anthem and the Nashid al-Imamah, and a farewell from the Prime Minister and numerous government ministers.


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Apr 28, 2008

Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan



Discours de Son Altesse l'Aga Khan

Discours de Son Altesse l’Aga Khan
au dîner officiel offert par le Président
de la République du Burkina Faso
Le 26 avril 2008

Monsieur le Président de la République,
Monsieur le Premier Ministre,
Messieurs les Ministres,
Excellences,
Mesdames et Messieurs,

Tout d’abord, permettez-moi, Monsieur le Président, de vous remercier, ainsi que le gouvernement et la population du Burkina Faso pour l’accueil chaleureux et la généreuse hospitalité qui m’ont été réservés.

Merci également, Monsieur le Président, pour vos aimables paroles.

Les liens formels de l’Imamat avec l’Afrique de l’Ouest remontent aux années 1960 lorsque, tout jeune imam, j’ai eu l’occasion de visiter plusieurs pays de la région. A l’époque, ce pays s’appelait la Haute Volta.

Mais nos liens informels remontent à bien plus longtemps puisque les historiens parlent en effet d’échanges au 12ème siècle entre les érudits de l’Université de Sankoré à Tombouctou et ceux d’al-Azhar, l’institut universitaire fondé au Caire au début du 10ème siècle par mon ancêtre, l’imam-calife fatimide al-Muizz.

Donc Monsieur le Président, nos rapports sont très très anciens.

Et je suis heureux aujourd’hui de pouvoir vous remercier de nous avoir donné l’opportunité de contribuer au développement du Burkina Faso, de partager avec vous les espoirs du peuple burkinabé et de construire ensemble de nouvelles institutions, créer des nouvelles opportunités et chercher à élargir un espoir pour tous les citoyens du Burkina pour un avenir heureux et de bonne santé et de qualité.

J’aimerais profiter de cette occasion aussi pour louer le rôle fondamental que le Président Campaoré, en sage avisé, joue pour restaurer et maintenir la stabilité dans la sous région.

Les accords de Ouagadougou et ses efforts de médiation témoignent de son engagement envers les valeurs fondamentales de dialogue et de paix. Valeurs que nous partageons.

Je me réjouis de pouvoir continuer à travailler avec le gouvernement et le peuple du Burkina Faso pour qu’ensemble, nous puissions relever les défis du futur.

Merci.



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Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan -26 April 08



Discours de Son Altesse l'Aga Khan

Discours de Son Altesse l’Aga Khan à l’ouverture
du séminaire et de l’exposition de l’AKAA
sur les projets primés au Burkina Faso et en Afrique de l’Ouest.

Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)
Le 26 avril 2008

Bismillah-hir-Rahman-ir-Rahim

Messieurs les Ministres,
Excellences Messieurs les Ambassadeurs et Représentants des Organisations Internationales,

Mesdames et Messieurs,

As-Salaam-o-Alaikum

Je suis profondément heureux que cette exposition puisse se tenir au Burkina Faso, parce que les projets burkinabés qui ont reçu le Prix Aga Khan d’Architecture, chacun individuellement et tous les trois ensemble, sont d’une importance capitale.

L’architecture est le seul art qui a un impact sur la qualité de vie des peuples et c’est la raison pour laquelle ce prix a été créé. L’un de ses objectifs est en effet d’avoir un impact positif non seulement sur la qualité de la profession elle-même, mais aussi sur la qualité de vie des communautés musulmanes auxquelles on a souhaité s’adresser.

Lorsque j’ai établi le Prix en 1977, et à de nombreuses reprises par la suite, un grand débat s’est déroulé au sein des organes du Prix, qu’il s’agisse du Jury ou des « Steering Committees », pour savoir si ce Prix pouvait être attribué à des projets de grande importance auxquels des architectes professionnels n’avaient jamais participé.

Il avait été constaté que la plus grande partie des populations musulmanes de notre planète vivaient dans des zones rurales et que la majorité de leur habitat était construit par les familles elles-mêmes ou par des bâtisseurs qui n’avaient reçu pour toute éducation que le passage d’un savoir-faire d’une génération à l’autre.

A la suite de ce constat, le « Steering Committee » et les jurys ont porté une attention toute particulière à l’habitat rural et à la question fondamentale de savoir comment sécuriser et améliorer cet habitat.

