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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.

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UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT TIFFANY MARIA UWIMANA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.

Makerere University | Kampala, Uganda | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 3

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" Story telling, advocacy are what fuel passion for impact in society. I do believe that communication is a powerful tool that often gets overlooked and yet this is what shapes and builds perspective- very integral in behavior change communication. Being a Millennium Fellow will give me the ability and platform to strengthen my skill set and collaboratively amplify youth voices and align social impact in communities with the SDGs which I champion. "

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

Tiffany Uwimana is a vibrant, passionate student currently in her fourth year at Makerere University pursuing a Bachelor of Journalism and Communication. For as long as she has lived, she has always wanted to live in a world where change is created. Being cognizant of the fact that we need to be the change that we want to see, she likes to part of change making programs like these. The SDGs provide a blueprint for a creating fairer, healthier, and more resilient communities. Through advocacy, communication and action, she hopes to commit her energy and voice towards advancing these goals and be part of shaping a responsible future.

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