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 ABIGAIL TLAMELO MMOSHE, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.
University of Botswana | Gaborone, Botswana | Advancing SDG 3, SDG 5, SDG 13 & UNAI 2
" We rise by lifting others thus being a millennium fellow is a great opportunity for me to gain skills that i need to be able to impact positively on my community, empower them and also become empowered so that together we accelerate towards being a developed nation. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: ASPIRE TO INSPIRE
Growing up,i have always needed or wished for someone to applaude me and acknowledge that i am in the right path. Someone to help me in holding my head up high and not succumb to peer pressure. Also looking at the high statistics of HIV/AIDS amongst young girls in Botswana, i came up with the ASPIRE TO INSPIRE to spread abstinence education to show adolescents its possible to lead a life free of sexual indulgences and offer mentorship,guidance and support. Comprehensive sexual education has been taught but it seems to be planting the idea in the minds of teenage girls that its a must to and implement all they learn which is a misconception this initiative intends to correct. It will be a cheerleader to those who choose to abstain that they are not missing out,slow or stupid. It also speaks to the issues of self identity, confidence and esteem because majority of adolescents are battling with those as a result of childhood traumas and they become vulnerable. For example children from single parent families are vulnerable to defilement because they yearn for motherly or fatherly affection risking HIV contraction from those elderly people.The programme also include mental health support.
About the Millennium Fellow
Abigail Mmoshe is young lady from the Southern of Botswana who is currently pursuing her bachelor's degree in Social Work at the university of Botswana. She is passionate about mental health advocacy , social justice youth empowerment and community development . From a young she has demonstrated leadership potential by obtaining in the student representative bodies and clubs. She is very ambitious and dreams of society where all people are able to exercise their potential to its full capacity to become the best version of themselves. She shares the same sentiments with the United Nations of achieving nations that are free from poverty sustainable livelihoods for all. She is also committed to volunteerism. On her free time she likes going to church with her family and outings for fun activities, playing chess,singing and reading fictional books.
