ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2019
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. In the three months the application was open in 2019, over 7,000 young leaders applied to join the Class of 2019 on 1,209 campuses across 135 nations. 69 campuses worldwide (just 6%) were selected to host the 805 Millennium Fellows.
During the Millennium Fellowship, Millennium Fellows' dedicated 96,705 hours and their 422 unique projects positively impacted the lives of 564,366 people worldwide.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT OLUWADAMILOLA AKINBIYI, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2019.
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology | Ogbomosho, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 1
" I am excited to be a Millennium Fellow because it is a fantastic opportunity for me to grow as a leader and get exposure with social impact careers. This Fellowship gives me a platform to share ideas and connect with others about the projects and issues am passionate about which is not something I have had access to before. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Waste RenewEnergy
Waste RenewEnergy provides reduction/solution to the enormous increase in the quantum and diversity of waste materials generated by human activity and their potentially harmful effects on the general environment and public health, this led to the idea of Waste RenewEnergy in order to bring a scientific methods for safe disposal of wastes, while there is an obvious need to minimize the generation of wastes and to reuse and recycle them.
* To create job opportunities for the skilled and unskilled youth
To reduce the harmful effects of waste in the environment
To reduce poverty rate by paying people who volunteer to dispose their waste to us.
About the Millennium Fellow
Akinbiyi Oluwadamilola is a 400level student of LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, OGBOMOSO currently studying Pure And Applied Physics. Participated in the global university competition named HULT PRIZE in the year 2017, currently running his student Internship at DEBZACCHOL KONSULT LIMITED (SOLAR PV DESIGNS & COMPUTER NETWORKING).
