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 SHIBALE ISAAC , A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Kampala International University | Kampala, Uganda | Advancing SDG 6, SDG 4, SDG 17 & UNAI 3
" I'm excited to be a Millennium Fellow because this will help me engage with people, gain experience through learning, skills and improving on my weaknesses in leadership. This will help me grow as a person and in better position to fulfill the SDGs in line with UNAI principles. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: HEALTH and HYGIENE AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
The project will educate children in schools about the importance of maintaining good health and Hygiene focused on teaching practical skills that students can adopt to stay healthy. It will base on participatory health talks with sessions where students shall be engaged on hand washing, or-dental care, menstrual hygiene and preventive measures of diseases especially malaria, cholera, diarrhea, and cough. It will feature learning methods especially peer-to-peer discussions on mental health issues, health skits on adolescent sexual and reproductive health and also providing a safer platform that encourage students to ask questions and experience sharing. School and community cleanup events involving installation of dustbin, hand washing facilities, and promotion of proper waste management culture among the students and the entire community shall be considered. And since such a project needs support and has to be sustained, we shall ensure collaboration and participation of parents and teachers since they spend even more time with these students. According to pilot study, 7 in 10 girls reach menace without menstrual knowledge ; This project will ensure girls gain confidence by learning about menstrual hygiene and management. They will learn personal hygiene and become ambassadors of health in their communities.
About the Millennium Fellow
Isaac is a Ugandan health professional with a Diploma in Clinical Medicine, currently pursuing a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) at Kampala International University. Coming from a humble background in a district prone to seasonal flooding and landslides, he developed a strong passion for improving people’s well-being and protecting the environment. Witnessing the impact of deforestation in his community, poor farming practices, loss of lives due to landslides and destruction of property, he and his elder cousin found an NGO dedicated to reafforestation, environmental conservation, improving people's well being and advancing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
After completing his diploma in 2022, Isaac volunteered for a year at Bududa Hospital, where he experienced firsthand the challenges of Uganda’s health sector, including severe staff shortages, long working hours, long queues of patients, and limited medical resources. Motivated by these challenges, he decided to further his studies to better serve communities, improve health outcomes, and contribute meaningfully to both environmental and public health development.
