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 SAMANTA BINTE TAHER, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
Brac University | Dhaka, Bangladesh | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 6
" "Addressing and accepting, then applying critical and analytical thinking is the best way to resolve any issue. Being part of the Millennium Fellowship will not only allow me the opportunity to incorporate different thoughts and perspectives but will also educate me with the required leadership and collaborative skills, that will guide me to navigate through important social issues as well as SDGs. I’m ecstatic to enhance my competence and communication and envision new ways to learn and recreate." "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Project SHAHAJJO
Mental healthcare in Bangladesh is enormously inadequate owing to a lack of public mental health facilities, scarcity of skilled mental health professionals, insufficient financial resource distribution, and societal stigma. Therefore, Project SHAHAJJO will be working with launching a mental healthcare website providing every mental healthcare need starting from finding the right information to having an appointment with the right doctor and creating overall awareness about mental health. In Bangladesh, only less than 0.11% of the population has access to free essential psychotropic medications. Even the educated masses don’t know the basic difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist. There are medical apps for booking appointments but they're for physical health emergencies. If someone goes through a sudden panic attack or an anxiety attack they don't know how to handle it. Besides, even if anyone wants to take therapy sessions there's not much option due to lack of the right information and not to mention the social stigma. This website will bridge the gap between a doctor and a patient that were constrained by social parameters. Furthermore, most adolescents in Bangladesh have no income and are completely dependent on their families financially. This website will connect them to free therapy sessions and services.
About the Millennium Fellow
Samanta Binte Taher is a young, compassionate, aspiring undergrad student at BRAC University. She was born in Chittagong, brought up close to her roots there, and currently living in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Samanta is doing her Bachelor’s in Computer Science and Engineering. Ever since her childhood, the inherent notion for choosing STEM was to dedicate technology to the betterment of people. Throughout her school and college years, she has been an active advocate of social issues i.e. mental health issues, and gender equality. Having her fair share of first-hand experience with these issues has made her more inclined to address and solve them. Therefore, she aspires to imply her knowledge and skills to eradicate the mental health stigmas and acquire leadership skills to guide the fleet of social change as well as achieve Sustainable Development Goals.
