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 JOAN PAUL MBUYA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences | Mwanza, Tanzania | Advancing SDG 3, SDG 4 & UNAI 3
" “I am thrilled to be a Millennium Fellow because it gives me the chance to learn, lead, and turn knowledge into meaningful change for my community. I hope to collaborate with diverse change makers, expand my leadership, and translate ideas into tangible, sustainable action.” "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Sanity Surge
Sanity Surge is a project that aims to advocate for mental health awareness. The project is based on the fact that optimism and having the correct knowledge on mental wellbeing is the solution to some common mental health issues. It involves reaching out to different institutions and the public mass in the local area. This includes online and physical events at different times to emphasise the importance of good mental health instead of one-time events that give room for people to forget and incorporate the already existing false information in the society. Sanity surge is more focused on educational institutions as this is where a lot of educated people are. This is because in Tanzania, it is easier for people to listen to educated people thus making the process of spreading mental health information to the whole country a lot more quicker and easier.
About the Millennium Fellow
Joan Paul Mbuya is a medical student at the Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences in Mwanza, Tanzania. Joan believes knowledge achieves its highest value when it serves others, and she approaches challenges as opportunities to create practical solutions for her community. Her work focuses on creating awareness and encouraging more people to take positive action starting with their own current environment. Guided by empathy, critical thinking, and a results-oriented mindset, Joan is eager to contribute her skills, learn from others, and help build a healthier, more equitable, and compassionate world.
