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 LAURA DAYI, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2023.
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology | Kumasi, Ghana | Advancing SDG 5 & UNAI 6
Millennium Fellowship Project: The Power in Her Hands Project
This project is aimed at empowering women from all spheres of life. I would like to sensitize women on how beautiful,special and powerful they are. This project would serve as a channel to help those who have been physically and sexually abused, by creating workshops or groups where we come together as girls, women, mothers, sisters and friends to share our personal stories and experiences and in turn moivate and encourage each other.This project will also be aimed at promoting reproductive health in women where we enlighten women on the benefits of reproductive health and in turn reduce the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, avoid unwanted pregnancies and improve pre natal and delivery care. Growing up in Nigeria, reproductive health was something not really talked about and I would love to change that with the help of this project. Routine walks would be carried out where we talk about how to reduce the risks of STIs, benefits of pre natal and post natal care, family planning, rape and even share sanitary pads.The walk would also serve as a means to invite the women to the workshops where they can be heard, where they can have an understanding that we as women aren't only designed for the bedroom or kitchen but for something much more great and also where we can come together and have a sense of belonging. Also,free cervical screening tests(pap smear tests) would be carried out twice a year to detect and possibly reduce the frequency of cervical cancer.Free pads would also be shared routinely.
In summary, a woman is an epitome of strength and power and this project would help me ensure we as women have a sense of self worth, respect and dignity to enable us become the best version of ourselves.
About the Millennium Fellow
Laura Tamunololia Dayi is a medical student at Kwame Nkrumah University of Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. She is from Rivers State, Nigeria. She loves reading articles, watching anime and spending time with her friends and loved ones. She is an entrepreneur hoping to expand her business in the near future. She loves going on health walks and public speaking.
Her project is aimed at empowering women and young girls to be the best version of themselves. She also aims at promoting reproductive health to reduce the spread of sexually transmitted diseases and improve pre natal and delivery care.
She believes her project will help a great deal of people and create a positive impact on her community and society at large. She would love to touch as many lives as she can and build a positive environment where women and girls can thrive to the fullest.
