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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 LILIAN JOY ADONGO, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.

University of Nairobi Parklands Campus | Nairobi, Kenya | Advancing SDG 2, SDG 13 & UNAI 9

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" I am honored and incredibly excited to accept my place as a Millennium Fellow. This opportunity aligns perfectly with my commitment to sustainability and social justice. As a Fellow, I am eager to collaborate with a global cohort of leaders to advance the Sustainable Development Goals and the principles of the United Nations Academic Impact. The fellowship provides a vital platform to translate my passion into tangible projects, creating real-world impact and championing the rights of marginalized communities affected by environmental injustice. "

Millennium Fellowship Project: Eco-Cultivate

Eco-cultivate is about educating, empowering and equipping the local community (in my home area and progressively other communities) in the sustainable practices of organic farming, crop rotation and agroforestry. Most of the local communities in Kenya rely on agriculture as a source of their livelihoods. Over time, I have observed that farmers in my community only plant maize during all planting seasons and beans just once in awhile. They have also increasingly used chemical fertilisers and even GMO seeds. The crop yields have also significantly gone down, which is partly due to climate change that has distorted rain patterns. Out of the traditional two planting seasons in a year, only one remains promising. The use of organic manure coupled with crop rotation will help farms regain their lost fertility and thus boosting yields. The practice of seed saving will also be encouraged as it enables the use of indigenous strains of crops which are more resistant to harsh conditions. Eco-cultivate also advocates for agroforestry. It is useful in preventing soil erosion and it also increases natural carbon sinks to lowers carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere.

About the Millennium Fellow

Lilian Joy Adongo, a distinguished final year law student at the University of Nairobi, hails from Busia, Kenya, and resides in Nairobi. Rooted in her lived experiences among marginalized communities, she is deeply committed to social justice and sustainability. She tirelessly advocates for the social rights and well-being of those disproportionately affected by global crises like climate change and environmental injustice. She is dedicated to leveraging her legal expertise to create a more equitable world.

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