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 OLUCHI NGOZIKA OKOLI, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW AND CAMPUS DIRECTOR FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.
University of Abuja Teaching Hospital | Abuja, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 11, SDG 3 & UNAI 9
" Passion and dedication, though excellent, are not complete without adequate knowledge, this is my excitement on being selected. This is a chance to learn, improve my skills and be equipped to advance my project. I belive the training in this fellowship will be of lifelong value to me. "
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
Oluchi Ngozika Okoli is a medical student in her ultimate year in the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Nigeria. She is passionate about women's right and empowerment, social justice and environmental protection. During her secondary school days, she noticed a trend of absentism among some of her colleagues who didn't have sanitary pads and so stayed away from school during their period. This sparked an interest in period poverty and since then she has devoted herself to the provision of sanitary pads. Currently, she is working on a project (EmpowerFlow) to teach young girls in rural communities how to make reusable sanitary pads.
