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 ALAZE DAGAL, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
Jos University Teaching Hospital | Jos, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 5 & UNAI 9
" Passion for global change has fuelled my advocacy. Millennium Fellowship comes as a podium for me which will make the stage light be on me, hence making my voice louder. Through Millennium Fellowship , I will get to build more on my knowledge and gain necessary skills to further expand and amplify my voice. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Bend the Trend
The Project, Bend the Trend, was an attempt to address the aggregate of some of the major concerns that affect young people in our community, to wit, poor attitude towards education and learning, gender inequality and gender-based violence, and unwholesome approach to health. The main objective of the Project was to actively engage secondary school students on these issues and, thereby, “bend” the downward “trend” as regards the aforementioned concerns
The Project primarily hinged on SDG 4, Quality Education, as the goal was to restore the eroded value of education in the minds of the students who were reached. For context, in our community and much all over the Nigerian community, there has been a trending slang in Pidgin English, “School Na Scam”, among young people. Loosely translated to proper English, it means Education is worthless” or “Education is overrated”. The Project aimed to disabuse the minds of the students of that notion.
Relatedly, the Project also touched upon SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-being) and SDG 5 (Gender Equality), in order to create awareness amongst the students about the role of education in promoting good health and well-being and combatting gender inequality and gender-based violence.
PROJECT DETAILS
The field of outreach chosen, Government Secondary School, Tudun Wada, is a public community secondary school within the Jos metropolis, in Nigeria. Over 400 students who were the primary target audience were reached. The highlights of the event of the day were workshops and talk sessions which included a talk on the importance of quality education, a talk on wholesomeness of health (physical and mental), a debate on “School Na Scam?”, and a brief talk on gender inequality and gender-based violence, including defense mechanisms in vulnerable situations
About the Millennium Fellow
Alaze Dagal is a purpose driven and globally interested Medical Student at the Jost University Teaching Hospital. Alaze is passionate about making a change in the world. She has been an advocate for global health as an SDG 3 advocate with special interest in Sickle Cell disease. She has taken part and organised a series of Health campaigns in an effort to cause a global health change.
She founded a Sickle Cell Organization; "Love for Smiles" , a non profit organization which seeks to create and improve awareness against Sickle Cell disease in Nigeria and also extend love , care and support to families of and those living with Sickle Cell Anaemia.
