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.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT NAWAL FAGIR, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.
University of Birmingham Dubai | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Advancing SDG 4, SDG 17 & UNAI 4
" I am eager to meet more like-minded individuals on my journey and to be rememebred for having made an undeniable positive impact on my community. My passion is to help others find their voice and to enhance their confidence to ultimately see them stand up for what they believe in and combat crucial world issues. For that reason, quality education, in all its forms, remains one of the most significant SDG goals for me. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Find Your Voice
My Millennium Fellowship project works towards advancing Sustainable Development Goals 4 (Quality Education) and 17 (Partnerships for the Goals). Today, over 260 million children and youth lack access to basic education, and millions more lack the skills to engage in critical conversations.
Through this project, I will be teaching essential communication, public speaking, and debate skills to empower individuals as advocates for change. The goal is to equip people with the tools to confidently stand up for what they believe in, sparking transformative impacts within their communities.
When people gain the skills to communicate effectively, they can challenge injustices and influence policy. By teaching these skills, my project aims to empower a new generation to be heard, create change, and stand unshaken for what they believe in.
About the Millennium Fellow
Nawal Fagir is an undergraduate student in the University of Birmingham, Dubai. She is a passionate leader and the author of the self-help book: ‘The Fear of Judgement’ which discusses the subject of confidence, freedom and stepping into the highest version of yourself. She is also a Tedx speaker, the former MUN Secretary-General at her school and the founder of Nummu Academy, an educational establishment that advocates for incorporating real life skills in all curriculums while mentoring individuals of all backgrounds and ages to become more well-rounded, charismatic and confident. She also is an avid debater and has taken part in countless Model United Nations conferences, winning impressive awards in the process as she brainstormed resolutions, working towards the SDGs and being awarded certificates signed by Sir Ban Ki-moon, the former Secretary-General of the United Nations. One of her biggest missions is to reinvent the school system to make it more impactful for both students and teachers by making lessons more personalized and by incorporating the formal teaching of transferable skills in the classroom.
