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ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2024

United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. This year, 52,000+ young leaders applied to join the Class of 2024 on 6,000+ campuses across 170 nations. 280+ campuses worldwide (just 5%) were selected to host the 4,000+ Millennium Fellows.

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UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT OBEDINE FLORE NANGA FOBUZIE, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW AND CAMPUS DIRECTOR FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.

African Leadership University Rwanda | Kigali, Rwanda | Advancing SDG 16, SDG 17 & UNAI 8

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" "To advance as a generation and as a global community, we must learn to live and love one another, transcending the various systems and classifications that seek to divide us. It is essential to cultivate a profound sense of appreciation and compassion for humanity across all regions of the world. Through the Millennium Fellowship, I aim to enhance my leadership skills and spearhead a movement that fosters unity and interconnectedness, recognizing that our actions have a global impact." "

Millennium Fellowship Project: Culture Hub

Culture is a powerful tool. It unifies people but it can also bring division and tension in communities if it is not built on the foundation of empathy and cultural humility. Culture Hub is an initiative that aims to unite people through storytelling and art, fostering an environment that promotes cross-cultural communication, empathy, and cultural humility, and ultimately building and maintaining peaceful societies. At Culture Hub, we want to create a space where the idea of a single story can be challenged. We will use art as a unifying tool and as a means of expression. Whether through music, dance, storytelling, poetry, instruments, or painting, participants are encouraged to share their true authentic stories and the experiences that define and shape them. By listening to each other's stories and empathizing, we will realize how similar we are as humans irrespective of our countries of origin, languages, or ethnicities. Thus, we will build bridges between communities and set the pace for regional integration and sustainable development.

About the Millennium Fellow

Obedine Flore Nanga Fobuzie is a third-year Software Engineering student at the African Leadership University in Kigali, Rwanda. Originally from Cameroon, Flore is passionate about education and the role technology plays in enhancing educational systems. She is also deeply interested in arts and culture, viewing them as unifying tools for people from diverse backgrounds and as powerful means of expression. Flore loves meeting new people, immersing herself in different communities, and is committed to living a purpose-filled life.

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