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 GIFT NYAKUTIRA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW AND CAMPUS DIRECTOR FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.
University of Zimbabwe | Harare, Zimbabwe | Advancing SDG 3, SDG 11, SDG 4, SDG 16, SDG 17 & UNAI 9

" “The Millennium Fellowship aligns well with my passion for driving positive social and environmental change. I'm thrilled to be amongst a group of like-minded Fellows, where we can pool our skills and resources to tackle some of the world's pressing challenges. Being a Millennium Fellow as well as a Campus Director, I have the opportunity to grow a valuable network, receive mentorship and elevate my leadership. My aim is to emerge as an impactful leader equipped with the mindset, skill-set, and network to contribute to the UN SDGs." "
Millennium Fellowship Project: NuePath International Recovery Network (NIRN)
NuePath International Recovery Network (NIRN) is a project driving Community Recovery from Drug and Substance Abuse and Addiction, addressing UN SDG 3 Target 3.5. Founded by Gift Nyakutira, a Millennium Fellow, NIRN is a non-profit, community-based Initiative with a bold vision: To create an empowered global Network that champions Recovery from Addiction, Mental Health issues, Social Disconnection, while proactively fighting Drug and Substance abuse, and engaging all sectors of society. The goal is to realize addiction and drug-abuse-free communities (Institutions, universities, Schools, Organizations, Villages, Societies, Gatherings, Events, e.t.c.) through a multisectoral approach and drive SDG goals especially, 3, 11 and 17. APPROACH
NuePath will use available minimum resources to raise awareness, educate, engage as well as prevent drug abuse, especially among the youth but not excluding other age groups. We will make use of social media, seminars, community outreaches, competitions, entertainment as well as drug abuse-themed storytelling and essay writing together with testimonial speech contests where former drug addicts and drug abuse victims consent to share their experiences in a competition. We believe that recovery starts with awareness and education. Our mission is to engage communities, particularly the youth, in meaningful discussions about drug abuse prevention while driving the Zimbabwe Multisectoral Drug and Substance Abuse Plan (2024-2030).
NuePath as an international network embraces a multi-sectoral approach against drug and substance abuse and promotes recovery from addiction. We want to see rehabilitation services, guidance and Counselling services, and support networks established in the community.
About the Millennium Fellow
Gift Nyakutira is a highly organized Student Medical Laboratory Scientist at the University of Zimbabwe. Born and raised in Mutoko rural (Zimbabwe), his academic journey has been marked by consistent excellence. Surely, ability met passion in him! Not only is Gift academically gifted, he is also a globally competitive student with strong leadership and communication skills. He is the Founder and CEO of NuePath International Recovery Network (NIRN), a gold standard initiative in community recovery from Drug and Substance Abuse and Addiction addressing UN-SDG 3 Target 3.5.
He aspires to lead in the field of Public Health, Research, and Business.





