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 DEFENCE MONGINA MORARA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Moi University | Eldoret, Kenya | Advancing SDG 10, SDG 12, SDG 17 & UNAI 3
" Being part of the Millennium Fellowship provides an opportunity to engage towards creating impact in my community.
I am excited to share and actualize ideas with my peers as we work on various projects with the aim of promoting the attainment of Sustainable development goals. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: The Spacer project
The Spacer Project aims to provide patients from low-income backgrounds with COPD affordable, home-made spacers to improve the efficacy of disease management. The project primarily serves patients from economically disadvantaged communities.
So far, the project has produced and supplied 240 home-made spacers to Webuye Clinic, with a goal of reaching 500 by December 2025. All spacers were distributed free of charge to patients. In addition, a workshop was conducted at Tumaini Innovation Center to educate youth on COPD and the production, use, and cleaning of home-made spacers. Educational materials were also produced and shared with healthcare providers at events such as the FAMSA 2025 Conference and the York University Conference, aligning with the project’s goal of raising awareness and building knowledge around COPD management.
About the Millennium Fellow
Defence Morara is a motivated and dedicated medical student at Moi University, Kenya, born and raised in Kisii. Passionate about global health, she is committed to advancing Sustainable Development Goal 3—Good Health and Well-Being. Her focus areas are neurology and pediatric health, where she envisions a world with better healthcare access and opportunities for individuals living with neurological conditions such as autism . She envisions a more inclusive and equitable society and believes that change begins with both compassion and action.
