ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2022
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. Over 31,000 young leaders on 2,400+ campuses across 140+ nations applied to join the Class of 2022. 200+ campuses worldwide (just 8%) were selected to host the 3,000+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT JOY CHIOMA OBIALOR, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
University of Jos | Jos, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 2
" Being part of the Millennium Fellowship will serve as a spring board fo learning, growth and collaboration.
Skills learnt during this period will give me a better understanding of the process of spearheading and sustaining a change initiative which is crucial to achieving the sustainable development goals. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Kidneycare Awareness Campaign
This campaign was aimed at creating an awareness concerning kidneycare and health.We carried out this campaign in a community and a market, it involved health education,free blood glucose and blood pressure checks.
It was a subset of a group work carried out with other Millennium Fellows on my campus.
About the Millennium Fellow
Obialor Joy Chioma is a young , daring and exceptional Nursing student at University of Jos (Plateau State).Born in the city of Jos but hails from Imo State.This young lady is passionate about growth, innovation, public health and leadership.She advocates for student nurses participation in personal development,she also advocates for kidney care to reduce the number of kidney disease cases and improve health.This resulted from her past experience of losing a loved one to chronic kidney disease after three years of weekly dialysis sessions.
During the world kidney day, she organized a social media awareness campaign to address myths concerning kidney care and intends to raise support for those she calls kidney warriors (those battling with kidney disease).
Joy aspires to be an International voice in Nursing Science and cultivate her advocacy work (kidney care) further, and provide her own contribution in the development of the United Nations Sustainable Goals.
