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 WILLIAM OCHIENG WAMBAI, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
University of Nairobi Parklands Campus | Nairobi, Kenya | Advancing SDG 10 & UNAI 6
" I am passionate about empowering persons with disabilities, especially children because I believe that long time systemic discrimination and societal inequalities have limited their abilities to achieve the life desires and develop their full potential with regards to social, economic and political abilities. I believe that much still needs to be done within our communities to correct this position and place these individuals on a pedestal of advantage through affirmative action and other supportive mechanisms so as to create an equal society where one is not discriminated against based on their physical or mental disabilities. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Bridging the Inequality Gap in Access to Education for PWD Children in line with SDG 10
Empowering school going children living with disabilities in elementary schools in the villages by providing assistive devices through collaboration with volunteers, well-wishers and donors to ensure they have equal access to learning materials and learning centers.
About the Millennium Fellow
William Wambai is a senior Law student at the University of Nairobi, Parklands, Nairobi, Kenya. William has constantly shown his passion for making meaningful impact in the society around him through community mobilization, championing for the rights of persons living with disabilities especially children to ensure they have equal and indiscriminate opportunity to access learning institutions and learning materials. As a born and raised native of Gem, Siaya County, he has focused much of his work in the Western Kenya county that continues to face challenges of inequality, poverty and hunger. He has focused much of his law studies on researching more about the challenges that persons with disabilities and especially children face in the Kenyan society. Vide his project, he hopes to achieve equality and inclusivity for persons living with disabilities to enable them develop to their full potential irrespective of their disabilities. William plans to earn his LL.B degree and later a master's degree in Disabilities Rights Law in addition to being a legal practitioner with emphasis on championing the rights of PWDs in Kenya and the region.
