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 AGATHA WANJIKU MWANGI, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Amref International University | Nairobi, Kenya | Advancing SDG 3, SDG 4 & UNAI 6
" I am passionate about our communities and the importance of sensitizing them on accessing quality healthcare including Sexual and Reproductive Health services. Being a Millennium Fellow brings an opportunity for me to grow, get mentorship and guidance on what I can do better. I am also looking forward to networking with other fellows around the world, share insights, share initiatives that have worked and what did not work, improve on current structures and learn new ways that will bring great progress to the communities I serve. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: NCDS & ME
NCDs & Me is a youth-led initiative focusing on raising awareness, fostering behavior change, and building community action around
non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among young people in communities. During the Millennium Fellowship, *NCDs & Me* reached **49+ youth** through workshops, school sessions, and wellness events, trained a small team of peer educators, and launched relatable digital NCD awareness content. Creative approaches like skating and art-based events worked extremely well in attracting youth and reducing stigma around issues like obesity and mental health. Partnerships with teachers, CHWs, and youth groups strengthened engagement, while personal storytelling boosted online reach. However, inconsistent attendance, limited funding, and the need for tighter scheduling and follow-up affected the scale of activities. Overall, the project met its core goals on awareness, youth engagement, and content creation, while highlighting the need for better structure and resources to scale impact further.
About the Millennium Fellow
Agatha Wanjiku Mwangi is a self driven, motivated, eager to learn and smart. She grew up with the goal of being a medical personnel, to help people understand their ailments and support them through to recovery. She studied at Kenya Medical Training College for her diploma in Clinical Medicine and Surgery and thereafter a bachelor's degree in Community Health Practice. The training has enabled her work with organizations that prioritize the marginalized and underserved communities in delivering essential medical services as well as support in times of humanitarian crisis. She has also participated in community sensitization and delivery of sexual and reproductive health services.
Her goal is to ensure that the underserved communities understands importance of quality healthcare and self care at home. To understand when they should stay home and manage symptoms and when it's urgent to get medical attention.
