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 EMMANUELLA UCHECHUKWU RICHARDS, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.
University of Benin | Benin City, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 3, SDG 4 & UNAI 5
" Millennium Fellowship provides an opportunity to collaborate with peers and create impact while doing what I am passionate about. My passion for eye care and my love for children drives my work, that I can improve access to quality eye care for children gives me a sense of fulfilment. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful difference in their lives and give back to the society around me while contributing to the development of the UNSGs. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Bright Eyes, Bright Children Initiative
My project "Bright Eyes, Bright Children Initiative" was carried out in a school in the neighborhood I reside in currently. It is a project that involves creating awareness on eye problems that can affect children, their symptoms and possible management plan. A brochure was distributed to the children which contains ocular pathologies, their signs and symptoms. The purpose of the brochure is to educate the children and also their parents or caregivers when the children present the brochure to them. After giving a health talk to the children, with their teachers present, visual screening was carried out on more than 100 students and their teachers were not left out. The visual screening consisted of two major tests, which were Visual acuity to check for any refractive error and Ophthalmoscopy, which involves checking the health of inside of their eyes for any pathology.
About the Millennium Fellow
Emmanuella Uchechukwu Richards is an empathetic and passionate Optometry student at the university of Benin, Nigeria. She was born in Lagos, resides in Delta and is currently studying in Edo state. She is passionate about eyecare and loves children and as a result, Emmanuella has volunteered as a member of The RETINA Initiative, her departmental association and as an extern in an eye clinic. She plans to continue her social impact through helping children as she aspires to specialize as a Pediatric Optometrist where she can further provide her own contribution in the development of the United Nation's Sustainable Goals.
