ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2022
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. Over 31,000 young leaders on 2,400+ campuses across 140+ nations applied to join the Class of 2022. 200+ campuses worldwide (just 8%) were selected to host the 3,000+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT VIDOUSHI PURGAUS, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW AND CAMPUS DIRECTOR FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
University of Mauritius | Reduit, Mauritius | Advancing SDG 14 & UNAI 9
" Being a Millennium Fellow will provide me with an opportunity to give back to my community and concretize my dream of preserving the fauna and flora of my country. This project will hone my team-building, leadership, and communication skills. In this view, the experience that I gain from this project will aid me in my future endeavors in the field of environmental and human rights advocacy. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Zilo
"Zilo" is a project reuniting scarce resources to maximise awareness on water resources and their value. Water being an essential element and Mauritius being surrounded by water, the millennium fellows of the University of Mauritius will be organising simple activities to promote the SDG 14 such as cleanups of water bodies, reducing marine pollution, raising awareness on the importance of mangroves, among others.
About the Millennium Fellow
Vidoushi Purgaus is a resilient and hardworking law student at the University of Mauritius. She was born on the island of Mauritius. Despite having never left her island, she grew up disconnected from the Mauritian identity with French being her mother tongue. It is against this growing trend of cultural alienation that she wants to fight back by promoting youth engagement and activism. She is passionate about making sure that the voice of the voiceless is heard. She has grown up used to always being on the receiving end and now that she has achieved stability in her life, she wants to give back to this same community that supported her through the welfare system. Vidoushi seeks to be fully engaged in human rights advocacy be it on a professional or personal level.
