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 MIRACLE AYOMIKUN ADESINA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2018.
University of Ibadan | Ibadan, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 10 & UNAI 6
" I'm excited to become a Millennium Fellow as I see it as an opportunity to positively affect life's. I'm very pleased for this great opportunity. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Disability Advocacy Africa
My project is Disability Advocacy Africa. It's aim is to reduce discrimination against people with disabilities in Africa. This was done through various means
(1) Social media campaign via WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
(2) Research projects on disability issues in Africa
(3) Weekly discuss on disability issues in Africa on the WhatsApp platform. Involved both internal and external facilitators.
(4) Lobbying political leaders on favourable policy for individuals with disabilities in Nigeria
Measurement of impact quite difficult to measure as there's still widespread discrimination against people with disabilities in Africa. However we've tried to help out a lot of people with disabilities. They've opened up and we've discussed solutions.
About the Millennium Fellow
I'm a physical therapy student and also a young researcher. I'm a advocator for disabled individuals in Africa and have a team of about 20 people from Africa and Asia working on our projects.
