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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.

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UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT JOEL RICHARD BENJAMIN, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW AND CAMPUS DIRECTOR FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.

University of Uyo | Uyo, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 9

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" Relationship is the currency of everything lasting. With the rapid globalization, it is necessary for one to relate and network with others. Being a Millennium Fellow gives one the opportunity required to network effectively with others and most importantly to learn from them. In addition to this, MCN program serves as a platform that allows one’s dream to become realized. These are several reasons I am excited to be a millennium fellow. "

Millennium Fellowship Project: Generation Zero

Generation zero is a project that aims at reducing the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Akwa Ibom over the next coming generations through a public awareness system that targets secondary school students. This helps bridge child-parent communication gap as some parents in our community find it uncomfortable discussing sex-related subjects with their children. Generation zero helps educate these children early before they become sexually active so that they can form the right attitude, behavior and mindset toward safe sex practice that will be sustained for long, having lasting impact on the next generation. Also, these students can help spread the awareness beyond the walls of their schools through peer influence. The project will span over a period of four months, when we will be visiting two secondary schools to sensitize the student and help them create a HIV/AIDS awareness club that will ensure the continuity of this awareness beyond the four months.

About the Millennium Fellow

Joel Richard Benjamin is a young public health enthusiast who is currently a 500 level medical student studying at the University of Uyo at the school’s Teaching Hospital ( UUTH) campus.
He hails from Urue Offong/Oruko local government area in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.
He is passionate about reducing the burden of new HIV cases in his community. This has driven him to participate in various health outreaches, awareness campaigns et cetera.
Next, he sets his sight on doing this on a larger scale and MCN program provides just the needed catalyst in seeing the plan materialize.

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