Students solving problems in their own communities
In the Young Changemakers Program, Pakistan’s first 10-week social entrepreneurship course for high-school students, students find a problem in their community and pitch a social enterprise that solves it.
High-school students
- 10 weeksin school, with mentors
The story
The Young Changemakers Program is Pakistan’s first 10-week social entrepreneurship course for high-school students, run with GIZ and WESS.
Students identify problems in their own community and pitch real social enterprise solutions, with support from mentors.
The course is now the heart of Changemaker Schools, SIA’s programme for schools.
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