Pourquoi, j’utilise le mot « sécuriser» c’est parce que, par exemple, la majorité des musulmans de notre monde d’aujourd’hui vit dans la zone sismique la plus dangereuse de notre terre.

Je suis heureux que malgré les grandes difficultés à identifier des projets qui pouvaient être considérés comme étant exceptionnels et donc exemplaires dans un environnement rural, entre 1977 et 2008, le Prix ait néanmoins réussi à identifier et à primer des projets forts importants pour les populations rurales.

Trop souvent, je crois qu’on oublie qu’entre 70 et 80% de la population musulmane de ce monde vit dans des zones rurales.

Ces projets ont été très différents les uns des autres et les 3 lauréats du Burkina sont caractérisés par l’inspiration, l’imagination et l’engagement personnel d’architectes qui ont fait tout ce qui était nécessaire pour créer des projets simples, facilement constructibles en zone rurale tout en utilisant des matériaux locaux donc faciles à reproduire dans des contextes similaires.

Le Projet du Marché Central de Koudougou a reçu le soutien de la « Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation »

Je suis extrêmement heureux de constater que, ces dernières années, d’autres organisations internationales offrant de l’aide au développement dans les zones rurales du monde musulman, s’appliquent, comme l’a fait cette organisation helvétique, à aller au-delà du simple fait de soutenir économiquement un projet significatif. Elles veillent en effet à ce que ces projets soient particulièrement adaptés aux cultures du monde islamique au point qu’au cours des cycles plus récents du Prix, nombre de ces projets ont été retenus comme des réalisations exceptionnelles méritant une reconnaissance à travers l’attribution du Prix Aga Khan.

Cette sensibilité culturelle est un facteur particulièrement important pour que l’insertion de ces projets modernes puisse se faire au mieux dans des environnements traditionnels en y apportant de nouvelles techniques, de nouvelles architectures et même de nouveaux symboles, sans s’engager pour autant dans une direction qui ferait que les communautés locales rejetteraient ces initiatives comme étant incompatibles avec leur histoire et leur culture. Je tiens donc à féliciter tout particulièrement la « Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation ».

L’amélioration de l’habitat rural est évidemment un objectif important dans le processus de développement, d’abord pour améliorer la qualité de vie des populations rurales qui sont souvent les populations les plus pauvres de ces pays. Mais il s’agit également de faire passer le message que premièrement, ces populations ne sont pas oubliées de ceux qui soutiennent le développement national dans leur pays et que deuxièmement, elles ne doivent pas obligatoirement s’urbaniser pour se construire un avenir stable et prometteur, à moyen et à long terme.

Le Prix Aga Khan d’Architecture a en effet pour objectif d’étudier, d’analyser et de comprendre les dynamiques du changement physique dans les sociétés où vivent les musulmans. Il aspire à influer sur ces sociétés pour que les générations futures puissent créer, bâtir et vivre dans des environnements meilleurs tout en préservant une continuité culturelle dans leur environnement physique.

Le Burkina Faso a une longue histoire commune avec le Prix Aga Khan d’Architecture qui avait primé, en 1992, l’Institut Panafricain de Développement à Ouagadougou, en 2004, l’école primaire de Gando, et plus récemment, en 2007, le Marché Central de Koudougou.

Tous ces projets ont en commun une utilisation intelligente et innovatrice de technologies appropriées utilisant la terre comme matériau de construction. Il est essentiel de préserver tant ce savoir que l’utilisation de ce matériau traditionnel. Et c’est pourquoi je suis heureux de constater que ces technologies et ces traditions connaissent depuis vingt ans un renouveau dans ce pays et que les maîtres maçons, les architectes et les briquetiers du Burkina Faso exportent désormais leur savoir-faire à travers l’Afrique.

J’aimerais féliciter à nouveau les architectes, les autorités municipales, ainsi que les agences nationales et internationales impliqués dans ces projets qui sont présents ici aujourd’hui, pour leurs réalisations et pour la valeur exemplaire des solutions architecturales adéquates et adaptées qu’ils ont mises en Å“uvre et qui ont contribué à l’amélioration de la qualité de vie des populations du Burkina Faso.

Je félicite tous ceux au Burkina Faso qui ont contribué à ces 3 victoires successives.

Bravo !

Merci.





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