ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2023
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. 44,000+ student leaders from 3,300+ campuses across 170+ nations applied to join the Class of 2023. 260+ campuses worldwide (just 9%) in 38 countries were selected to host 4,000+ Millennium Fellows for the Class of 2023.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT MAHIAT SHAN, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2023.
North South University | Dhaka, Bangladesh | Advancing SDG 4 & UNAI 3
Millennium Fellowship Project: The Breaktime Student Athletes
Thousands of children in Dhaka city have been ripped off of their youth and given the undue responsibility of the breadwinner in their families. These children belong to underprivileged, often destitute families suffering from extreme poverty. With no education or source of entertainment, these children have leaned towards drug abuse as a coping mechanism for hunger, depression, and pain while their lives spiral around ruthless struggle in search of a living.
Through The Breaktime Student Athletes project, we aim to organize charity sports tournaments for many such children, creating for them a regular source of entertainment and sustainable fund streams that will sponsor their education. Partnering up with organizations not limited to NGO schools, Sports and Technology brands, Public Figures/Influencers, Entertainment Facilities, Sports Communities, MFS and Banking services, and the NSU Administration, we aim to utilize NSU's 27000+ student body to organize sporting events that can range from physical sports (Soccer, Cricket, Picnic games etc.) or E-Sports (Combat and Action Games, Virtual Sports, Racing, etc.). Our key goal is to ensure that our target beneficiaries and participants can all enjoy the sporting activities together, and that these activities can surmount to meaningful outcomes that have a lasting impact, i.e. empower the underserved youth with education and entertainment.
About the Millennium Fellow
Mahiat Shan is a Business undergrad and athlete hailing from North South University, Bangladesh. Although a promising athlete, Mahiat’s surroundings always disapproved of his passion because of Bangladesh’s poor Sports Infrastructure. But Mahiat wasn't ready to give up and worked hard to leverage his education to find opportunities in developed countries. Poised to carry Bangladesh's flag as a Student Athlete in the US, Mahiat's near-successful journey met an unfortunate fate when he had to give up due to COVID-19. His failures had derailed him, but thanks to his education, Mahiat was able to steer his career to a meaningful direction. Now, Mahiat runs Breaktime Foundation, a non-profit youth development initiative. His project, “The Breaktime Student Athletes”, aims to empower underprivileged children with access to education and entertainment, and he wishes to help them achieve their potential. He believes that the Millennium Fellowship can equip his team with the resources to increase access to education for the underprivileged. His ultimate goal is to develop Bangladesh’s Sports Infrastructure.
