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 OKUNOLA DAMILOLA RHODA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2019.
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology | Ogbomosho, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 2
" I am excited to serve as a Millennium Fellow because this opportunity will not only provide me with a platform to function but also a platform to express my passion and desire in saving life and humanity. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Project safe tomorrow
Project Safe Tomorrow is an implementation of what I'd always wanted to do, to save humanity from the crisis of NCDs that may be a major global crisis in years to come through health literacy in order to positively modify the health behavior of these upcoming generation and reduce the increasing rate of NCD
About the Millennium Fellow
Okunola Damilola Rhoda is a 4th year Nurse-in-training of LAUTECH, OSOGBO campus with a keen interest in improving the health status of mothers and Children in underserved communities around Nigeria.
She is a founding member of Future Shakers Initiative, a NGO working to reduce the occurence of harmful health practises like FGM and other acts that violates the rights of the girl child.
Upon completion of her Nursing degree, she hopes to run an advanced degree in maternal and child health nursing as well as engage more in researches so as to influence positively, the practice of maternal and child care.
Through this fellowship, She hope to expand her network to enable her reach her goals.
