Twelve undergraduate students were among an international cohort of student leaders awarded Millennium fellowships to manage real-world projects that help advance UN SDGs.

They were selected from 31,000 applicants worldwide for the semester-long leadership development programme coordinated by the Millennium Campus Network (MCN) and the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI). Just over 3,000 Millennium Fellows were chosen on 200 university campuses in 37 nations.

The UWI Millennium Fellows worked on “The Upliftment Project”, tutoring and providing mentorship to underprivileged children in Kingston, Jamaica, with the goal of increasing young Jamaicans’ access to education, information, and opportunities essential for their holistic development.

The undergraduate leaders also received training, connections and credentials as they took action to advance the 17 UN SDGs and 10 UNAI Principles.