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 YARED ABRHA EMBAYE, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Mekelle University | Mekelle, Ethiopia | Advancing SDG 4 & UNAI 3
" Joining the Millennium Fellowship excites me because it connects my local work in Ethiopia with a global network, helping me contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in a meaningful way. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Bright Minds of Tigray
Bright Minds of Tigray is a youth-led initiative dedicated to empowering students affected by the war in Tigray to rebuild their confidence, mental resilience, and academic motivation. Many young people in the region have lost not only educational opportunities but also hope for the future. Our project addresses this by creating safe, supportive spaces where students heal from trauma, connect with mentors, and re-engage with learning. Through mental resilience workshops, peer-led study circles, and mentorship programs, we help youth transform pain into purpose. By fostering emotional recovery and educational empowerment, Bright Minds of Tigray cultivates a generation of change makers ready to rebuild their communities and shape a brighter, more peaceful future for Tigray.
About the Millennium Fellow
Yared Abrha is a software engineering student at Mekelle Institute of Technology, born and raised in Shire Indaslassie, Tigray. From a young age, he found joy in leadership, volunteering, and serving his church community through Sunday school programs. Growing up in an economically challenged environment shaped his determination to use technology as a tool for positive change. Yared is now working on personal projects aimed at solving community problems, and he aspires to contribute his skills toward advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and making a lasting global impact.
