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 ODERO JEVANS ODHIAMBO, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.
University of Eldoret | Eldoret, Kenya | Advancing SDG 4, SDG 10, SDG 8 & UNAI 3
" The project focuses on eradication of the stigma and stereotype towards persons living with disabilities, PWDs, specifically the visually impaired, in pursuing STEM related courses and career paths by creating awareness to the community by bridging the gap between the disabled and the abled persons, helping the PWDs find other avenues to sustain themselves, creating workshops to sensitise the public to create a safer environment for the PWDs, and providing a safe space for the PWDs so as to make them feel included in the society and it’s growth and development. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Differently Enabled
The Millennium Fellows of the University of Eldoret (UoE) from Eldoret, Kenya, worked on a group project called ‘Differently Enabled’ that focused on mentoring learners living with disabilities, PWDs, to pursue S.T.E.M. related courses and career paths by creating awareness to the community to eradicate the stigma and stereotype towards them. To implement this, the cohort visited the Eldoret School for the hearing-impaired where the cohort mentored the Junior Secondary students and engaged them in co-curricular activities. The mentorship program focused on the branches of S.T.E.M. - Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Each of the fellows focused on one of the topics and gave their motivation, explained why we need S.T.E.M., their inspirations, and how the students themselves can make an impact by pursuing S.T.E.M. courses, so as to eliminate the idea of limitation towards them.
About the Millennium Fellow
Odero Odhiambo is young, energetic and an enthusiastic student who has passion in changing lives within and outside his community. He is passionate towards social activities that creates impact to other people. Having been brought up in an environment filled with hardship, he is pushed to ensure other generations may not face similar setbacks.
