ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2022
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. Over 31,000 young leaders on 2,400+ campuses across 140+ nations applied to join the Class of 2022. 200+ campuses worldwide (just 8%) were selected to host the 3,000+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT NYIMA TENZIN, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
Ashoka University | Sonipat, India | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 3
" " Any successful project would require immense planning, detailed execution, proper guidance, and lots of positive support. It would require essential life skills, cultivation of core values, and honing your leadership skills. With these supports provided by the Fellowship, we can create helpful projects with clearer goals and directions and bigger impacts. As a person passionate about making a difference in my community, I am excited for the challenges, the learning, and all the fun experiences during this Fellowship which would become my guidebook for future work. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Project Kay-mo (སྐྱེས་མོ།)
Project Kay-mo is where we bring together everything about Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) and its related themes. While there has been a commendable rise in discussion on women's reproductive and menstrual health, its connection to PCOS and the topic of PCOS itself has often remained backstage, oblivious to many. Recognizing the gap in the awareness of this extremely common hormonal disorder in the Tibetan community, Project སྐྱེས་མོ (Kay-mo) aims to bridge the gap through this page where we connect with PCOS experts and health experts to bring a platform to encourage the discussion and awareness on PCOS.
The Project aims to introduce young Tibetan menstruators located in urban settings to medically accurate menstrual health management practices, including lifestyle, mental health, and nutrition. Based on the philosophies of radical collective care, this project will bring together a circle of young menstruators to connect with their body and with each other, to go beyond seeing menstruation as merely a bodily phenomenon. It aims to facilitate conversations with a medical practitioner, mental health professional, and yoga instructor to offer options for holistic menstrual health management practices to the cohort.
About the Millennium Fellow
Nyima Tenzin is a young Tibetan refugee woman born and brought up in India. She is majoring in biology and minoring in environmental science at Ashoka University with an interest in ecology and conservation science. Since her childhood, she has been passionately working toward environmental awareness and protection and encouraging sustainable practices. Throughout her high school, she has organized and participated in many volunteering projects that aimed at providing social services, education, and health awareness. Her project for the Millennium Fellowship was inspired by her background as a Tibetan refugee woman who believes in uplifting and empowering one's marginalized community by creating a positive space and awareness about women's health.
