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 ELIJAH NKHWAZI, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
University of Malawi | Lilongwe, Malawi | Advancing SDG 13, SDG 15 & UNAI 9

" Resilience, passion and creativity are my values that have made me to be here. Hence am so excited to be excited as this Fellowship is going to strengthen and build me with more skills which will shape my leadership skills and knowledge. I literally like doing my efforts as its my passion to show the world that youths involvement in sustainable development goals is so relevant hence this Fellowship will be a platform to exercise my dreams. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: The Green Legacy Project
The green legacy restoring forest , restoring life project responds to pressing challenges aligned with SDG 13 (Climate Action) and SDG 15 (Life on Land). We have noticed increasing deforestation, depletion of dams, and rising hot temperatures, which have led to serious effects such as climate change and the loss of nature. To address these threats, we propose a community-driven approach that focuses on tree planting initiatives, awareness campaigns, and civic education. These actions will not only help restore damaged ecosystems but also empower communities to adopt sustainable practices, protect biodiversity, and contribute to climate resilience.
About the Millennium Fellow
Elijah Nkhwazi is a brilliant, young student from university of Malawi (UNIMA). He is pursuing theology and he is in his final year. Since secondary school, it's been his passion to advocate children and women rights, gender equality, environmental sustainability and other matters contributing to the sustainable development goals. As far as leadership concerns, Elijah served as a vice chair of the student Christian organization (CCAPSO) at secondary school. When he came to university, he continued with the dedication to the organization and in his second year he was appointed to serve as vice publicity secretary, in third year appointed as a vice treasurer and he is serving as a campus focal point of a non-profit organization called Youths environmental conservation initiative previously known as Friends of Nature Network. On his campus, he has a group of young passionate students whom he leads to achieve environmental goals.










