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 AYESHA AKTER TUMPA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
University of Chittagong | Chattogram, Bangladesh | Advancing SDG 3, SDG 11 & UNAI 9
" Because the Fellowship emphasis on global challenges ( climate change, poverty,) in
local communities. Also, Millennium Fellows frequently grow more passionate about international relations, social justice, and global health. In this Fellowship, i can learn leadership, team working, coordination as well. That's why i am excited to be a Millennium Fellow. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: E-cycle from Home
This project aims to reduce the indiscriminate throwing, dumping and random open incineration of E-waste. The first step of this is the collection of electrical and electronic wastes from domestic houses. We will list the house in our selected area. Each house will receive a bag made of jute (as Jute is biodegradable) from us to put all the electronic wastes. And, if it is large, we will collect by ourselves to hand them out to the recycler companies. The items that we will collect will be of these categories: major home appliances, small home appliances, computer and telecommunication appliances, lighting devices, electrical and electronic tools and electronic toys, leisure items, etc. We will collect waste every one month from each house. After collection, we will keep the recyclable parts and dump the scrap parts or the items that are not recyclable into specific legal dumping zones as no other technology is available in my country. As for the recyclable parts, we will reach out to local waste recycle companies and hand them over the waste. In Bangladesh, the open incineration of wastes is way too common and it really affects people and the environment, especially the air. By being the medium between the sources of these wastes and recycling companies, we will be able to reduce the soil, water, and air pollution caused by E-waste as well as impacts on human health. And, eventually, it will help in building a sustainable community and city and reduce public health concerns to meet SDG 11 and SDG 3 respectively.
About the Millennium Fellow
Ayesha Akter tumpa is a bright, talented and committed student at University of
Chittagong. She born in the Chittagong, ayesha has always been passionate about
work and she has worked in many organisations and project. Her area of interest is working on environment related issues.According to her, it is everyone's responsibility to protect the environment as a citizen.Her dream is that she will become an environmentalist one day.
