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 USWA ILYAS, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Bahria University Islamabad | Islamabad, Pakistan | Advancing SDG 10, SDG 3 & UNAI 3
" Passion for public health and equity, fueled by research and advocacy, drives my work. Being a part of the Millennium Fellowship will strengthen my leadership, collaboration, and project design skills. The knowledge and network I gain will help me create sustainable health initiatives aligned with the UNAI principles and SDGs, empowering underserved communities. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Seeds of Change
Seeds of Change is a youth-led initiative that works with marginalized communities, focusing on children between the ages of 5 and 13 years, with a special emphasis on girls. The project empowers these children through climate education and hands-on activities such as climate-related drawings, lectures on climate ethics, ocean awareness, tree plantations, and clean-up drives.
The name Seeds of Change reflects the vision of nurturing young minds today so they can grow into future leaders who follow climate ethics and create long-term positive change in society. Each member of the project contributes their own ideas, making it diverse and innovative—for example, activities related to oceans or other specific climate concerns.The project involves organizing community-driven tree-planting drives and interactive workshops to raise awareness about sustainable practices. It empowers individuals, especially youth, to take small but meaningful actions to protect the environment and create a healthier, greener future for their communities.
The initiative aligns with six Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):
SDG 4 SDG 5 SDG 10 SDG 11 SDG 13
SDG 17 In essence, Seeds of Change equips marginalized children, especially girls, with awareness, skills, and values to become future change-makers for a sustainable and inclusive world.
About the Millennium Fellow
Uswa Ilyas is an aspiring global health leader and dedicated public health student at Bahria University, Islamabad. She is passionate about improving community health and promoting equity through research, education, and innovative programs. She has gained practical experience through her internship in a hospital quality department, enhancing her understanding of health systems and patient care. Her work focuses on tackling pressing issues such as nutrition, academic performance,health equity and climate-related health challenges. Uswa envisions contributing to impactful policies and initiatives that advance the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and create healthier, more resilient communities worldwide.
