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.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT SNEHA S RAGHAVAN, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Christ (Deemed To Be University) Yeshwanthpur Campus | Bengaluru, India | Advancing SDG 4, SDG 5, SDG 10 & UNAI 1
" I believe in dignity, health and opportunity should never be privileges, they are fundamental human rights. My journey has shown me that true change begin with empathy and standing alongside those whose voices are often unheard. Through health camps for migrant workers and safe learning spaces for their children, I have witnessed how a small, consistent action can ripple into lasting impact. This is not just an opportunity to lead it is an opportunity to learn, to grow and to unite with others who share the same vision. It is a chance to create a world where no potential is wasted and no life is invisible. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Healthier Workers, Safer Tomorrow
In the heart of every city, tall buildings and large infrastructure stand as a symbol of progress. Yet behind this growth are millions of invisible hands, construction workers who work day and night in hazardous conditions often without access to basic healthcare or support. India, home to over 1.4 billion people has one of the largest construction workforces and forms the backbone of our country. Many suffer in silence often ignoring illness, injury or exhaustion because seeking medical help in today's world means losing a daily wage. This project focused on supporting the physcial and emotional well being of migrant construction workers and their children living in challenging site conditions. Through interactive sessions, on site engagement and a hygiene donation drive we delivered practical education on hygiene practices, gender respect and personal boundries, emotional awareness as well as stress management. The project also involved coorindating with an NGO Sampark who connected us to the community we served. A hygiene collection drive was initated and is ongoing with plans to expand distribution as resources increase. During early planning we noticed the following challenges:
1. Migrant workers ensure long hours, low wages and stress with little access to healthcare. 2. Families live in temporary shelters with poor sanitation and inadequate water supply
3. Both adults and children have minimal exposure to hygiene or emotional education 4. Many of the workers and unaware of the health care benefits they have The objectives of this project was to teahc practical hygiene habits to workers and children, introduce basic gender respect and shared household responsibility. We wanted to build emotional vocabulary and coping strategies for children and provide stress awareness tool for the workers. We plan to establish a continuing model for community engagement beyond the Fellowship period.
About the Millennium Fellow
The true measure of growth is not in what we achieve alone but in what we empower others to become. Sneha S Raghavan is a psychology student at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), is deeply committed to creating a compassionate and sustainable world. Her initiatives ranging from eco-friendly drives to language support for migrant children and health camps for marginalised workers reflect a strong belief in autonomy, equity, empathy and community well being. Striving to blend research with action, Sneha bridges mental health advocacy and social change. Her passion lies in building communities where dignity, opportunity and psychological well being are not privileges but universal rights.
