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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.

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UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT ABDIKHEIR AYDRUS SHEIKH, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW AND CAMPUS DIRECTOR FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.

University of Nairobi Main Campus | Nairobi, Kenya | Advancing SDG 1, SDG 3, SDG 5 & UNAI 6

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" Curiosity, empathy and a commitment to justice fuel my work and worldview. The Millennium Fellowship is an opportunity to deepen these values through global collaboration, learning from diverse perspectives and turning ideas into impactful action. I deeply look forward to building skills that inspire change and foster unity across communities and cultures. "

Millennium Fellowship Project: THEIR PATH

Our project mainly focuses on combating period poverty which is one of the major issues facing most adolescent girls in our society where most of the girls opt in using the available materials or even miss some school days during this time of the month. We find that even most of the girls also use marriage as an escape of period poverty where they decide to get married in order to get someone to provide sanitary towels for them. Another issue we will be focusing on is preventing or reducing the number of teenage pregnancies which has been highlighted as an issue not only facing our country Kenya but the globe at large. We will also focus on the issue of safe and consensual sex among our peers. And last but not least we will be focusing on the issue of providing quality education for most of the kids coming from humble backgrounds and cannot access quality education. All these will be achieved through a series of activities, but the major one will basically be through community outreach so as to get to as many people as possible in order to ensure the effectiveness of our project.

About the Millennium Fellow

Abdikheir Aydrus Sheikh is a student at the University of Nairobi,Kenya. Abdikheir is pursuing a degree in International Studies specializing in International Relations, Diplomacy, International Law and Security Studies. He loves and is passionate about the UN Sustainable Development Goals, he has led initiatives on poverty alleviation, education and health. With strong leadership and community engagement, Abdikheir aspires to become a diplomat/activist who advocates for the advancement of global cooperation and sustainable development.

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