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 STEPHEN MAELE, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
University of Malawi | Lilongwe, Malawi | Advancing SDG 3, SDG 4 & UNAI 6
" Advocacy being the center for change, i am thrilled to be part of the Millennium Fellowship class of 2025 in order to showcase my skills and to learn new skills on how best youths can take part in advocacy and promotion of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The skills gained from this years Millennium Fellowship will help me in taking SDGs on a next step where youths, both male and females will realise their role in the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals. "
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
Stephen Maele is a simple, young and creative Political science student at the University of Malawi. He was born in Blantyre the commercial hub of Malawi, in the family of four children. He resides in Blantyre, but currently studying in Zomba (University of Malawi Campus) the first capital City of Malawi before Lilongwe. For as he remember, Stephen has always been passionate in promoting social justice, mental health, climate change mitigation, good governance, public policy and overall development that is youth inclusive which are the core drivers in the Sustainable Development Agendas. This made him to choose to study Political science at the University of Malawi in order to have full experience and knowledge in the promotion and advocacy of these. In the three years of stay at University Campus Stephen has been engaged in activities organized by different clubs and societies that aim at promoting this issues. This made him to be one of the youths in Malawi that seek at promoting Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that aim promoting this issues without leaving anyone behind.
