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 AUDREY WAHIGA KING'ORI, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.
University of Nairobi KNH Campus | Nairobi, Kenya | Advancing SDG 3, SDG 3 & UNAI 6
" Knowledge is one of the most powerful tools a person can wield in this world for their own good. I believe the most basic but most vital type of knowledge one can posses is in regards to their health and body and the most crucial time to gain this knowledge is at the stage of adolescence, when everything can seem so confusing and frustrating. That's why I am excited to join the Millenuim Fellowship Program and help as many young women as I can acquire this knowledge and go through the changes of adolescence with guidance. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: HPV Awareness Project For Adolescent Girls
My cohort and I have all at one point or another been to the Kenyatta National Hospital wards. We have all witnessed a lot of cervical cancer cases causing significant morbidity and mortality to women. We felt that a significant percentage of this was very preventable and we decided to start a project that involves talking to female adolescents aged 10-13 in the KNH pediatric ward and their caregivers and teaching them easy to understand ways of preventing such.
The project entails educating them about HPV, cervical cancer and the vaccines available. We also have future plans to expand the project to schools and homes around our environment and hope to reach more women.
About the Millennium Fellow
Audrey Wahiga King'ori is a young, bright and strong student currently studying to attain a medical degree in Nairobi, Kenya at the University of Nairobi. She has always had a passion for girls' reproductive health education and rights and is excited to embark on the journey with her cohort to empower young women and spread vital knowledge regarding health and well-being under the Millennium Fellowship Program.
