ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2019
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. In the three months the application was open in 2019, over 7,000 young leaders applied to join the Class of 2019 on 1,209 campuses across 135 nations. 69 campuses worldwide (just 6%) were selected to host the 805 Millennium Fellows.
During the Millennium Fellowship, Millennium Fellows' dedicated 96,705 hours and their 422 unique projects positively impacted the lives of 564,366 people worldwide.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT ELLEN BARNIE PEPRAH, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2019.
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology | Kumasi, Ghana | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 2
" I am passionate about advocating for healthy reproductive practices because it gives young people, especially girls the chance to be educated, employed, and to live a healthy life.
The Millennium Fellowship will help me explore this passion, hone my leadership skills, meet and work with like-minded people and get to be positively impactful to society.
Let's go, Class of 2019!! "
Millennium Fellowship Project: The Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Advocacy Project
In a culture of silence, where reproductive health issues are discussed in hushed tones, It is imperative that we deliver the right information to ypung people, about their sexual and reproductive health.
The Adolescent sexual and reproductive health advocacy project seeks to give the right information with regards to sexually transmitted diseases, contraceptipn and abstinence to young adolescents.
About the Millennium Fellow
Ellen Peprah is a final year medical student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana where she has served as Vice President of the Medical Students Association.
She's passionate about women's Sexual and Reproductive Health and believes that every woman deserves the opportunity to make reproductive health decisions based on sound knowledge of the options available to her.
