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 PEGGY CHAMUCISA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
University of Zambia Great East Road Campus | Lusaka, Zambia | Advancing SDG 1, SDG 2 & UNAI 9

" I am an ambitious person and I am motivated to help others because of my past experiences and challenges and I am greatly honoured to be part of the Millennium Fellowship and glad to learn from others and also share knowledge and ideas to help better our communities through this fellowship. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: ROOTS of RESILIENCE
Roots of Resilience is a project that focuses on building resilient communities through Agriculture Focused Climate change adaptation, Livelihood security and social healing. The African agricultural system depends on rain-fed agriculture production and due to climate change extreme weather events have led to increased drought that greatly affected agricultural production leading increased poverty and hunger. The project aims to help farmers come up with adaptation strategies using water harvesting methods in the communities, drought resistant crops like cassava and watering crops through the roots to reduce on water loss. This helps vulnerable groups like the elderly and children avoid the effects of food insecurity. Mostly about 80 percent of agricultural activities are done by women but they face challenges and abuse such as lack of land ownership and also mostly in rural households women do most of the farming but the benefits of these agricultural products are enjoyed by men or their husbands who do little or no agricultural work.
About the Millennium Fellow
Peggy Chamucisa is a bright, brilliant and ambitious Development studies and international relations student at the university of Zambia. Growing up she has always loved helping others however she could but it was never enough, she is interested Agriculture development and in helping communities overcome the challenges of food insecurity. now that she is a student at the University of Zambia studying development studies and international relations and has gained knowledge and skills, she aims to not only help improve livelihoods of local people but also wants to make an impact worldwide through the United Nations and other Global platforms.









