ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2022
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. Over 31,000 young leaders on 2,400+ campuses across 140+ nations applied to join the Class of 2022. 200+ campuses worldwide (just 8%) were selected to host the 3,000+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT MODILIM KENECHUKWU DAVE, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
Afe Babalola University | Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 3
" "Being a Millennium Fellow gives me the opportunity to interact with so many great minds, learn skills and be exposed to so many ideas in making a world a better place." "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Go With The Flow
"Go With The Flow" is a project aimed at educating the girl child on how to have good and proper menstrual hygiene, how to care for herself during her menstruation, and correcting the prevalent misconceptions surrounding a girl's menstrual period.
A 2015 survey, conducted by UNICEF ( United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) titled "An Assessment of Menstrual Hygiene Management in Secondary Schools" showed that, school girls in Nigeria face many challenges that affect their ability to manage their menstruation in a hygienic and dignified manner. Some of the challenges they face include fear, anxiety, confusion and misconceptions about menstruation.
This project aims to provide sufficient and accurate information on menstruation and menstrual hygiene alongside, promoting a hygienic and dignified approach of managing menstruation as well as ccorrecting the myths and false misconceptions regarding menstrual health.
About the Millennium Fellow
Modilim Kenechukwu Dave is young aspiring Physician. He was born in Kano State, Nigeria and currently studying medicine at Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti. He is very interested in providing solutions to the problems facing his immediate environment and to the society at large. He is happy to meet people who are full of ideas and solutions on how to solve the many challenges facing society.
