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 BLESSING CHOLA BWALYA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
University of Zambia Great East Road Campus | Lusaka, Zambia | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 3
" Challenging the status core is my desires. Having to be part of the Millennium Fellowship marks a milestone for me to achieve the intended goals while working with other fellows. I believe in showing up and the Millennium Fellowship is the stage for that. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: THRIVE WITHIN
The ‘ THRIVE WITHIN ‘
The main objective of this project will simply be
bridging the gap between imagination and reality.
This will promote mental health awareness
among individuals,breaking the stigma that
surrounds mental health and enable youths to
free open up with mental health discussions the
project will be highly focused on individuals from
14-25 years old not forgetting students and high
school pupils.
The project is planned to be hosting mental
health workshops and social media campaigns
on mental health with a different approach that
will make it interesting like adding it in form of
games and magnetic activities to grab the
attention of the target audience from 14-25 years
old.
This will cover real life stories events and inviting
professionals to tackle and give an immense
view of what mental health really is.
Support and guidance will be provided by work in
hand with organizations specialized in the
field.This will include guidance and counseling to
help the youths.
The project's goal or outcome is to increase
awareness on mental health through practical
ways,enhancing the connections and networking
with mental health organizations,advocates and
professionals to fully equip people and increase
the level of mental health literacy
About the Millennium Fellow
Blessing Bwalya is a student at the University of Zambia. She is currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in international relations with Development studies. She is in her second year of study and has been actively involved in student leadership. She was born on the copperbelt province of Zambia. Blessing Bwalya is passionate about children's rights, adolescents health and gender equality. She aspires to become the first female president of Zambia.
