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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 SAI PAVANI V, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.

Sai University | Chennai, India | Advancing SDG 5, SDG 4 & UNAI 6

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" I am honoured and excited to be a Millennium Fellow as it aligns with my deep rooted belief that even the smallest action can ignite profound change. This fellowship offers me a unique platforom to merge my technical skills with my passion for social justice, particularly in combating the pervasive issue of child sexual harassment. By joining forces with a global network of like minded individuals, I am not only expanding my own horizons but also contributing to a collective effort that transcends borders and disciplines. The Millennium Fellowship represents a commitment to lifelong learning, leadership and the relentless pursuit of a world where every child is free from fear and harm.
It is an oppertunity to turn my curiosity into action, my empathy into empowerment, and my dreams into reality where equity and justice prevails. "

Millennium Fellowship Project: Project PonVizhi

Project PonVizhi, consisting of eight undergraduate students, is an organisation that aims to raise awareness about sexual assault, domestic abuse, and child sexual harassment in particular. We aim to educate people on the steps that can be taken to report harassment and seek help in terms of their mental well-being. The target audience of the program is school and college students. When we were school students, there were no committees or legal mechanisms that provided redressals to child sexual harassment survivors or conducted events to spread awareness on gender rights and sexual harassment prevention in our schools or in other educational establishments like coaching centers. Cases of child sexual harassment often go unreported. We seek to raise awareness among kids and young adults (both girls and boys this time, as our educational systems often leave boys out of this) on what counts as harassment, because abuse comes in all forms, and goes much deeper than “good touch and bad touch”. We intend to push educational establishments to have POSH centres. Also, if possible, educate parents, teachers, and guardians on how to respond to children when they confide in them. As a survivor of sexual assault, it is difficult to navigate a world that turns a blind eye towards victims. Through this program, we aspire to create a community that will provide a safe space and support for people, particularly, girls and women who have been through abuse and sexual assault.

About the Millennium Fellow

Sai Pavani V is an empathetic and optimistic soul, born in Chennai and raised in Vellore within a warm telugu family. She's someone who trying to finds magic in the mundane and seeks joy in every corner of life, always striving to make those around her smile. Her journey has been shaped by books and poems, which have fueled her insatiable curiosity and drive to explore the unseen wonders of the universe. From solving suduko to capturing her thoughts through writing and dooling, Sai Pavani's diverse interests reflect her quest to understand herself and the world.
As a student from the school of computing and data science, she's committed to using her skills not just for personal growth but for a greater cause. Her current project focuses on addressing child sexual harrasment. Still finding her way, Sai Pavani believes that we all are, in some way, searching for our true paths, and she's excited about the possibilities the future world and is excited to contribute to make the world a more beautiful place to live.

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