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 ANGELINE MWENDE MBANDI, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
University of Nairobi KNH Campus | Nairobi, Kenya | Advancing SDG 1, SDG 2 & UNAI 3
" I believe that making impact is not a one man's job and especially not one without a diverse of mindset influence.
Being in Millennium Fellowship will give me just that; diverse influence and challenge of the mindset I now bare,which is a prerequisite for making impact, "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Nisikie Global
The Nisikie project is for the burdened in society. Nisikie is a kiswahili word,the verb here being 'Sikia', which means to hear.Sothe word nisikie can mean two things. 1. Hear me, ie. Hear me as I speak 2. Let me hear ie speak and let me hear. So,basically, the NISIKIE project will allow people to be heard and hear others at the same time. So how will these happen? NISIKIE project will typically involves telling stories on times in our lives when we were very broken,what we did that we regret,how we made it out and the lessons we learnt;so that we can be heard and others can hear us. The phases of the project include: 1. Creation of social media platforms(instagram,tiktok,youtube)and publicity of the project 2. . Tackling topics.Here we get to tackle different topics or address different categories of burdens in the society during which people get to send their experiences of the same.We will also address ways to tacke such burdens.For this,we hope to liaise with an expert ie Psychiatrist. 3. Raising funds for.us to give back to the community,even as we carry on with tackling different topics.
About the Millennium Fellow
Angeline Mbandi is a 20 year old girl from Kenya who values a lot of aspects in life:her family,friends,pursuits but most importantly her faith.
She is the first of three girls.Born and raised in Nairobi,Kenya's capital and right now she's pursuing the medical degree in the University of Nairobi.
Her observative and empathetic nature with desire to make impact made her realise that more than anything ,tied to mental health,humanity is in need for hope! Through capturing stories of people who overcame various hurdles in life,she hopes to to contribute in bettering mental health and be give hope,hope for living!
