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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 TERESA ATIENO, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW AND CAMPUS DIRECTOR FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.

Machakos University | Machakos, Kenya | Advancing SDG 7, SDG 11, SDG 13 & UNAI 9

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" Millennium Fellowship program will give me a platform to present my project which can impact billions of lives and also meet with likely minded individuals who together we can assist each other evolutionize the world to a better place. "

Millennium Fellowship Project: Waste Management And Environmental Control

The sun can power thousands of planets similar to Earth at once with its energy output. However, over 70% of Africans live without access to sustainable, affordable, clean energy. This is not unique to Kenya. We must fully utilize solar energy, a naturally occurring and clean energy resource that is free and accessible all year long. which calls for the development of new and renewable energy sources, there is still an excessive reliance on fossil fuels and hydropower. This study aims to bridge the gap between the region's excessive solar energy supply and its energy poverty by making inexpensive energy available to even the average homeowner. In this project, a design is put forth for constructing low-cost solar photovoltaic cells that are integrated into roofing sheets. Also, this concept takes the use of perovskites, an element with exceptional qualities that may be utilized to create solar cells and is generally accessible. Many studies have discussed the higher levels of efficiency that perovskites have over solar cells made of silicon. Perovskites are worth trying despite some of the drawbacks they have so far, like their shorter lifespans than silicon-based solar cells. Perovskite structural testing and more research can help stabilize the element and lengthen its lifetime. Yet, as of right now, producing clean, reasonably priced, and sustainable energy is still worth considering. This project involves coating roofing sheets with photovoltaic solar cells made of perovskite, which will be used to generate electricity. If these solar cells are successfully deployed, homes will produce more energy than they need. Similar to factories and industries, these sheets may be installed and allow for the production of more affordable, clean electricity than is desired. Users may easily and even more affordably install solar cells because they are coated onto the surface of the roofing sheets. These panels are not installed separately since the solar panel also serves as the roof in this case. The successful utilization of this resource on a big scale can help to enhance our economy while also improving our environment and population health.

About the Millennium Fellow

Teresa Atieno is a ambitous, determined and reliable Civil engineering student, who has always been passionate about creating sustainable cities and community and one way she believed this could happen is through production of clean energy.
Teresa has always believed that green house gases is something that can be managed and controlled by humans as we are the once who produce them.
This drive translated its self when she begun her research on clean energy and found a way she can assist minimize the emmision of pollutant gases.
Teresa aspires to be a professional Civil engineer where she can use her skills and knowledge to better minimize and prevent emmision of pollutant gases and provise her own contributions in the development of the United Nations Sustainable goals.

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