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 YOAL DOMAI DAR, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
University of Nairobi | Nairobi, Kenya | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 9
" My art and my work are driven by systems thinking, innovation, and adaptability. Collaboratively improving these talents will be a benefit of joining the Millenniums Fellowship. My social impact on school and artistic communities will be more measurable thanks to the skills I gained during the Millennium Fellowship and will be more in line with UNAI's guiding principles and the Sustainable Development Goals. By imagining fresh approaches to creativity and learning, I can't wait to improve my anticipatory ability. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Spear of African Peace (SoAP)
Executive Summary
In the internally displaced person’s camp near Malakal town in Central Upper Nile State, South Sudan, a humanitarian worker looks sadly at a photo on his mobile phone. The picture isn’t much to look at – a tattered white rope hanging from the grass-thatched roof of a typical South Sudanese home. The rope was used by a 13-year old boy who hung himself. He felt life has nothing much to offer him. The boy ended his life thinking his parents could no longer support him while in the displacement camp and he felt trapped, helpless. Many refugees in the world represent these traumatic and painful experiences, and yet still very little has been done to resolve it. Spear of Africa Peace is a refugee based project that recognizes art and storytelling as a therapy to help refugees deal with the trauma they faced. The foundation of The Spear of African Peace (SoAP) utilizes the art of storytelling as a catalyst for change through productive discourse. SoaP's main activity is a yearly therapeutic essay contest that not only acts as a soul-mending safe space for sharing the - often traumatic - personal experiences of the East African refugees. Through economic avenues, art and storytelling via online channels, SoAP aims at transforming the livelihood of refugees both in urban and rural settings across the East Africa region.
We foster deep friendship and solidarity with like-minded others from zones of conflict across East Africa. Our essay winners become lifelong members and a highly engaged national community, which exposes them to new opportunities and friendship across borders. Winners are from warring countries who start as awkward finalists. They leave our two days' ceremony as close friends with a mutual resolve to make peace between their peoples.
About the Millennium Fellow
Yoal Domai Dar: He is an elder of ten siblings, a refugee residing in Kenya. He was born and partly raised by subsistence farmers. Currently an undergraduate student of project planning and management at the University of Nairobi, taking great advantage of his course to understand the areas of projects development, with a key interest in social entrepreneurship. He is a team player who is committed to learning, excellence, ethics, and people. He is a natural go-getter, an excellent project manager with a great interest in community development through projects. He live each day with integrity, hard work, altruism, and an incredible quest for social change. He is a cofounder of Gezira Young People Agribusiness Trust Company. He volunteered for the Horn of Africa Youth Network, a Fellow at the Young African Leaders Initiative 2020, Savvy Fellowship 2022, and Youth In Development Fellowship 2022. He is a thoughtful leader, enthusiastic, and purpose driven with a boyhood passion for sport.
