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 UMME LAIBA RAHA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
University of Chittagong | Chattogram, Bangladesh | Advancing SDG 11 & UNAI 9
" Millennium Fellowship aims to prepare leaders across the globe to be more engaging, and more efficient in what they are doing through training and giving a platform where they can meet like-minded people-these are the main reasons I want to be a Millennium Fellow. Being a Millennium Fellow will equip me with all the things that are needed to be a social impact leader and work on sustainability issues. "
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 them 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 its 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
Umme Laiba Raha works toward making our community and city sustainable through meeting SDG 11 and SDG 3. And, as a visionary and consistent person, she wants to contribute to the earth's well-being with research and by taking appropriate measures concurrently regarding environmental issues.
