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 ALEINA MISHRA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
Nepal Law Campus | Kathmandu, Nepal | Advancing SDG 16 & UNAI 6
" Be a good human being, a warm hearted, affectionate person. That is my fundamental belief. I belive people exist to serve humanity. And thorugh my skils, knowldge I will always continue to leave an impact in the society. Being a part of Millennium Fellowship will enhance my knowledge futher welcoming views and ideas of other as well. I am excited to increase my creativity by allingning with other young minds. Thats what a leader do, work collectively with their members. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Kanooni Bodh
"Kanooni Bodh", loosely translating into "knowledge or understanding (bodh) of the law (kanoon)", is a project on which the cohort worked collectively.
Through this project, we aimed to equip laypersons with legal knowledge that is useful in daily life by assessing their specific needs in collaboration with local governmental bodies.
Since 2016, the Nepalese government has given local bodies the power to settle disputes through mediation. The Local Judicial Committee, in particular, has this ability. For this project, we will be working with the Judicial Committee of Sunkoshi Village to assess the needs of residents, and design awareness and training sessions accordingly.
The project primarily focused on two actors- the Judicial Committee and the residents. Firstly, since the local committees are constituted by elected representatives who are not necessarily legal experts, we conducted training and informative sessions about relevant legal matters.
Secondly, we identified prevalent legal issues submitted for mediation with the committee's help, and designed awareness sessions for residents to nip the bud of legal disputes. We looked into issues of marriage and divorce, property, special needs, land encroachment, and domestic violence.
We furthered legal accessibility in the region using a need-based approach through in-person awareness programs and disseminating legal information through brochures. The project's impact was measured by observing the difference between the Judicial Committee and the residents' approach to relevant legal issues before and after the project.
The objective of the collaboration with local personnel is to provide continuity to the project even after the fellowship ends.
About the Millennium Fellow
Aleina Mishra is an ethusiastic learner, creative and an honest student at Tribhuwan University. She was born in Dang, Nepal and currently studying law in Nepal Law Campus situated at Kathmandu, Nepal. She awlays has been care taker of others . She worries about other feelings, conditions and situations. Always head up to help others. She believes that good leader is that who listens to everyone and address their problems. Throught out her high school years she has particiapted in various social events. She is even a member of Rotaract family and contiouning her social work throught that. She wants to support every women in her country in one or another way. She wants them, a healthy life and quality life as they deserv. So through her law knowlede she wants to further elaboarate her contributions to women health and their good quality of life.
