Project Slogan

Ideas That Listen. Solutions That Last

Project Duration

5 Days (Intensive Program) + Post-Program Mentorship & Linkages​

Project Location

Community-based settings (schools, youth hubs, refugee & host communities)

Target Group

• Youth aged 15–30, with emphasis on marginalized, refugee, and host community youth​

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Background & Rationale

Youth across underserved communities face persistent social, economic, and leadership challenges, yet their voices remain underrepresented in problem-solving spaces. Many young people lack structured opportunities to develop leadership skills, entrepreneurial thinking, and access to pathways that turn ideas into real-world solutions. BUILD IN A BOX responds to this gap by nurturing youth as active change-makers rather than passive beneficiaries. 

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Specific Objectives

To empower youth with leadership, critical thinking, and entrepreneurial skills that enable them to identify social challenges, design inclusive solutions, and transform these solutions into sustainable ventures.

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Key Activities:

• Believe – Building self-confidence, purpose, and leadership identity

• Understand – Analyzing community challenges through research and empathy

• Invent – Designing innovative, locally grounded solutions

• Listen – Engaging communities, peers, and stakeholders inclusively

• Deliver – Pitching and showcasing solutions to an audience and partners

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Expected Outcomes

• Youth-led solutions addressing real community challenges

• Increased leadership confidence and entrepreneurial mindset

• Stronger linkages between youth innovators and stakeholders

• Pathways for sustainable implementation of social ventures