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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 HENRY DEMIAN OYOYO, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.

University of Ibadan University College Hospital | Ibadan, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 3, SDG 4 & UNAI 3

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" As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. aptly stated, 'Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights. You will make a better person of yourself, a greater nation of your country, and a finer world to live in.' Being part of the Millennium Fellowship 2024 will enhance my skills for social impact and also gives me a platform to Impact more lives. I am very excited to be part of the promising opportunity to learn and also to connect with like minds globally. "

Millennium Fellowship Project: Wellness Wave

The 5 fellows participating in this project utilized various collaborations to achieve the aims. The wellness wave consisted of a series of outreaches and rendering health interventions to communities and populations that needed such interventions.
The main objectives of the project were to enlighten various participants on the practice and benefits of healthy living and to promote a healthier society.
It featured the following;
1. Visit a vulnerable children’s home during the 2024 adolescent week to teach them about the peculiarities of being adolescents and how to dutifully navigate the stage and emerge thriving rather than just surviving.
2. Visit a rural community to teach them about the dangers of non-communicable diseases such as hypertension and diabetics.
3. Campaigns during World Antimicrobial Resistance Week to shed light on the dangers of AMR and how to appropriately use antimicrobials to prevent the epidemic of resistance.
4.It also featured teaching sessions to a group of young people where the advantages of regular health checks were highlighted and basic checkups were done for free for the participants.

About the Millennium Fellow

Henry Demian Oyoyo is a bright, young and globally competitive 4th year medical student at the College of Medicine University of Ibadan. He was born in Abia State but resides at Edo State, and its currently studying in Ibadan, Nigeria.
Henry has always been passionate about his advocacies for social impact through quality health and education.
Throughout his journey in the higher institution, he has continually engage in several humanitarian activities by volunteering with several organizations that provides free medical care to the underserved community, visits orphanages. He hopes to continue his social impact works through the Millennium Fellowship.

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