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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.

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UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT AZEEZAT YETUNDE OPAWUSI, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.

Obafemi Awolowo University | Ife, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 4, SDG 1, SDG 5 & UNAI 3

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" Being part of the Millennium Fellowship will contribute to my long term career goals in several ways by helping me engage in community projects,learning effective communication and interaction with people in my community, and valuable skills which will enable me to apply to future projects.
The fellowship will also assist me in developing essential soft skills such as teamwork, time management, problem-solving and critical thinking, ultimately shaping me into a well-rounded individual. "

Millennium Fellowship Project: Empowering Youths, Preventing Teenage Pregnancy (EYPTP)

E.Y.P.T.P. is a pioneering project combating teenage pregnancy through education, empowerment, and supportive network, helping teenagers gain life insights to becoming a better version of themselves and shaping a better tomorrow for Nigeria's youth.
Foremost, it is very pertinent to understand the effect of getting pregnant at tender ages, which can be a result of death, barrenness, lack of respect, and dignity on the community, etc. However, E.Y.P.T.P has evolved around contributing to the solutions of reducing teenage pregnancy in Osun State, precisely Ile-Ife. Moving forward, it has been discovered that the majority of victims of the vice are teens at the secondary school level (dropout students or not)
However, this particular project is set to educate the young teens of secondary schools in Ile-Ife, empowering them to see beyond the present and equip them with quality measures to avoiding teenage pregnancy. In order to achieve these, this project has the following objectives:
1. Empower youth with knowledge, skills, and resources for informed decision-making 2. Reduce teenage pregnancy rates by 20%
2. Reach 500 youth with reproductive health education and services 3. Improve educational attainment (e.g., increased graduation rates) by 20%

About the Millennium Fellow

Azeezat Opawusi is a bright young medical student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State. She was born in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Azeezat has always been passionate about curbing adolescent pregnancies. To enlighten teenagers about the consequences surrounding early childbirth, how it can affect their future . I am ready to use this opportunity to achieve this goal.

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