Social Venture Incubator
Thrive360 Pakistan
A youth mental wellbeing and entrepreneurship venture helping young people build resilience, purpose, confidence, and economic opportunity.
The Concept
Fostering Resilient Futures
Thrive360 Pakistan is an emerging social venture dedicated to strengthening youth mental wellbeing through entrepreneurship, mentoring, digital skills, peer support, and community leadership.
Currently incubated within the Executive Development Center (EDC) at Sukkur IBA University, Thrive360 builds on over two decades of youth development, entrepreneurship education, and international development experience.
The initiative recognizes that young people need more than technical skills; they need confidence, purpose, trusted mentors, supportive communities, and pathways to meaningful livelihoods.
Understanding the Crisis
Across Pakistan, young people face multi-faceted challenges that affect their mental health and future prospects simultaneously.
Mental & Emotional Stress
High rates of anxiety, depression, and social isolation due to changing societal paradigms and academic pressures.
Economic & Career Uncertainty
Rising youth unemployment combined with rapid shifts in skills demand, causing intense uncertainty about the future.
Fragmented Support
Traditional programmes address either employability or mental health separately. Thrive360 bridges this gap by combining both.
The Solution Paradigm
Thrive360 integrates core pillars of youth growth and emotional resilience into a single, unified development cycle.
Thrive360 Logic Model
Mental Wellbeing Education
Building self-awareness, mindfulness, emotional intelligence, stress reduction techniques, and positive habits.
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Nurturing creative problem-solving, design thinking, lean startup methods, and business planning basics.
Mentoring & Coaching
Connecting aspiring youth with experienced mentors, domain experts, and social innovators.
Digital & Future Skills
Imparting digital literacy, technology adaptation, modern collaboration tools, and freelancing techniques.
Peer Support Networks
Establishing support groups and online communities where youth share experiences and solve challenges together.
Leadership & Community Innovation
Promoting active citizenship, social project implementation, team leadership, and community development.
Our Track Record & Pedigree
Incubated within the executive ecosystem of the EDC at Sukkur IBA University, Thrive360 leverages a foundation of proven impact.
Ecosystem International Partnerships
Empowering Lives Through Innovation
At Thrive360, every training program is designed to create measurable change. Beyond statistics, our greatest achievements are the lives transformed through digital skills, entrepreneurship, leadership, and community innovation.
From young women launching freelance careers to artisans growing sustainable businesses, these stories demonstrate how education and entrepreneurship can unlock opportunities, strengthen communities, and build lasting resilience. Read how Thrive360 is creating real impact across Pakistan.
From a Forgotten College to a Global Digital Career
From a Forgotten College to Digital Independence
Everything changed after participating in Thrive360's entrepreneurship and digital literacy program implemented by Sukkur IBA University in partnership with UNODC.
The program introduced her to digital freelancing, online learning, and entrepreneurship. Inspired by the training, Tehzeeb taught herself graphic design using free online resources and eventually secured her first freelance client.
Today, she contributes financially to her family and has become a role model for young women in her community. Her next dream is to mentor other girls so they too can build careers through digital skills without leaving their hometown.
One training session transformed a restricted future into a sustainable digital livelihood.
Transforming Traditional Skills into Sustainable Income
From Home-based Artisan to Business Owner
Through Thrive360's entrepreneurship and business development training delivered with UNODC and Sukkur IBA University, she learned marketing, customer engagement, and digital business practices.
Using simple digital platforms such as WhatsApp, she expanded her customer base and transformed her home-based craft into a growing enterprise.
Beyond increasing household income, her journey inspired her family and community to recognize the economic potential of women entrepreneurs.
Today, Shaista represents the kind of inclusive entrepreneurship Thrive360 aims to build—where local talent becomes sustainable livelihood.
Entrepreneurship training empowered a skilled artisan to become an independent entrepreneur and community role model.
Current Stage
Incubation and Pilot Development
Thrive360 is currently validating its model through pilot activities, partnerships, mentoring, and community engagement while preparing for scale as an independent social venture.
Vision
Looking Ahead
To become Pakistan’s leading youth mental wellbeing and entrepreneurship platform, helping young people build resilience, purpose, opportunity, and healthier futures.
Real moments of learning, enterprise creation, and mentorship from our incubation programmes.
Thrive360 Pakistan Handbook
Your comprehensive guide to understanding and implementing the Thrive360 model for youth mental wellbeing and entrepreneurship development.
PDF format • 4.5 MB • Available in English
Prof. Dr. Altaf Hussain Samo
Dean, Faculty of Management Sciences & Director, EDC
Prof. Dr. Altaf Samo has over 20 years of experience in higher education, entrepreneurship development, international partnerships, youth empowerment, and social innovation.
Thrive360 Pakistan represents the next phase of his work: transforming entrepreneurship and mentoring into a dedicated, scalable model for youth mental wellbeing and economic opportunity.
Meet the Founding Team
A multidisciplinary team of experts united by a shared commitment to youth mental wellbeing, entrepreneurship, and sustainable development.
Prof. Dr. Altaf Hussain Samo
Founder & Executive Director
Over two decades of leadership in higher education, entrepreneurship, and international development. Strategic visionary behind Thrive360's partnerships, programme innovation, and organizational growth.
Mr. Hassan Ali Soomro
Operations & Technology Manager
Leads day-to-day operations, programme coordination, and technology systems including website development, digital platforms, data management, and operational workflows.
Dr. Shahneela
Clinical Advisor & Mental Wellbeing Lead
Medical doctor providing professional guidance on mental wellbeing, emotional resilience, and community health. Ensures evidence-based, culturally appropriate approaches across all programmes.
Dr. Aqsa
Lead Psychologist & Youth Wellbeing Specialist
Leads psychological wellbeing programmes, resilience training, and peer-support approaches. Supports programme design, participant support, and impact measurement for youth-centred interventions.
Ms. Inaya
Youth Engagement & Community Partnerships Lead
Leads youth outreach, community mobilization, and stakeholder engagement. Coordinates volunteer programmes, awareness campaigns, and partnership development across universities and communities.
Our Strength
Together, the Thrive360 Pakistan founding team brings expertise in entrepreneurship, psychology, medicine, youth engagement, technology, and international development. This multidisciplinary approach enables us to design holistic, evidence-informed solutions that strengthen youth mental wellbeing while creating pathways for leadership, entrepreneurship, and sustainable livelihoods.
Partner With Us
We welcome collaboration with universities, mental health professionals, entrepreneurs, development organizations, researchers, donors, volunteers, and youth leaders who share our vision of building resilient, hopeful, and economically empowered young people.