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 SIABONA KAZEMBE , A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
University of Zambia Great East Road Campus | Lusaka, Zambia | Advancing SDG 10, SDG 16 & UNAI 3
" Empowering the marginalized and amplifying the unheard is not just a duty, but a privileged. As a Millennium Fellow, I am excited to be part of a global community that shares my passion for driving social change and fostering a more just and equitable world for the benefit of us all. I appreciate the opportunity for my views and passion will be fulfilled by advocating for the unheard cries and voices out there. This is a great opportunity to also enhance the projects that I have been working on with regards to social justice and refugees rights "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Unity Empowerment Project
This project focuses on the violation of the freedom from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in Zambia, with particular attention to refugees and their mental health. The target audience includes the general public and law enforcement. As part of the project, I visited the Makeni refugee camp in Lusaka, Zambia, where many refugees, including LGBTI refugees who fled Uganda due to harsh laws such as the death penalty, are held. I engaged in meaningful discussions with them, which revealed widespread mental health challenges and depression. Due to limited financial resources and the long distance, I was unable to continue engaging with them as much as planned.
About the Millennium Fellow
Siabona Kazembe is a law student with a passion for advocacy and human rights. Born in Solwezi, and he currently resides in Lusaka, pursuing his studies at the University of Zambia. With a global outlook and a commitment to social justice, Siabona is particularly dedicated to championing the rights of minority groups in society. His academic pursuits and experiences have instilled in him a desire to make a meaningful impact, both locally and internationally, and he continues to strive for a world where equality and justice prevail. For he believes everyone is equal and deserves equal treatment by virtue of being human. His lived realities about issues pertaining to discrimination mainly have impacted his passion for social justice on the injustices faced by many of these minority groups, especially women and children.
