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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.

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UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT ZARIF MAHDIR RAHMAN, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2023.

North South University | Dhaka, Bangladesh | Advancing SDG 4 & UNAI 3

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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

Zarif Mahdir Rahman is a sophomore at North South University dual majoring in Finance and Economics. During his childhood, Zarif's parents struggled a lot in meeting his needs and managing educational expenses, and recreation in his childhood for which he often had to sacrifice one thing to attain the other. By the grace of the Almighty, they are solvent now. Whenever he sees any kid not getting enough privileges, it takes him back to those dark times of his past. He does not want anyone to go through his situation. That's why he has always wanted to help underprivileged children get proper facilities for education and sports for their mental and physical development. Through the Breaktime Student Athletes project, Zarif has gotten the opportunity to help those who have faced similar struggles, and he believes the Millennium Fellowship will help him amplify his Impact.

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