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 SHINAH NAMUKASA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Makerere University | Kampala, Uganda | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 3

" I am incredibly excited to be a Millennium Fellow because it’s a chance to grow alongside passionate change makers from around the world. This opportunity will help me amplify my impact in promoting literacy and sustainable development, while learning, sharing, and building meaningful connections that last beyond the fellowship. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: MindLyfe MUK College Connect
MindLyfe MUK College Connect is a student led mental health campaign by MindLyfe Makerere Chapter aimed at raising mental health awareness, and advocacy in purposeful living. We engage in mental health talks, counselling students in areas of health relationships and living health lifestyle. Our approach emphasizes sessions in living safely through practicing safe sex, abstaining and regular testing from the University Hospital where its free. As part of our activities, we also encourage students to desist from drug usage and abuse as well as unproductive usage of social media. This has impacted the student community where we have witnessed an increased number of students regularly testing for HIV and drinking responsibly, for the party goers. While the university has a counseling center and other helpful resources, many students are either ignorant of their existence or are simply too adamant to take advantage of these. This project narrows the gap between the Makerere University Counselling Center and general student population, basing on the ideals and principles of community psychology . We work have formed partnerships with other stakeholders such as the student leadership, church communities particularly Catholic and Anglican Communities that help us with the publicity of our advocacy and intervention.
About the Millennium Fellow
Namukasa Shinah is a passionate student from Uganda studying Agricultural Engineering at Makerere University. Beyond her love for science and farming, she’s deeply committed to promoting literacy and helping others access education. Shinah believes that knowledge is a powerful tool for change, and she’s always looking for ways to inspire learning in her community. Her dream is to combine agriculture and education to build a better, more informed future.










