ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2023
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. 44,000+ student leaders from 3,300+ campuses across 170+ nations applied to join the Class of 2023. 260+ campuses worldwide (just 9%) in 38 countries were selected to host 4,000+ Millennium Fellows for the Class of 2023.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT MARIA RAHMAN MOMO, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2023.
North South University | Dhaka, Bangladesh | Advancing SDG 4 & UNAI 3
Millennium Fellowship Project: The Breaktime Student Athletes
Thousands of children in Dhaka city have been ripped off of their youth and given the undue responsibility of the breadwinner in their families. These children belong to underprivileged, often destitute families suffering from extreme poverty. With no education or source of entertainment, these children have leaned towards drug abuse as a coping mechanism for hunger, depression, and pain while their lives spiral around ruthless struggle in search of a living.
Through The Breaktime Student Athletes project, we aim to organize charity sports tournaments for many such children, creating for them a regular source of entertainment and sustainable fund streams that will sponsor their education. Partnering up with organizations not limited to NGO schools, Sports and Technology brands, Public Figures/Influencers, Entertainment Facilities, Sports Communities, MFS and Banking services, and the NSU Administration, we aim to utilize NSU's 27000+ student body to organize sporting events that can range from physical sports (Soccer, Cricket, Picnic games etc.) or E-Sports (Combat and Action Games, Virtual Sports, Racing, etc.). Our key goal is to ensure that our target beneficiaries and participants can all enjoy the sporting activities together, and that these activities can surmount to meaningful outcomes that have a lasting impact, i.e. empower the underserved youth with education and entertainment.
About the Millennium Fellow
Maria Rahman Momo is a second year student at North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh; pursuing an undergraduate degree in business administration. Maria harbours an ambition to ensure equity through ethical practices in her community. Along with her team, she aims to provide an athletic and educational platform for disadvantaged children in her community through their initiative, 'The Breaktime Student Athletes'. She earnestly believes that this will expand the children's athletic abilities and ensure their right to a sportive childhood. The Millennium Fellowship is the perfect opportunity that will aid her towards a successful completion of the project and its goals.
