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 OVIE JEWEL OGHENERUONA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
Delta State University | Abraka , Nigeria | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 6
" I believe so many children from poor, underdeveloped regions like mine are like diamonds in the rough. With better access to healthcare, education and other basic amenities, they can shine and illuminate their communities, bringing further development. So, I am passionate about providing equal opportunities to every child out there and bridging the gaps amongst various social strata.
I am excited to be a Millennium Fellow because I'll get to learn and build much needed skills and strategies to reach these goals. I'm also excited that I'll get to meet various individuals from all over the world who share same or similar passion and I can't wait to hear the stories they have to tell. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Project H.I.F.A.-Delta
The project was borne out of the identification of poor health seeking habit as one of the major contributors to poor outcomes at the Delta State University Teaching Hospital, Oghara. This is as a result of low income with resultant self-medication as a cheaper alternative. The consequence of this is late presentation with poor prognosis. Having identified the primary issue, a group of medical students, currently undergoing clinical training at the teaching hospital, willing to change this narrative, birthed this project and applied through the United Nations Academic Impact – Millennium Campus Fellowship.
we realize that in the midst of abundance of health insurance schemes, the enlightenment about being covered is not widespread. Project HIFA-Delta targets indigenes of Delta State Nigeria to have as much individuals as possible registered under this scheme. the scheme offers free healthcare to pregnant women and children under 5 years of age. the relevance of this project is to get other individuals not captured in the above-mentioned groups, through enlightenment and where available, insurance premium subsidization, to become beneficiaries of the scheme. this is a step in actualizing the UCH 2030 where health is recognized as a basic right.
About the Millennium Fellow
Ovie Jewel Ogheneruona is a creative, funny and hardworking medical student from Nigeria. An avid reader from a family of 5, he has always been interested in issues such as women and children's rights, better healthcare for all individuals regardless of their social class or background, eradication of modern day slavery or human trafficking and conflict resolution.
Throughout secondary school and in his 4 years of University, Jewel has been involved in multiple community enlightenment programs aimed at sensitising the general populace on the aforementioned issues. These have yielded positive response and he plans to build further on this progress on a much larger scale. He believes there's much work to done to reach the United Nations' SDGs and that with a bigger platform and more training, he can make much greater impact.
