ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2025
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. This year, 60,000+ young leaders applied to join the Class of 2025 on 7,000+ campuses across 170 nations. 290+ campuses worldwide (less than 5%) were selected to host the 4,500+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT NYAYATH LUAL DENG CHOL, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW AND CAMPUS DIRECTOR FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
African Leadership University Rwanda | Kigali, Rwanda | Advancing SDG 3, SDG 5, SDG 3, SDG 9, SDG 13 & UNAI 9
" I am excited to be a Millennium Fellow because it allows me to turn my experiences and passion for helping vulnerable communities into meaningful action, using innovation and leadership to create lasting impact for women, children, and refugees. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: EmpowerHealth Africa Initiative
EmpowerHealth Africa is a visionary concept developed during the Millennium Fellowship. It is not yet a funded organization, but a future-oriented idea aimed at transforming healthcare access for women, girls, and children in refugee settlements and rural communities across Africa beginning with South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, and Rwanda.
The idea is rooted in real-life experiences of observing the struggles of pregnant women, young mothers, and vulnerable children in areas with extremely limited healthcare. Long travel distances, lack of trained staff, unsafe delivery environments, and preventable deaths inspired the development of this future initiative.
About the Millennium Fellow
Nyayath Lual Deng Chol is a passionate South Sudanese-born software engineering student dedicated to leveraging technology to improve healthcare for pregnant women, vulnerable children, and refugee communities. Growing up in a refugee settlement in Uganda, she witnessed firsthand the struggles women face in accessing essential services, inspiring her mission to create innovative, technology-driven solutions. Nyayath is also committed to empowering girls through education in technology, leadership, and self-growth, with long-term goals of building healthcare centers and fostering sustainable development in rural South Sudan.
