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 MARY PHIRI, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.
University of Zambia | Lusaka, Zambia | Advancing SDG 3, SDG 1 & UNAI 9
" Communication and problem Solving, ability to analyze and come up with creative
ideas to solve for existing problems in society. Being part of the fellowship will grow
these skills for the benefit of the society at large in line with SDGs. I'm excited to be
part of Millennium Fellowship, this opportunity will allow me to grow the skills within
me by learning new ideas through conversating with different people's experiences. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Sustainable Futures Initiative
Educated the public (youths) about the significance of mental well-being in our daily activities including decision making.
Targeted Munali secondary school and we engaged in an interactive discussion which was a success and lasted for approximately 4-5 hours
About the Millennium Fellow
Mary Phiri is a young passionate lady pursuing a B.A Development studies at the University of Zambia, Great East Road campus . Mary was born and raised in Chongwe
district, Zambia. She was raised in a small village called sheleni village in a family of
three girls by both parents. After completing her secondary education, she tried to
apply at Family legacy as volunteer ( an organization that supports vulnerable
children), because of the passion she has for children, but unfortunately she was not
given the opportunity because they said she was too young at the time. Since then she
has been trying to find an opportunity to share her passion with the world and has
never given up. With the help of the knowledge Mary has acquired in the past three
years of being a student at the University of Zambia, Mary gained more understanding
of and has become more passionate about adding value to the world around her.
