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 HEDDY BRANT AKINYI, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Chuka University | Chuka, Kenya | Advancing SDG 3, SDG 4 & UNAI 9
" Social impact the Millennium Fellowship seems to be talking about having a great impact unto the community, providing community services and generally being able to help the community in various ways l can . The act of practicing good will is what encourages me to be part of the Millennium Fellowship. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: HEALING BEGINS WITH AWARENESS.
Inform people of what mental is to the importance of mental help and effects of not seeking treatment at an early. The project main aim is to prevent the increasing numbers of mental issues by making sure people know what they are dealing with. My main focus is on the teenages and youth because they are the largest population in my country and have the increased of mental health problems.
About the Millennium Fellow
Heddy Brant Akinyi is currently a passionate psychology student , studying at chuka university a university located in Tharaka nithi county one hour drive from Nairobi the capital city on kenya. She is looking fora world where people will not be afraid on talking of their mental health and know that it's okay not to be okay. This passion came to her realization back in high school as she studied in a small school in Kisumu county kenya. It's has been realize that mostly men suffer from this since they are concerned strong,she believes that can change when the community is made aware of what mental health is and how we can prevent it while it's still at the earliest stage.
