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 NAFISA MOSADDEK, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW AND CAMPUS DIRECTOR FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
Bangladesh University of Professionals | Dhaka, Bangladesh | Advancing SDG 4 & UNAI 3
" I firmly believe that education should not be regarded as a privilege for a selected few, but rather as a fundamental right for all individuals, regardless of their class, gender, race, and so on. The Millennium Fellowship will allow me to collaborate with people who share my beliefs and goals, those who wish to have a positive impact on society and contribute to societal concerns. Therefore, I will be one step closer to achieving my goal of having an equitable and discrimination-free world. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: En Masse: Build & Thrive with Path to Quality Education
The project "Path to Quality Education," developed by Nafisa Mosaddek, focuses on children from low-income homes, such as those who live in slums or on the streets and have no other access to education. In Bangladesh, child labor is a big issue since children are frequently forced to work at a young age to support their family. This exemplifies the polar opposite social circumstances. Consequently, this project attempts to teach underprivileged children the alphabet and numbers so that they can at least read and write, and if sufficient resources are provided, it will be expanded into a fully functional school for them.
The project "Build & Thrive," founded by Ferdous Ara Swarna, focuses on creating a centralized donation facility for the general public, particularly by corporate personnel and university students, where they will be exposed to various projects where they can help improve the lives of disadvantaged individuals. The project will also include planning for the development of a website where people will be able to view various charity causes, such as clothing, nutrition supply, and other scopes, with a plan to highlight stories of different underdeveloped places through website blogs that would conclude with a call to action. Donors will be reassured that their gifts are actively assisting individuals by the website's transparent updates on donations and their effects. This cause will require the assistance of worldwide donors such as OxFam, Uniaid, and other established organizations.
For greatest effectiveness, these two projects have engaged into a partnership. In order to attract possible sponsors, " Build and Thrive " highlighted and promoted the former initiative in this collaborative effort. The former project, "Path to Quality Education," has been granted financial and other benefits via the centralized donation system of " Build and Thrive "
About the Millennium Fellow
Nafisa Mosaddek is a student of the environmental science department at Bangladesh University of Professionals in Dhaka, Bangladesh and is currently on her junior year. She is passionate about creating a society without economic class segregation, poverty, gender discrimination, and racism, as well as transforming the world into a greener, more sustainable one. Nafisa has substantial experience in charitable work, humanitarian projects, and volunteerism, with a particular focus on SDG Goals 1, 4, 11, and 13 in a variety of non-governmental national and international organizations. Aside from her academics, she has now begun her journey as a researcher in the field of environmental science. Through her project, she wishes to make education more accessible to as many individuals as possible. After obtaining her bachelor's degree, Nafisa intends to pursue a master's and a PhD degree in Environmental studies and work as a researcher in this field.
