ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2023
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. 44,000+ student leaders from 3,300+ campuses across 170+ nations applied to join the Class of 2023. 260+ campuses worldwide (just 9%) in 38 countries were selected to host 4,000+ Millennium Fellows for the Class of 2023.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT VANESSA NGWI FONGWA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2023.
Gulu University | Gulu, Uganda | Advancing SDG 1 & UNAI 2 | Emerging Technologist
Millennium Fellowship Project: Rescue The Girl Child
Improper education of the girl-child and women characterize low self-esteem, lack of
confidence, insecurity and national development. The reasons for girl-child and women
education as well as empowerment for sustainable health and development is aimed to
be investigated. Critical issues in girl-child education such as access to education, drop
out from school by female child and quality of education experience endanger
the girl-child or women. Educating and empowering of female children and women coupled with proffered solutions such as
building of good mentoring as. well as networking groups, sponsorships and proper
training would also improve emotional, economic, mental, physical, political, religion and
social experiences. Thus, yielding a healthy nation, high quality leadership, reduced rate
of dependence and increased nation’s work force for sustainable development.
Rescue The Girl Child project seeks to empower teenage girls and women in
Gulu City and schools within the city through learning, development actions and
engaging them through various skills programs that will engage, empower and
transform them to be bold for positive change.
About the Millennium Fellow
FONGWA Vanessa Ngwi is a student entrepreneur who is passionate about fashion and the environment. Her passion for fashion motivated her to start her own business called PAPYLON. Papylon is a clothing brand devoted to producing high quality outfits for people of all social classes while reducing the environmental footprints. As the founder of Papylon, she has gained skills in communication, managing and leading teams. Vanessa hopes to one day become one of the forerunners when it comes to environmental conservation.
