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 RASHIDA AHMED, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Green University of Bangladesh | Purbachal American City, Bangladesh | Advancing SDG 10, SDG 10 & UNAI 8
" I'm excited to be a Millennium Fellow because it will help me grow as a leader and connect with others who are also working to make the world better. From a young age, I felt a deep responsibly to help roadside children, I saw struggling around me. I do this work because I believed every child deserves love, care, education, and dignity and I want to use my skills as a law student to give them a voice and a chance at a bright future. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Hope Under The Sky
Our project called "Hope Under Sky."
Our goal with this project is to help roadside children, Those who grow up in tough conditions without proper shelter, education or care. We want to give them a sense of hope and belonging, even if they don't have roof over their heads.
Through Hope Under The Sky, we plan to focus on few key things:
1. Basic Needs: Providing food clean cloths, and health support when possible.
2. Education: Setting up small learning groups where volunteers can teach them basic literary and skills.
3. Emotional: Making them feel seen, heard and value. Many of these kids don't have anyone to talk to, and we want them to know they matter.
4. Awareness Events on child rights: We will also arrange events to arise awareness about child rights. These event will help both the children and the community understand the rights every child deserves like the right to education, safety. and a life free from exploitation.
About the Millennium Fellow
Rashida Ahmed was born in Demra, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Form her childhood, she was very kind and caring. She often noticed the little boys and girls living on streets, selling flower, begging, or working instead of going to school. Seeing their struggle made her feel sad, But it also gave her a strong wish to help them. Rashida studied hard became a law student. She chose law because she believed that knowing the rules and rights of the people would help her fight for Justice. She wanted to use her knowledge not only for herself but also for those children who had no one to protect them. Whit her passion and dream. Rashida Ahmed started a project called Hope under the sky. The goal of this project is to help roadside children by given them food, cloths, and chances to study. She also arrange small events to raise awareness so that more people would care about these children. Rashida Ahmed dream of a Bangladesh where every child can go to school,have a safe place to live and follow their dream. She believed that every child deserves love care and respect no matter where they were born.
