ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2020
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. In the three months the application was open in 2020, 15,159 young leaders applied to join the Class of 2020 on 1,458 campuses across 135 nations. 80 campuses worldwide (just 6%) were selected to host the 1,000+ Millennium Fellows. The Class of 2020 is bold, innovative, and inclusive.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT RITAH ASHABA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2020.
African Leadership University | Kigali, Rwanda | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 3
" I am so glad being a Millennium Fellow because of the impact they have put on student leaders I have met in person some of the Fellow members changing lives. The support they are given by the Millennium Fellowship through training, connecting them to opportunities that have made them feel responsible and understanding what they can do to bring a solution to a social challenge and serving their communities this gives me confidence I will make a change that will contribute to the health and the knowledge of wellbeing in a community that is facing such problem that I want to solve as well with the potential within me to become a great leader "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Girl child and women empowerment
The project seeks to provide increased access to 10,000 vulnerable adolescent girls with comprehensive menstrual hygiene management knowledge and risk awareness of HIV AIDS in schools and out of school girls, As well improving the economic status for the young women between 18 to 34years since there will be training on how to make reusable sanitary towels (pads) that will be sold to open markets generating income
About the Millennium Fellow
Ritah Ashaba, raised in Kabale District, attended her high school at Crested secondary school, Kampala Uganda. During her time in high school, she was so active in Volunteer Work at some orphanage centers in the city and back to her home. All her life, she's more of helpful, supportive, and kind she loves education so much that she won her self a scholarship at African leadership University Rwanda Cumpas where she's currently pursuing a Bachelor's in Global Challenges. She's so excited to make a change in her community and beyond, Ritah is much interested in improving lives through spending her time understanding how people can live a better life through good healthcare and well being.
