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 ESTHER EZEJALU UZOIGWE, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW AND CAMPUS DIRECTOR FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.
Osun State University Osogbo | Osogbo, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 5 & UNAI 6
" I am excited on how this fellowship will impact my leadership skills, building my tenacity, adaptability, systemic thinking, decision making skills and all round innovative impact, allowing the efforts of my societal impact become more tangible while aligning them with the UNAI principles and SDG's "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Her Voice Matters Lagos Chapter
Her Voice Matters LAGOS CHAPTER is a cohort project led by the campus director Esther Uzoigwe. Her Voice Matters focuses on guiding and equipping the minds young girls with the knowledge and resources they need to take control of their future and their bodies. The project focuses on engaging with middle and high school girls to help them overcome gender stereotypes and achieve their fullest potential. During the Millennium Fellowshio period (August - November 2024), the project Her Voice Matters will host about 5+ simultaneous sessions at different states in Nigeria with fellows visiting middle and high schools to engage them in conversations on goal setting and sexual education. These sessions will be a blend of video projections, Q&A and interactions. We are aiming to reach about 200-300 girls across Nigeria.
About the Millennium Fellow
Esther Ezejalu Uzoigwe is a current student of Public health undergraduate program of Osun State University, Nigeria; where she has learnt and contributed to the development of the United Nations Sustainable Goals through her active roles in feeding the impoverished members of her community as well as building their ability to become self sufficient through the provision of seeds and equipping them with a means to grow their own food. Throughout her primary and secondary school years, she was an active member of brownie club who play an active role in positive societal impact, this is where she built her passion too feed the hungry, she is currently an active member of the Red Cross University of Osun detachment. Her passion to feed members of her community and build them to become self sufficient through agriculture has helped build her to become an outstanding leader who prioritizes the well-being of her people.
