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 ASHIQUL ISLAM, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
University of Rajshahi | Rajshahi, Bangladesh | Advancing SDG 3, SDG 5, SDG 6, SDG 11, SDG 13 & UNAI 3
" Here’s a short and polished quote you could use:
“I am excited to be a Millennium Fellow because it gives me the platform to turn my ideas into action and collaborate with like-minded changemakers. I do this work because I believe small initiatives rooted in empathy can create lasting impact in communities.” "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Educare for Equal Green Peace
Education is the foundation of sustainable development. Still, marginalized and rural communities face many barriers in accessing quality learning because of poverty, climate risks, gender discrimination, and social inequality.
This project addresses SDG 4 Quality Education while also linking with SDG 3 Health, SDG 5 Gender Equality, SDG 6 Water and Sanitation, SDG 12 Responsible Consumption, SDG 13 Climate Action, SDG 15 Life on Land, and SDG 16 Peace and Justice.
It promotes a holistic approach to green education, combining formal schooling with community-based and non-formal education. This makes sure sustainability is practiced in daily life, includes indigenous knowledge and local traditions, and empowers learners to live responsibly. By connecting curriculum, teaching, school practices, and community involvement, the project builds both knowledge and values, helping young people develop leadership, resilience, and social responsibility.
About the Millennium Fellow
I am Ashiqul Islam. A student of Rajshahi University, Bangladesh. My major is Mass Communication and Journalism. I am a Reporter of the national newspaper named daily Ettefaq. Wrote, edited, and published around 150+ reports on university-related issues on education and research, Politics, innovation. Three day long Boot camp on Qualitative Data Collection. Where I learn Theoretical and practical Data collection technique and method Such as FGD, IDI, KII, Case Study.
Hygiene Education Reaches Out (HERO) – Project Lead
July 2025 – January 2026
Led a six-month pilot project promoting hygiene and health awareness among rural elementary school students and their families.
My role included developing and designing messages for communication materials such as brochures and posters. Community outreach.
Distributed WASH materials to students and ~1,000 families to strengthen basic health literacy.
Media Coverage: “HERO launched to promote child health education in rural areas” — The Daily Sun, Dhaka (July 27, 2025). ‘HERO’ launched to promote child health education in rural areas (2025, July 27) The Daily Sun, Dhaka, https://www.daily-sun.com/post/816264
• Community Understanding of Research Evidence (CURE)
An ongoing digital health communication initiative that translates published health research into accessible, accurate information for the general public. The project creates evidence-based content in Bangla through strategic social media campaigns and engaging infographics to address misinformation and misperceptions, aimed at reducing health knowledge gaps and promoting evidence-based health behaviors across Bangladesh communities. Current campaign focuses on antibiotic awareness, addressing pharmacy practices and prescription compliance to combat antibiotic resistance.
