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 DIVINE TAMUNOIPRINYE JAJA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology | Kumasi, Ghana | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 3
" I am excited to become a Millennium Fellow because I want to collaborate with like-minded change makers from around the world. I also intend to gain leadership and project management skills that make social impact work more effective. Furthermore, I want to be able to work on initiatives aligned with the UNAI principles and SDGs, giving their efforts global relevance and also have access to mentorship and networking opportunities that can open doors for future projects. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Better Life for IDP Mothers
My project captioned "Better Life for IDP Mothers" is a community-based project specifically geared towards improving the health conditions of pregnant women and nursing mothers domiciled in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in Rivers State Nigeria. The project was necessitated by my utmost desire to give back to my community. Unarguably, Health care service delivery is a vital factor for sustainable development. To this end, my project is targeted at strengthening the foot of Sustainable Development Goal 3 (Good health and wellbeing). I initiated this project during my vacation in 2023. I started by collaborating with some medical practitioners and we provided free healthcare services for the pregnant women and nursing mothers living in the IDP camp. We conducted Immunizations and Screenings. Furthermore, we hosted Pep talk on Childcare, breastfeeding techniques, newborn hygiene. Insecticide treated mosquito nets were also donated. This initiative reached out to over 100 women. In overall, the initiative was impactful. Presently, I have the intent of extending this project to an additional IDP camp. This time, I intend to also provide food items to the women. Interestingly, this project won the First place Award of the Maiden edition of the Baobab Giveback Competition in 2023.
About the Millennium Fellow
Divine Jaja is a third-year Nursing student at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). She is a Nigerian. Divine is very passionate about leadership development and public speaking. With strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills, she is committed to inspiring and empowering others to drive positive change. She is the newly elected President of the International student’s association in KNUST. She is deeply committed to advancing the Sustainable Development Goals. She excels in team environments, brings creativity, ambition, humility and innovation to every endeavor. These attributes have been honed through leadership training, coaching sessions, and professional internships.
