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 BLESSED MOYO, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Ashoka University | Haryana, India | Advancing SDG 4, SDG 10 & UNAI 8
" "Resilience and a deep commitment to equity drive my passion for advancing access to quality education. Being a part of the Millennium Fellowship will allow me to amplify the impact of the RISE project, collaborating with like-minded peers to design innovative, community-centered solutions. The skills and networks I gain will make my work in the Doma Community more sustainable, measurable, and aligned with the UNAI principles and SDGs. I am excited to broaden my capacity to transform educational access for children in underprivileged and remote areas." "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Rural Initiative for Students Empowerment (RISE)
Bridging the gap between urban and rural students based on access to basic academic necessities in Zimbabwe. The project through its various connections links potential donors towards bettering the quality of education for rural children with the students in severe need of assistance. The bridges the gap by ensuring that rural students, through donations can now afford basic things like stationery and school uniforms
About the Millennium Fellow
Blessed Moyo is a hardworking and ambitious first-generation college student. He is a Zimbabwean citizen currently in his final year of a BA Honours in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics at Ashoka University in India. As a first-generation university student, Blessed is highly passionate about advancing access to quality education for all children, especially those from underprivileged backgrounds and living in remote areas. As such, in January 2022, he founded the Rural Initiative for Student Empowerment (RISE) project, which has been supporting students in the Doma Community to access quality education. Having been selected as a Millennium Fellow for the class of 2025, Blessed will use the opportunity and resources to further his passion.
