How Communities Shape Their Own Future | Syed Aftab Ahmad | TEDxFAST Peshawar

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What happens when communities are not treated as passive recipients of help, but as active participants in shaping their own future? This talk explores how trust, dignity, rights, participation, and local leadership can help communities create lasting change. Drawing from decades of development and humanitarian experience in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Syed Aftab Ahmad looks at how empowering people to identify their own challenges and opportunities can lead to stronger, more resilient, and more inclusive communities. Meet Syed Aftab Ahmad, the Chief Operating Officer of the Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP)! A key figure in community-driven development in Pakistan for over two decades. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Tags: Arts education, Community, Social Change, Social Sciences, Society, TEDxTalks, Urdu, [TEDxEID:61228]

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