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 DONALD OJWANG OKELLO, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology | Nairobi, Kenya | Advancing SDG 5, SDG 10 & UNAI 3
" Creativity and adaptability, fueled by systems thinking, drive my art and work. Being part of the Millennium Fellowship will create a large resource pool convention of intellectual minds to improve my perspective and uplift the ideas of the project I am implementing. The leadership training will also equip me with skills in managing the operation of this project as it is also an intensive and highly involving operation. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: She-Techie Africa
She-Techie Africa is a for-women project by Millennium Fellows: Donald Okello, Brian Githinji, and Charlotte Awino, aiming to engage young women from marginalized communities in order to increase their education and career outcomes. It is an appreciation of the fact that women in third-world countries do not have a level playing field in career and education outcomes in comparison to their male counterparts.
Instead, they are held back by social injustices such as high pregnancy rates, which increase the drop-out rates among school-going girls. During the Millennium Fellowship period between August and December 2020, this project has the objective of carrying out a minimum of three forums where we will use mentorship sessions and skill-
building classes on STEM careers to build a forte for high-school-age girls to engage in conventionally male-dominated industries. It will do this using a combination of round- table discussions, fun team-building activities, and workshops chaired by industry experts.
About the Millennium Fellow
Donald Ojwang Okello is a brilliant, young and agile engineering student at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology in Kenya. He was born in Homa Bay town, Kenya. Donald has been passionate about uplifting and empowering the African girl child to excel in the field of science and innovation. Through his high school years
and currently in his college years, he has successfully organized tech bootcamps and project exhibition fairs; which through his outstanding leadership qualities, plans to continue in the future. Donald looks to be in a professional field where he can accelerate these initiatives further, and provide his own contributions towards the development of the United Nations Sustainable Goals.
