ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2018
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. In the three months the application was open in 2018, students applied to join the Class of 2018 on 285 campuses across 57 nations. 30 campuses worldwide (just 11%) were selected to host the 402 Millennium Fellows in the global pilot this year.
The Class of 2018 is bold, innovative, and inclusive. During the Millennium Fellowship, Millennium Fellows' dedicated 48,785 hours and their 214 unique projects positively impacted the lives of 393,449 people worldwide.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT SAAD RAZZAQ, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW AND CAMPUS DIRECTOR FOR THE CLASS OF 2018.
Concordia University | Quebec, Canada | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 9
" Having been born in a developing country, with a standard of living unimaginable by some people elsewhere in the world, I am passionate about implementing a global system which ensures equal efficient care and resources to all people. Our generation has the potential to propogate the humanitarian movement established by great leaders of the past and present. We, Millennial Fellows, along with the UNAI and MCN will work towards creating an ideal environmental for everyone by combining our knowledge, ambitions, and experiences. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: MEDLIFE Concordia
This Fall, MEDLIFE Concordia has taken the initiative to raise $5000 in efforts to support children, adolescents, adults, and families who suffer from mental disabilities and raise awareness to destigmatize the vital need for mental health.
The initiative began with "Kick it for MEDLIFE" where students would gather to take part in a soccer tournament but most importantly, be informed of MEDLIFE's cause and outcomes from the event. Secondly, we hosted a fundraiser in the theme of a Thrift Shop, where students can purchase gently used clothing items for which all proceeds would go towards our $5K goal. MEDLIFE Concordia has hosted other fundraisers where students are required to pay an entrance fee and to take part in our events, such as a board-game night and a trivia night. These events allowed students to gather and compete in their favorite board games, and contest each other in a trivia, based on a popular TV-show. MEDLIFE has also conducted minor, yet equally important events. Our MEDtalk, an informative seminar session themed in a TED talk style, provides students with updates on our advancements and allows doctorate speakers to discuss various health topics. Our weekly bake sales allowed students in our campus purchase freshly baked goods in order to generate funds to further aid us in solidifying our $5000 goal. This December, MEDLIFE Concordia will host the last fundraiser of 2018, "A Winter Wonderland". This fundraiser event requires students will pay an entrance fee to attend a masquerade in celebration of the holiday season. With this final event, MEDLIFE Concordia looks toward securing our goal and possibly exceed our expectations in support.
Simultaneously, we have successfully addressed the poverty-stricken community of Montreal, Canada. Through "Food for All", a project driven to provide food for the homeless and hungry, MEDLIFE Concordia partners with volunteering restaurants to support these individuals. MEDLIFE Concordia and its volunteers would assemble food packages comprising of a healthy meal, utensils, water, and when possible, a hearty dessert. As a group, everyone would walk through the downtown streets of downtown Montreal and deliver to the homeless and hungry. Additionally, we would make an effort to spend a few minutes having a conversation with the indigent individuals, hearing of ways we can provide more help, and sometimes give them a few laughs.
About the Millennium Fellow
I am a senior at Concordia University studying in Biology. My commitments to various communities in Montreal include tutoring high school students, nurturing infants and the elderly at various community centers and supporting cancer patients for Hope and Cope at the Jewish General Hospital amongst others. On campus, I am involved in facilitating MEDLIFE Concordia’s mandate, a student chapter of the NPO MEDLIFE, which I am the Co-Founder and standing President of. In addition to my prolonged work experience as the Manager of Supermarché S.A.S, I enjoy exploring new regions of the world, maintaining my athletic hobbies, and discovering new ways to make the world a better place.
