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 EDITH GATONI, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
University of Malawi | Lilongwe, Malawi | Advancing SDG 3, SDG 4 & UNAI 6

" Being part of a Millennium Fellow is a dream come true. This is because it will help me achieve my plans which I can't on my own. The skills that I gain from Millennium Fellow will make my plans to be taken more serious by many. "
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
Edith Gatoni is a passionate, young and globally Competitive education student at University of Malawi (languages). She was born in Dedza district and resides in Lilongwe, Malawi. She has always been drawn in developing youths and small scale business women by encouraging and helping them with right strategies to make money rather than immoral means like prostituting and gambling. This drive exist because of her background of poverty and her dedication to social change in her community. Edith looks forward to be a professional field where she can cultivate these plans further and provide her own contribution in the development of the United Nations Sustainable goals.












