ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2024
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. This year, 52,000+ young leaders applied to join the Class of 2024 on 6,000+ campuses across 170 nations. 280+ campuses worldwide (just 5%) were selected to host the 4,000+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT PRINCESS UGONMA ONYEAMA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW AND CAMPUS DIRECTOR FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.
Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute | Bangalore, India | Advancing SDG 3, SDG 10, SDG 17 & UNAI 1
" Collaboration is the foundation stone of any social impact project. The impact that one person can achieve is compounded when they are a part of a team. The fellowship will help me connect with like-minded individuals to collaborate with and learn from. Interacting with fellows across the world, in various fields of study, will also enable me to adopt a multi-disciplinary approach to solving problems. These connections will help me build a network that I can reach out to for current, or future social impact projects.
Under the mentorship of experts in the field who will guide us throughout the course of this fellowship, I will be able to create a much larger and more meaningful impact through my initiative. The world-class training that will be imparted to us will no doubt teach us some valuable lessons that I will carry with me through any future social impact project I undertake.
The fellowship will lend credibility to any current or future social impact initiative I undertake. The recognition could inspire more people to join me. It will surely open doors for me in terms of collaboration with NGOs and government bodies. These collaborations will also give me more insights into the problem, and facilitate the implementation of better solutions. Thus, the recognition from this fellowship will exponentially increase the impact of my current and future social impact projects. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Project Thrive
People with well-managed diabetes live long, healthy lives. However, in India, more than half of the diabetic population develops debilitating complications of the disease. More than 100,000 legs are amputated due to diabetes annually in India.
There are two reasons behind this problem. One, due to the prevalence of poverty in India, people don't seek medical help unless it is an emergency, leaving the disease to progress undiagnosed.
Two, patients diagnosed with diabetes are unaware of the potential complications, and how they are prevented through timely medication, diet, and lifestyle modifications.
To tackle this problem, we conducted sessions in outpatient departments and surgery wards. Diabetics were counselled on the debilitating complications of the disease, emphasizing the importance of medication and diet in their prevention.
About the Millennium Fellow
Diya Suhas is a second year medical student, with a passion and determination to uplift underprivileged communities. She currently lives and studies in Bangalore, India. In her school and now her college, she has been appointed to many leadership positions, through which she has mobilised youth to empower marginalised communities. She has previously initiated and successfully executed projects centering around menstrual health and reducing single use plastic consumption. She hopes to use her medical degree to create a lasting social impact towards the causes she is passionate about.
