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 LARA MOHAMED, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.
Yale University | New Haven, United States | Advancing SDG 3, SDG 10, SDG 1 & UNAI 1

" This fellowship reminds me that leadership is not developed by doing everything on my own, but rather through collaboration. Changing the world is not easy and projects that seem simple take months to plan. This fellowship provides me with a unique opportunity to receive valuable feedback from my classmates regarding my ideas. I am very excited to see firsthand the difference I am making through my project. Additionally, with 11,000 alumni, the Millennium Fellowship opens up lifelong opportunities to connect with global changemakers and leaders. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Nubians for Tomorrow
Nubians-Egyptians used to live near the Nile River and were farmers. However, in the 1960s, the Egyptian government displaced over 50,000 Nubians from their homes to build the Aswan Dam. Finding themselves jobless, many Nubian men moved to Cairo or abroad to find jobs, while their wives stayed to raise their children. The lack of a present father figure in Nubian childrens’ lives has caused many teenagers to use drugs. While this is a big problem in the community, it is not being addressed by the government since Nubians are a minority group. Through my project, I researched the types of drugs most commonly used in the community. Then, I created flyers and presentations that explained the health risks of utilizing those drugs. Next, through my connections, I contacted middle schools in one Nubian village to share my materials with their students. While my content didn't prevent people who are already utilizing drugs to stop utilizing them, it helped prevent young teenagers from using drugs in the first place.
About the Millennium Fellow
Lara Mohamed is a sophomore at Yale double majoring in economics and history on the pre-law track. At Yale, Lara is the president of the Yale Arab Student Association, a Peer-Liaison for the Afro-American Cultural Center, and a Residential College Selection Committee Member. In her freshman year at Yale, Lara served as the Assistant Secretary General of Branding and played an instrumental role in bringing over 2,000 students from 45 countries to the Yale Model UN conference. Lara is always working on creating a global impact. She is particularly interested in supporting indigenous populations worldwide and helping displaced individuals.


