ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2025
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. This year, 60,000+ young leaders applied to join the Class of 2025 on 7,000+ campuses across 170 nations. 290+ campuses worldwide (less than 5%) were selected to host the 4,500+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT CHINMA DEBORAH OKORO, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Bowen University Ogbomosho | Ogbomosho, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 2, SDG 6 & UNAI 3
" The Millennium Fellowship is an accelerator for everything good for and in the individual who desires to propel change. As such, I am beyond excited to join a cohort of people who are going in my direction. Being ever ready to learn, collaborate and to keep going I am hoping to do my bit in accelerating all that being here will do for me! "
Millennium Fellowship Project: U5-I: Little Minds, Big Futures
The Under5Initiative is a community health project focused on reducing morbidity and mortality among children under the age of five through targeted health education, early detection, and improved access to preventive care. The initiative works to address the major causes of under-five deaths—such as malaria, pneumonia, diarrheal diseases, malnutrition, and poor vaccination uptake—by providing evidence-based interventions and empowering caregivers with practical knowledge.
Through school outreach programs, community sensitization, basic screenings, demonstrations on hygiene and nutrition, and collaborative engagement with local health centres, the Under5Initiative aims to strengthen health-seeking behaviors in families. Our approach combines medical expertise, culturally sensitive communication, and grassroots engagement to create sustainable improvements in child health outcomes in underserved communities.
The initiative is led by medical doctors & students committed to driving social impact, bridging health literacy gaps, and bringing essential care closer to vulnerable populations. Each outreach is designed to be interactive, accessible, and tailored to the unique needs of the communities we serve.
About the Millennium Fellow
Chinma Okoro is a soon-to-be final year student of the physiotherapy programme at Bowen University, Ogbomosho Campus. She was born and raised in Owerri, Imo State, which is also the state she hails from. Though born from parents who are from the same Local Government Area (place of origin), Chinma has long desired to explore other peoples and cultures driving her to choose a school in another ethnically-dominated area to undertake her higher education. She not only sees the beauty in diversity but is a staunch supporter of the women and girl empowerment movement beginning with her days of organizing Day of the Girl Child programmes in secondary school. Her interests lies at the intersection of female upliftment, individual empowerment and the preservation of institutions that make up cultures. Chinma also desires to leave the world a better place than she met it and is always on the lookout on how this can be done whether it be through helping an elderly navigate tricky obstacles in the community or supporting her friends in their endevours.
