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 LUCY MKHWIMBA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
University of Malawi | Lilongwe, Malawi | Advancing SDG 3, SDG 4 & UNAI 6
" Am very excited to be part of the Millennium Fellowship. My passion is going to be fueled even more with the skills i will gain from the Millennium Fellowship through collaborative efforts. Those skill will have great impact on the social impact and in achieving the UN goals on social development "
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
Lucy Mkhwimba is a hard-working and goal oriented young lady. She is a very competitive student, pursuing a bachelor degree of arts in Social and Economic History at the University of Malawi. All her life, Lucy has always had passion about her advocacies for femininity so as to promote women's participation in politics, economic, social and other influential sectors. With this passion she has very much focused on promoting women's social networking and opportunities. Currently she is doing her research project title "Land Inheritance Laws, Practices and Women's Agency in the Patriarchal society" . This project's object is to find out how women support their lives, families and how the survive in the Patriarchal world where land and other resources are mostly controlled by men. Lucy is planning on pursuing this passion in the future, she would love to be in a professional field where she can pursue and fulfill these advocacies even further and provide her own contributions in the development of the United Nation's sustainable goals.
