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 GATDOR GAI REAT, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Harvard University | Massachusetts, United States | Advancing SDG 3, SDG 5, SDG 17 & UNAI 3
" I am so excited to collaborate with other ardent change makers and bring my social work to spotlight at Millennium Fellowship. Learning from and sharing ideas with like-minded people will create a highly productive environment, making it easier to advance my social projects. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Kakuma Titans Athletics Club
The Kakuma Titans Athletics Club (KTAC) is a youth-led project that empowers refugee youth in Kakuma through athletics and peacebuilding. By offering structured running training and inclusive community sports events, KTAC promotes physical well-being, social cohesion, and equal opportunities—especially for girls—to help young people grow into confident, resilient leaders.
I recently introduced two weekly virtual and one weekly in-person workshops. For the first time, we have weekly leadership training for athletes, creating an effective leadership team to manage the activities of the club. We also conducted two championships on September 20, 2025, and October 25, 2025, in Kalobayei(an area set up for both refugees and locals in Kakuma). These two events brought roughly 200+ combined refugee athletes.
About the Millennium Fellow
Gatdor Gai Reat is an ambitious, determined and aspiring Computer Science and Economics student and freshman at Harvard College. Gatdor is a young refugee scholar from Kakuma Refugee Camp, leaving his country of origin South Suda following the aftermath of South Sudan 2013 civil war. Gatdor's background as a refugee didn't deter him from dreaming big: he didn't allow circumstances to shape his future, but use education and social action as tools to advance his own progress and help other refugees. From his high school years, Gatdor was a passionate girl child activist for access to quality education and advocated for environmental justice. From working with girl initiatives(Jesuit Refugee Service, Nalena Pads and Windle International) and environmental groups(Kenya Water Ceramic Project), Gatdor wants to help accelerate social change for women and create a safe environment for vulnerable and marginalized communities. Additionally, Gatdor aims to use athletics, specifically running to create opportunities for refugee athletes, founding Kakuma Athletics Jetters, co-founding Kakuma Titans Athletics Club and leading Umoja for Peace Athletic Championship. Gatdor does all these to promote and make the United Nations' Sustainable Goals reality!
