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 NEEMA MURUGI KITONGA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Brandeis University | Massachusetts, United States | Advancing SDG 10 & UNAI 8
" My mother instilled that one should give back to the community that once gave to them. I have always been driven by giving back to my community through whatever career path I choose to take. This opportunity as a Millennium Fellow is allowing me to use my resource of a good education to give back by establishing free classes to communities that are often overlooked and do not have access. I am also excited to meet other like-minded students and form relationships and collaborations in the future. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: The Right to Remain Mobile
Our objective is to help Brandeis students, faculty, and staff with disabilities or conditions that affect their mobility access to any area on campus, they must be able to. This project focuses on increasing mobile accessibility on campus by advocating for the improvement of infrastructure essential for mobility, such as automatic doors, elevators, lifts, ramps, and crosswalks. To ensure that Waltham residents also reap these benefits, we will reach out to city legislators to make a positive difference in the lives of pedestrians and people with disabilities. Furthermore, we wish to launch an educational campaign to increase public awareness of the challenges faced by members of the disabled community on and around campus.
About the Millennium Fellow
Neema Kitonga is a junior International and Global Studies major at Brandeis University in Massachusetts, USA. Raised in Nairobi, Kenya, she witnessed firsthand the intricacies of corruption in developing countries and how social and legal sectors could be affected by Economics. Minoring in Economics and Legal Studies, she aims to use her project to empower immigrant communities in Waltham, upholding the sustainability goal of quality education for those who, like her, might not have had the same opportunities in their home countries. She plans to pursue a judicial doctorate in International Law after her bachelor's studies.
