ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2020
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. In the three months the application was open in 2020, 15,159 young leaders applied to join the Class of 2020 on 1,458 campuses across 135 nations. 80 campuses worldwide (just 6%) were selected to host the 1,000+ Millennium Fellows. The Class of 2020 is bold, innovative, and inclusive.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT ISRAEL SMART, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2020.
University of Jos | Jos, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 4
" I am excited because i believe that the Millennium Fellowship will help me take my social impact to the next level through the various trainings that take place. I am positive that it will build a higher level of confidence in me and in conducting a social impact project. It will also build confidence in networking with people from around the world. It will help a lot by improving my partnerships, building my capacity as a leader, building community with peers on campuses and around the world. I also believe that it will give me the opportunity to learn more about what working social impact entails, and hear from people who are in the sector. Lastly I am very certain that it will enable me reach my full potential as a productive, caring and responsible citizen. I believe also that with good health, the world can come back to normal and every other thing will be effective. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Zero Casualty
Zero Casualty project is a project that seeks to improve equity in health, reduce health risk amongst people in the society, promote healthy lifestyle through the various means:
1. Raise awareness of the extent of illness, suffering and death among mothers and children and even men, and its impact on health as well as social development.
2. Increase understanding that solutions exist. Affordable and effective means are known that can prevent death and suffering. The challenge is to deliver a key set of preventive and curative interventions to the mothers and children who need them - to translate knowledge into action.
3. Generate a movement that stimulates collective responsibility and action. Families, community-based groups, professional societies, national governments, and the international community all need to support the delivery of programmes and services to mothers and children, as well as fight for better access to basic health services. Every individual within society has a role to play.
One major way is by carrying out medical outreaches to help those who are really in need. By December 2020 we should reached out to at least 3000+ people through this outreaches and awareness
About the Millennium Fellow
Smart Israel is a young, excellent and exceptional leader passionate about making a positive change in his society and campus. Smart is in his sophomore year in the university of Jos, Nigeria. He loves to read and work on his computer. Growing up as a child, he had always been passionate about the health and well being of the people in his community. That burning desire, pushed him to start seeking for possible solutions on how to tackle common diseases in his society. In 2011, Smart was elected the speaker of his state children's parliament. That afforded him the opportunity to help a lot of children health wise, through his various projects.
One notable project was the END MALARIA PROJECT he carried out where he and his team gave 1000 women and children free malaria test and treatment. Smart is funny and vibrant and is dedicated to helping young leaders achieve their full potential
