“A great school will educate its students not merely to be personally successful but also to use their gifts to build their communities and enhance the common good to levels beyond our dreams.” – His Highness the Aga Khan, Mombasa Aga Khan Academy Inauguration, December 20, 2003.

PLEASE CLICK: A Civil Society Endeavour: Ismaili Educators Helping Educate Marginalised Children in Nairobi

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Inspired by His Highness the Aga Khan’s messages on education, a team of dedicated Ismaili educators set out to establish a school in Nairobi for poor children to give them a head start. Their vision is in keeping with the ethic of generosity in Islam, which is explained by Mawlana Hazar Imam as follows:

“Islam has a very clear message about the different forms of generosity. There is that with regard to the poor, which takes the form of gifts. But the recipient remains poor. There exists a second form of generosity that contributes to growing the independence of the person. This concept, in which the goal is to make the person the master of their destiny, is the most beneficial in the eyes of Allah.” — His Highness the Aga Khan, L’Express interview, July 4, 2007.

PLEASE CLICK: A Civil Society Endeavour: Ismaili Educators Helping Educate Marginalised Children in Nairobi

Date posted: June 12, 2016.

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