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 ODILE UWIMBABAZI, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture | Gashora, Rwanda | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 9
" "Problem solving and leadership skills are the driving force of my project, I am thrilled to be a Millennium Fellow because I will be able to develop the aforementioned skills, which will provide a foundation for me to realize my project which share the same goal as one of the UN's: protecting the environment from climate change, brought on by pesticide toxicity. The Millennium Fellowship will also enable me to learn and work with others whom we share the same desire to save the world." "
Millennium Fellowship Project: FIXER Organic Farming
FIXER will help farmers involved in organic farming by providing extension services, also fixer will contribute to the awareness of organic farming to the Rwandan citizens as well as the global at lagre. Fixer will make money by selling their own organic products to consumers and organic inputs to farmers.
About the Millennium Fellow
Odile Uwimbabazi is young passionate environmentalist studying at the Rwanda Institute of Conservation Agriculture. She was born in Rwanda and still resides there. Odile decided to study conservation agriculture to achieve her goals of protecting the environment, specifically from pesticide toxicity. She will be able to realize her dreams with the help of her leadership abilities, the promotion of productive behaviors, and event planning. Odile strives to be a part of the environmental protection movement by advocating for and encouraging farmers to practice organic farming for environmental sustainability.
