Locations and Resources

The AKDN has been participating in the drill since 2011 – an initiative conceived as part of AKDN's collaboration with California's Office of Emergency Services under the Agreement of Cooperation between the Ismaili Imamat and the State of California.

The AKDN has been participating in the drill since 2011 – an initiative conceived as part of AKDN's collaboration with California's Office of Emergency Services under the Agreement of Cooperation between the Ismaili Imamat and the State of California. AKDN Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) and Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS) manages the AKDN ShakeOut drill. AKAH coordinates the drill in all AKAH target countries (Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Syria, and Tajikistan). FOCUS manages the AKDN ShakeOut drill in all other non-AKAH areas. More than 1.8 million people including AKDN staff, volunteers, students, organizations, community members, men and women participated in the 2022 AKDN ShakeOut drill. The Drop, Cover and Hold On (DCHo) method provides simple yet effective steps that can save lives and reduce injury in the event of an earthquake.

AKDN ShakeOut Posters (click to download PDFs by page or all pages)

Bank's employees take cover under desks, Kyrgyzstan, 2022

Chitral residents are joining the earthquake drill, Pakistan, 2022

Drop, Cover and Hold On practice for elderly people, Canada, 2022

Drop, Cover, and Hold On practice, Canada, 2022

Pre-Drill Orientation Session for secondary school's students, India, 2022

Pre-Drill Orientation Session, Syria, 2022

Pre-drill session for teachers and students, Afghanistan, 2022

ShakeOut Highest Participation Award, UAE, 2022

ShakeOut International Day in one of the remote sites, Pakistan, 2022

ShakeOut orientation session for school teachers, Afghanistan, 2022

ShakeOut presentation, Mozambique, 2022

ShakeOut video for disabled people, Tajikistan

Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN)
The Aga Khan Development Network is a group of private, international, non-denominational agencies working to improve living conditions and opportunities for people in specific regions of the developing world. The Network’s organizations have individual mandates that range from the fields of health and education to architecture, rural development and the promotion of private-sector enterprise. Together they collaborate in working towards a common goal – to build institutions and programs that can respond to the challenges of social, economic and cultural change on an ongoing basis.

Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH)
The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat’s (AKAH) goal is that people live in safe, sustainable, and resilient habitats with the opportunity to thrive, whether in a remote mountain village, a town, or a densely populated urban centre. It works with communities to help them prepare for and respond to natural disasters and the effects of climate change. AKAH also works to expand access to services and opportunity for people to improve their life. AKAH helps communities prepare for the worst; provides immediate relief after disaster strikes; and helps build back better -- and greener -- while planning for a better future. AKAH currently operates in Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Syria, and Tajikistan, with plans to expand further in Central Asia as well as East Africa.

Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS)
Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS) is an international crisis response and emergency management agency. FOCUS provides emergency relief to communities suffering from natural and man-made crises. FOCUS implements disaster risk reduction programmes in areas vulnerable to natural hazards and engages in resettlement and reintegration programmes for populations displaced by civil instability and conflict. FOCUS was founded by the Ismaili Muslim community in Canada in 1994 and today has offices in Europe and North America. FOCUS is an affiliate of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). FOCUS provides disaster risk management programs and emergency humanitarian relief to vulnerable communities primarily in the developing world and endeavors to build local community capacity and foster an enhanced state of disaster resilience.

For more information please click here. For any information and details on how to get involved in the AKDN ShakeOut, please contact: akah-em.department@akdn.org and shakeout@focushumanitarian.org.