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 KOMUHANGI MAXINE MERCY, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.
Mbarara University of Science and Technology Town Campus | Mbarara, Uganda | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 9
" empathy is what majorly drives my work. I tend to feel for the people in my community and see the pain they go through. Being a millennium fellow will enable me access mentorship to be able to help my community even better to see them achieve good health. I enjoy working with my community to eradicate malaria because once I sensitize the old people, they will protect the young and hence their families will be malaria free and the entire community at large. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Combarting Malaria
The project was about planting mosquito repellant plants like lemon grass around people's homes in my community to reduce malaria cases
About the Millennium Fellow
Komuhangi Maxine Mercy is a young, vibrant and hardworking lady who throughout her life has always been driven by the love for the people. She was born in Sheema district Uganda, stays with her parents and is currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in pharmacy at Mbarara university of science and technology. She has always felt heart broken by seeing people struggle health wise especially in her community, a reason she was pushed to engage in a move to eradicate malaria in her community at home and create awareness about malaria and abortion side effects in campus. All this is could help her and the United nations achieve Sustainable development goal number 3 which is about health and wellbeing.
