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 JEMIMAH KUSIIMA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Kampala International University | Kampala, Uganda | Advancing SDG 6, SDG 4, SDG 17 & UNAI 2
" If one man helps one person, change is gradual, but if each man helps another, a domino effect is put in place. Millennium Fellowship is going to enable that domino effect to happen giving me a voice, a team and guidance. Exposure to different ideas and a sense of accountability will define my work so that it's tangible, or it's impact to be felt and seen. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: HEALTH and HYGIENE AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
The project will educate children in schools about
the importance of maintaining good health and
hygiene focused on teaching practical skills that
students can adopt to stay healthy. It will base on
participatory health talks with sessions where
students shall be engaged on hand washing, orodental care, menstrual hygiene and preventive
measures of diseases especially Malaria,
Cholera, diarrhea, and cough. It will feature
learning methods especially peer-to-peer
discussions on mental health issues, health skits
on adolescent sexual and reproductive health
and also providing a safer platform that
encourage students to ask questions and
experience sharing. School and community
cleanup events involving installation of dustbins,
hand washing facilities and promotion of proper
waste management culture among the students
and the entire community shall considered. And
since such a project needs support and has to be
sustained, we shall ensure collaboration and
participation of parents and teachers since they
spend even more time with these students
health can help in guidance. According to pilot
study, 7 in 10 girls reach menace without
menstrual knowledge; This project will ensure
girls gain confidence by learning about menstrual
hygiene and management. They will learn
personal hygiene and become ambassadors of
health in their communities
About the Millennium Fellow
Kusiima Jemimah is a vibrant 22 year old medicine student at kampala international university in Uganda.
Jemimah was born in a well to do family and experienced the best life for the first 3 years of her life and all changed suddenly and randomly. She then became silent, a passive participant in life and lost her spark. 2 years ago she lost her her sister to silence and then her mental health went down a hill, but through a lot of effort by friends and family she's here to now advocate for the mental health of many who think silence is the only way to lessen the pain and burying feelings is the only way to go through life. She believes it's hard to go through life believing two opinions, one the world tells you and that silent voice saying 'your not enough.'
She advocates for campus students who are on the brink of giving up on life, reminds them of the power they hold and that better days are yet to come.
