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 BRENDA BAKORU, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Muni University | Arua, Uganda | Advancing SDG 3, SDG 6 & UNAI 3
" I am excited to be a Millennium Fellow because I believe it will improve my skills and ability to work with the community I live in and the world at large. I am passionate about the SDGs, especially education for all, ensuring that all the girls at my age and below my age are in school with less struggles from domestic violence is my priority. So being with the Millennium Fellows will help me connect and understand how other regions are doing it and then do the same for the community around me and the world at large "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Antimicrobial Resistance Sensitization Project (AMRSP)
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Sensitization project aims to empower the community through creating awareness about the causes of AMR, its consequences and prevention as many people completely lack knowledge about AMR and yet its rate of development is accelerated majorly through our actions. The major causes of AMR being misuse( for example sharing leftover drugs, not completing the treatment duration, self medication among others) and overuse of drugs -( maybe due to poor water quality and sanitation, people follow sick consistently, increasing demand for drugs, hence overuse). As a result microorganisms develop resistance to the drugs a phenomenon called AMR.
So this project not only aims at promoting responsible use of antimicrobial drugs through behavioral change but also emphasizes the need for a proper sanitation and good water quality so that we prevent infections that make us rely on drugs.
About the Millennium Fellow
Bakoru Brenda is a born of Oreku village, Yivu sub-county, Maracha district, Uganda, she is a passionate advocate for social change. As a former head girl at St. Mary’s Ediofe girls in Arua, she organized impactful outreach activities addressing religious bias against children and early marriage—issues she personally endured. Currently pursuing a bachelor of science in environment and natural resources at Muni university, she served as vice president in her first year, demonstrating strong leadership and a commitment to empowering communities. One of the outstanding things she has done for the community of muni was planting trees and offering tree seedlings to the community around as West Nile students association and currently this has had an impact on the community and the university at large.
