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Changemaker Schools
Home of the Young Changemakers Program.
Problem-solving and entrepreneurship for high-school students, ready to run in your school.
Changemaker Schools is the home of the Young Changemakers Program, Pakistan’s first 10-week social entrepreneurship course for high-school students, first run with GIZ and WESS.
At a glance
- Who it’s for
- High-school students and the teachers who lead them
- What students do
- Spot a community problem, build a solution, pitch it
- How long
- 10 weeks
- How to start
- Send the form for your school
Bring the Young Changemakers Program to Your School
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In numbers
From first course to 500 schools
- 1stSocial entrepreneurship course for high schools in Pakistan
- 10Weeks per course
- 50Schools by Year 22027–28
- 500Schools by 2031
Targets for 2031 in SIA’s Strategic Plan 2026–2031.
How it works
How a Changemaker School project runs
- 1Talk to us
- 2Plan togetherClasses and timetable
- 3Spot a problemA real one, nearby
- 4Build a solutionDesign, test, improve
- 5Pitch dayTeams present to a panel
- 6What comes nextSTEAM, the Challenge
What schools get
For students and teachers
- Ready-to-run sessions and materials
- Support for the teachers who lead it
- A pitch day students remember
- Routes into SIA’s other programmes
By 2031
One continuum, from school to export markets
The Strategic Plan’s measure of success: a whole journey without ever leaving the ecosystem SIA built.
- AcademyChangemaker SchoolSpots a problem worth solving
- PathwaySIA incubatorTurns her idea into a business
- CapitalCatalyst FundFinance to grow
- MarketsGulf export marketsSells beyond Pakistan
Past programmes
Earlier Young Changemakers Programs
Students at work in earlier editions of the course.
2025 · with GIZ and WESS
Young Changemakers Program 2025
Pakistan’s first 10-week social entrepreneurship course for high-school students. Students found problems in their own community and pitched social enterprise solutions, with support from mentors.
- 10 weeks, in school
- Real problems from the students’ own community
- Mentors and a final pitch
Questions
About Changemaker Schools
Which schools can take part?
Talk to us about your school, whatever its size or type.
Does it cost the school anything?
This depends on the programme and its funding. Ask the team for the current terms.
Do our teachers need special training?
No experience is needed. SIA supports the teachers who lead the sessions.
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