WEF: South Asia's Youth Is Rewriting Its Growth Story — From Climate AI to Urban Planning, Young Leaders Driving Real Community Change

Source: World Economic Forum (weforum.org)    |    Date: August 12, 2025

On International Youth Day 2025, the WEF published stories of young Global Shapers leaders across South Asia producing real community impact: Project Accelerate in Ahmedabad closing the gap between education and employment; Treelionaire in Dhaka growing from one city to a 27-city, 10,000-tree movement across South Asia; ClimaSynth in Peshawar delivering AI-powered climate education tools; and Sitara Dangol of the Kathmandu Hub, who at 29 won election as Deputy Mayor of Kathmandu by the largest margin in the city's history. The thread running through every story is the same: young people solving real community problems, at real scale, when serious institutions give them the networks, resources, and space to act. That thread is what Madad Business Community was built to weave into this community.

Key Fact: Sitara Dangol joined the Global Shapers, championed civic participation, and at 29 won election as Deputy Mayor of Kathmandu by the largest margin in that city's history. (WEF, August 2025)

Link: https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/08/south-asia-youth-rewriting-its-growth-story/