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 FATMA HASSAN AWADHAN, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW AND CAMPUS DIRECTOR FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
University of Nairobi Parklands Campus | Nairobi, Kenya | Advancing SDG 13, SDG 6, SDG 7, SDG 9, SDG 12, SDG 11, SDG 17, SDG 14, SDG 15, SDG 15: Life on Land & UNAI 8
" The Millennium Fellowship provides a platform where passion meets purpose. As a young leader, I have been driven by the desire to contribute meaningfully to my community through initiatives that empower youth, advance sustainable development and create spaces for accountability and change. The fellowship provides the ideal environment to sharpen these aspirations while learning from a global network of like-minded change makers. Collaborating with peers from across the world means engaging with new ideas, innovative approaches, and lived experiences that challenge me to grow both personally and professionally. The skills that I will gain from the fellowship would also be invaluable, not only for strengthening my initiative but also for shaping me into a leader capable of driving impact at both local and global levels. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: JANI AFRICA
The Jani Africa Project is focused primarily on SDG 13 while integrating SDGs 6, 12, 14, 15 and strengthening progress toward SDGs 9, 11, 16 and 17. The project responds to the escalating effects of climate change such as droughts, floods, food insecurity, ecosystem loss and community displacement by empowering students and institutions to lead practical environmental solutions. Through awareness campaigns, sustainability workshops, campus dialogues, recycling programs, renewable-energy advocacy, and partnerships for climate justice, it builds a generation equipped to act. The initiative inspires youth to engage, educate, restore and champion a sustainable, climate-conscious future.
About the Millennium Fellow
Fatma Awadhan is a bright, young and hardworking individual currently studying law at the University of Nairobi. She draws inspiration and motivation from her environment. For as long as she can remember, she has always been vocal and passionate about issues affecting communities both local and global. She believes in the power of advocacy and the ability to influence action through it. Throughout her high-school years and now in her college years, she has engaged in meaningful conversations and projects that directly address global issues towards the ultimate achievement of the SDGs. These include climate action, climate conversations, philanthropic projects, youth empowerment and matters to do with women’s health and gender equality. Her drive towards social action is commendable as she continues to cultivate these advocacies further hoping to contribute to the development of The United Nation’s Sustainable Goals.
