ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2018
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. In the three months the application was open in 2018, students applied to join the Class of 2018 on 285 campuses across 57 nations. 30 campuses worldwide (just 11%) were selected to host the 402 Millennium Fellows in the global pilot this year.
The Class of 2018 is bold, innovative, and inclusive. During the Millennium Fellowship, Millennium Fellows' dedicated 48,785 hours and their 214 unique projects positively impacted the lives of 393,449 people worldwide.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT AYEBILLA AVOKA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2018.
Ashesi University | Accra, Ghana | Advancing SDG 4, UNAI 3 & UNAI 4
" I am excited to be part of a network of like-minded young people all over the world who are making deliberate efforts to make the world a better place for all. I consider this an opportunity to learn and better prepare myself to serve the world. I believe that, people are suffering in Africa because of a leadership crisis and it is important for me as a young person who is determined to see a new Africa and new world prepare myself for such an important task. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Mentors Network
The Mentors Network project seeks to inspire, motivate, and support students in rural areas to unleash their potentials. We encourage student attendance, social, and academic growth as well as help students find opportunities through direct and indirect mentoring programs. By recruiting mentors from Ashesi University, they hope to enrich the education experience of the project’s mentees.
About the Millennium Fellow
Ayebilla Avoka is a rising junior and a MasterCard scholar at Ashesi University, Ghana, West Africa. He studies Computer Engineering and he is interested in children and female empowerment, community advocacy, volunteer works and entrepreneurship. He hopes to make a career from these areas. He is good at mobilizing people for action and considers himself a servant leader. He is a part of the Wikimedia Movement and he loves to educate and encourage participation and contribution to the wiki projects from Africa. He is a beginner in computer programming.
