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 TUMISANG SHIRLEY MTHEMBO, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
University of Botswana | Gaborone, Botswana | Advancing SDG 3, SDG 3 & UNAI 6
" "As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest." Being part of the Millennium Fellowship will enhance my knowledge and sharpen my professional skills. It offers a valuable opportunity to contribute meaningfully to societal development, particularly in addressing mental health challenges. I am committed to using this platform to promote awareness, reduce stigma, and advocate for inclusive mental health support within communities. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Mind space
Mind space is a collaboration in mental health wellness and pomotion, encoperating mental health coping strategies particulrly for school going youths in secondary schools, high schools and also colleges, the motivation for this is that in our communities there is an increased incidence of sucide, depression and other mental health issues which are so painfully debilitating that they often lead to death and school dropouts in some cases.
About the Millennium Fellow
My names are Tumisang Shirley Mthembo. I come from a society where mental illness remains heavily stigmatized. The stigma is the silence and shame around it and also not acknowledging the barriers that mental struggles cause. A mental illness friendly world needs conversations. While open discussions are rare and those who speak out are not always directly labeled as weak, there exists a pervasive silence, one that coincides with rising suicide cases, often met with indifference. This troubling disconnect has compelled me to raise awareness and actively advocate for mental health, in hopes of fostering a culture of empathy, understanding, and psychological
