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 DANG BENJAMIN MARK, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.
University of Maiduguri | Maiduguri, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 4 & UNAI 9
" Exposure and deeper knowledge is what I'm excited about being a millennium fellow. I feel being a fellow will help hone and sharpen my leadership skills and help me in future projects inorder to also give back to my community and other places I find myself in line with the UNAI principles and SDGs. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Hygiene Promotion and Cholera Prevention Initiative
In response to the ongoing cholera outbreak and increased water contamination risks following recent floods in Maiduguri, our Millennium Fellowship campus team launched the Hygiene Promotion and Cholera Prevention Initiative. This project aligns with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6, focusing on clean water and sanitation, as it aims to improve personal hygiene awareness and promote safe water practices among students in high-risk areas. The floodwaters have damaged boreholes built by the government, leaving many communities without access to safe water. As a result, residents rely on alternative sources, such as rivers and wells, which are now contaminated, increasing the spread of cholera.
About the Millennium Fellow
Dang Benjamin is a smart, goal oriented and a passionate leader, who has great love for serving humanity as a volunteer and other means possible. He's a 400 level student of the prestigious university of Maiduguri Nigeria, currently running his undergraduate training in Medical Laboratory Sciences. Dang Benjamin hails from Plateau state in Nigeria but studies in Borno state in Nigeria as well. He's the third of four children and a very ambitious young man who held several leadership roles right from primacy school till date. His passion for humanity has also driven him to collaborate and volunteer with several individuals towards the betterment of his immediate community and its environs. He seeks to make impact wherever he goes hence contributing his own quota to the development of the Maiduguri metropolis.
