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ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2025

United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. This year, 60,000+ young leaders applied to join the Class of 2025 on 7,000+ campuses across 170 nations. 290+ campuses worldwide (less than 5%) were selected to host the 4,500+ Millennium Fellows.

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UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT URBANA SABA ZAMAN, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.

Bangladesh University of Professionals | Dhaka, Bangladesh | Advancing SDG 6, SDG 3 & UNAI 9

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" I am excited to be a Millennium Fellow because it provides a unique opportunity to collaborate with committed change makers, exchange ideas, and develop effective solutions to tackle environmental challenges. My motivation stems from a keen passion to fight climate change, promote renewable energy, and develop climate resilience in communities. This fellowship will allow me to further develop my leadership potential, expand my knowledge, and embrace innovative, inclusive solutions that create sustainable positive change for individuals and the world. I see it as a watershed moment in translating my vision of sustainability into practical action. "

Millennium Fellowship Project: Eco Sip

Rain water management project to ensure safe water The safe water crisis has become a major problem in Mirpur, Mohammadpur and ECB (Vashantake) of Dhaka. Many people, especially poor families, slum residents, children and the elderly are getting healthy every day due to lack of pure water. I have taken a project to solve this problem, whose main goal is rain waterCollect it safely. The main aspect of my project is to harvesting rain water, that is, to collect rain water and purify. We want people from these areas to hold the water on the roof of their homes in simple system and refine that water using the fitter. Fitcker is an affordable and readily available way, in which waterHelpful to remove dirt and germs from. As part of this project, we will workshop in the community, make people aware of why rain water conservation is essential, how to purify it, and the rules for using it. Especially in schools, mosques and local community centers, I will be involved in this system. With this project we want to ensure health protection, reduce water pollution and build a sustainable and affordable water source.

About the Millennium Fellow

Urbana Saba Zaman is a third-year undergraduate student in Bangladesh University of Professionals Department of Environmental Science. She is presently active with the United Nations Youth and Students Association of Bangladesh (UNYSAB) and Youth Policy Forum (YPF), involved in projects concerning environmental sustainability and global warming. Her subjects of study interests are Remote Sensing and GIS, and Biogeochemistry, which reflect her research-minded bent of mind. She lives in Bangladesh and committed to raising ecological awareness and applying scientific approaches to tackle critical ecological challenges.

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