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 RAUFUN NABI, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
University of Dhaka | Dhaka, Bangladesh | Advancing SDG 16, SDG 10 & UNAI 7
" Working with communities others overlook showed me something important. Potential is everywhere. It just needs someone to believe in it. I've seen young people in Bangladesh do amazing things when someone actually supports them. I do this work because I remember when mentors believed in me before I believed in myself. Now I want to be that person for others. Especially for people the world ignores. I want to help them discover what they're good at and reach their potential. Help them see they already have what they need to change their own communities. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Youth Force
We trained youth to use Bangladesh's Right to Information Act as a tool for transparency and fighting corruption. The project used cascade training - we trained core facilitators who then trained others in their communities.
Our goal: Build a network of youth who can demand transparency from government offices and help others do the same.
About the Millennium Fellow
Raufun Nabi is Sr. Executive, Communications & Knowledge Management at Media Mix Communications and Founder & Executive Director of Youth Force: a research and knowledge development organisation empowering grassroots communities through activities and advocacy in disaster management, climate action, youth empowerment, and peacebuilding.
Currently pursuing disaster management studies at University of Dhaka, his seven years of experience deepened while managing the Global Fund for Children's "Addressing Root Causes Against Exploitation" initiative with marginalised Horijon and Bede communities.
Having mobilised 400+ youth and coordinated 30+ organisations, Raufun bridges academic research with grassroots implementation, addressing root causes for sustainable, inclusive community development.
