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 DEBORAH EFFIONG ISONG-UYOH, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.
University of Abuja Teaching Hospital | Abuja, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 11, SDG 3 & UNAI 9

" Being a Millennium Fellow is an
opportunity for me to avail myself and participate in social impact work. Also, working with other individuals who are also same goal-oriented and who may also have experience which will be valuable to my future social impact work. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: EmpowerFlow: Sustainable Menstrual Wellness
EmpowerFlow is a skill acquisition project which aims to address period poverty and
empower girls and women within reproductive age. It entails training young girls and
women who suffer period poverty in the production of healthy, eco-friendly reusable
sanitary pads.
EmpowerFlow will relieve the impossible burden of purchasing sanitary pads every
menstrual cycle. In addition, women will be empowered for mass production.
About the Millennium Fellow
Isong-Uyoh Deborah is a 23 year old Nigerian and is the first child in a family of Six. She is currently in her 4th year studying Medicine and Surgery at the prestigious University of Abuja, Nigeria. She is a bright and talented young lady who has exhibited prowess in her academics. She is kind, empathetic and always seeks to discover ways to make the people around her at ease. She has also volunteered in a lot of outreaches, sensitization programs and attended seminars including the recently concluded African Women in Health, Medicine and Wellness Conference tagged ‘Strengthening Networks for Prompt Diagnosis’, held at the NAF Conference Centre, FCT Abuja amongst others.
She is a great listener who may someday decide to delve in Guidance and Counseling.











