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 UGWU CHARITY CHINONSO, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka Campus | Awka, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 4 & UNAI 2
" “What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
The Millennium Fellowship will undoubtedly be extremely beneficial to me, thus, I wish to participate. Having access to top-notch training, broadening my research interests, creating strong contacts, and gaining recognition from others are all made possible by membership.
The skill aquired from the Millennium Fellowship will boost my social impact among the youth in alignment with SDGs.
Furthermore, being a member of this esteemed group will give me the opportunity to join the global network of change-makers who are working tirelessly to improve the world. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: State of Mental Health Of Youth
INTRODUCTION
My name is Ugwu Charity Chinonso, a 3rd year Pharmacy student from the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria.
My project is on Youth Mental Health, where I talked on creating mental health awareness among youths.
MY PROJECT DESCRIPTION
My project is in line with Sustainable Development Goal 3, which is Good Health and Well-being.
My goal for this project is to reach out to a minimum of 100 young people, educate them on the state of their mental health and empower them to appropriately manage issues such as mental stress and depression, in accordance to this year's theme -"Making Mental Health a Global priority".
In the course of my project execution, I was able to use skills learned from the fellowship with which I was able to make maximum impact.
Using the leadership skills gained from the fellowship, I was able to setup a community of young people, hire an exceptional speaker, and successfully supervise the meeting sessions.
Furthermore, I was able to get feedback from my target audience, which as I learnt from the fellowship, encouraged audience engagement and involvement, and, as well make me better equipped to understand where I stand in my performance and what I can do to improve.
Over 125 people attended the webinar, with 60% actively participating and 17% providing feedback. Due to the fact that school was not in session, just six students attended the seminar. Nonetheless, it was an intriguing session, and the presentation received great feedback from the audience.
Lastly, understanding I was working with youths helped me to design my project in such a way that would accomodate the peculiarities known among youths while also achieving my objective. This also would be my advice to other fellows, that they should always try to align their objectives with their target audience in mind.
Thank you Millennium Fellowship for this opportunity once again.
About the Millennium Fellow
Ugwu Charity Chinonso, is a 3rd-year Pharmacy student at Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra State. She is bilingual, a volunteer and a young researcher.
She is a volunteer at the Community Health Awareness Network (CHANET), an organization which supports her beliefs in equality in global health among non-informed and underserved groups. They provide basic amenities with drugs and counselling inclusive.
She believes so much in attaining greatness irrespective of any condition she may see herself.
She has an interest in Mental health advocacy and hopes to equip the youths with specialized knowledge about their health and well-being.
