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 AKELLO JOYCE, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2023.
Makerere University | Kampala, Uganda | Advancing SDG 4 & UNAI 5
Millennium Fellowship Project: Inclusive Refugee Education
The project Inclusive Refugee Education targets Refugee students who are facing difficulties in accessing quality education. We are working towards addressing the obstacles that limit them from joining higher institutions of learning. By the end of this project we hope to have significantly contributed to the increased number of refugee students joining higher institutions of learning.
About the Millennium Fellow
Akello Joyce is a final year student of Journalism and Communication at Makerere University. She is passionate about using Journalism and Media to advocate for Inclusive Refugee Education. Through peer-to-peer engagements,she is helping Refugee Girls to embrace educational programs in Schools. With notably high rate of school dropouts among refugee girls,she hopes to address this problem through advocacy,solutions Journalism and engaging necessary stakeholders and Policy Makers. She hopes to push for this agenda even after she graduates from Journalism school.
