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 RAHAMA YUSSIF, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW AND CAMPUS DIRECTOR FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology | Kumasi, Ghana | Advancing SDG 4, SDG 5 & UNAI 1
" " Success is indéniable when preparation meets Opportunities ". Rahama is ready to serve her community and being selected to be a Millennium Fellowship is a great Opportunity to develop her leadership skills and gain experience from mentors to work on her incredible project. She is confident her project is going to be a life changing impact on her society with the skills she will be gaining from the Millennium Fellowship "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Stronger Foundations, Assured Futures!
This project focuses on empowering children and youth through mentoring and sharing educational opportunities, particularly in communities with high illiteracy. It aims to motivate school dropouts to return to school, provide career guidance, and teach children aged 5–12 the importance of education. Through mentorship programs, career fairs, kids’ conferences involving parents, and opportunity sharing, the initiative builds strong educational foundations for assured futures, addressing barriers such as lack of motivation, mentorship, and exposure to higher education opportunities.
About the Millennium Fellow
Rahama Yussif is a young girl born into a family of five from the Savannah Region of Ghana. She isn't only passionate about Engineering but also passionate about volunteering and making impacts in her society and beyond. She is so keen on promoting and encouraging Education especially to young girls and youth in rural areas. Evidence of this is volunteering to teach in middle schools during vacations and helping students from low income households apply for national and local scholarships. Her being accepted to being a Millennium Fellow is going to be a great stepping stone to her impact journey and life in general.
