ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2018
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. In the three months the application was open in 2018, students applied to join the Class of 2018 on 285 campuses across 57 nations. 30 campuses worldwide (just 11%) were selected to host the 402 Millennium Fellows in the global pilot this year.
The Class of 2018 is bold, innovative, and inclusive. During the Millennium Fellowship, Millennium Fellows' dedicated 48,785 hours and their 214 unique projects positively impacted the lives of 393,449 people worldwide.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT LIBEHELA LYDIA KABI, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2018.
Ashesi University | Accra, Ghana | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 1
" Not only am I going to elevate my social impact through collaborating with other fellows, but I am also going to make meaningful, lifelong friendships with people who have the same vision as I do. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Bophelo Health Initiative
Bophelo Health Initiative focuses on raising awareness about back problems among young people, which include lumbar scoliosis and lower back pains. It also seeks to raise funds for financially constraint young people to get medical assistance. It seeks to educate 500 people about preventing back pains through its social media platform and going to different schools. It also hopes to raise funds for 2 students suffering from lumbar scoliosis to attain medical care within August and November. BHI is working to improve good health among the youth.
About the Millennium Fellow
Libehela Kabi is a leader from Lesotho studying Business Administration at Ashesi University in Ghana. Her interests mainly lie in public speaking, advocating for open education, public health, poetry, and girls empowerment. She envisions a world where good health, not only among young people, but the world as whole, is prioritized and improved.
