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 DUMISANI MAKUNGWA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
University of Malawi | Lilongwe, Malawi | Advancing SDG 3, SDG 4 & UNAI 6
" Love for people/humanity and passion are what drives my desire to be a change maker and to make an impact tackling atleast one or all the SDGs and being chosen to be a Millennium Fellow will really help a lot as we will be learning leadership skills just to mention a few, that is essential in the dreams that i have, and also we will be interacting with different people from different backgrounds that will help inspire me and provide some poiint of views which i wouldnt have gotten if i were working alone and not a Millennium Fellow "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Mindful Campus Initiative
Our project is a comprehensive student-led project designed to address the critical and growing mental health challenges on campus. History and observation show that students are significantly affected by issues like depression, anxiety, and stress, exacerbated by factors such as academic pressure, poverty, and relationship difficulties (heartbreak). As it stands, we have lost over 5 students to suicide hence the urgent need of this project.
Our multi-faceted approach includes awareness campaigns (seminars, posters), creative expression events (Mind & Mic Open Night), direct peer-to-peer outreach (door-to-door), and the establishment of a sustainable online support platform. Our mission is to create a university environment where mental health is openly discussed, support is readily available, and no student feels alone in their struggle.
We extended our project to secondary school students to spread awareness of mental health and to prepare them for career choices and university life so as to minimize stress in University.
About the Millennium Fellow
Dumisani Makungwa is a goal driven, passionate and ambitious young lady whom at a young age was so curious about how she can help the people around her in any way that she can.
And after learning about the SDGs at school, her ambitions were fueled aiming to make a change in her society and her country at large using the SDGs as a guide.
Dumisani also happens to be an undergrad at the University of Malawi majoring Bsc in Information Systems and currently going in her final year.
