Recently, Aga Khan Academy Mombasa student Ziyaan Virji (Class of 2020) and Academy alumnus Sydney Ochieng (Class of 2018), who currently attends Wesleyan University, received $5,000 in seed grants from the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship for their project, Accessible and Affordable Sanitation for Women (AASW).
A student-driven event, the 2019 TEDx conference featured 10 unique talks and a handful of stellar performances delivered by Academy students, staff and external speakers.
In February 2019, 22 students from the Aga Khan Academy Hyderabad Senior School participated in the International School of Hyderabad Model United Nations, held at Microsoft Campus, Gachibowli. Eight members of the Academy MUN team had standout performances. Middle and senior school students from several city schools took part in the event.
His Highness the Aga Khan’s vision for the Academies has always emphasised the importance of students being able to travel between campuses to gain new cultural and educational experiences. The inaugural 3-month student exchange, held late last year, was a significant step towards realising this vision, as students exchanged between the Academies in Mombasa and Hyderabad for the first time. Read on as Elizabeth MacFarlane, Student Mobility Coordinator at the Academies, shares how we took this programme from vision to reality and how it will be expanding in the future.
The Aga Khan Academies is looking to enhance its offerings to its graduates, in an effort to improve communication and aid these individuals as they launch into the working world. As a result, The Aga Khan Academies invites you to be part of the inaugural career mentorship initiative. It is through this one-on-one mentorship programme that we hope to connect AKA mentees (graduates) with professional mentors (alumni/other professionals). We would like for students to be able to do the following with a mentor:
Please fill out the questionnaire below, giving as much detail as you can. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us at: alumni@agakhanacademies.org