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 FAREEDAH MOROLAKE OLU-LAWAL, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
Osun State University | Osogbo, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 9
" Creativity and change; I love how we're all capable of making changes in our community no matter the little we do. The idea that everything we see today was once an idea in someone's head inspires me to dream and become bold enough to achieve the change I want to see in the world.
I believe the Millennium Fellowship will shape me and give the guide I need to start my journey in changing the world "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Mental Health and You
The project aims to enlighten and sensitize students of Osun State University and secondary schools in Osogbo, Nigeria, on mental health and how they can take proper care of it.
The project focuses on educating students on the causes, symptoms and prevention of different forms of mental illnesses and how people can seek help from from loved ones and professional therapists to successfully manage mental illness.
The project also helps to demystify myths surrounding mental illness and discourage stigmatization and discrimination against people with mental illness.
About the Millennium Fellow
Olu-lawal Fareedah Morolake is a bright and brilliant lady and a premed student about to start her 4th year. She grew up watching her mother who was a strong advocate for women and children's rights and also a health practitioner. Watching how her mother's actions affected the community positively was one of the major reasons pushing her in this path of leadership and change. Her father's grit and resolve to believe in a better tomorrow are pillars on which she stands to make the world better.
She has been involved in outreaches and programs whose aim is to make things better and become the change the world needs.
Which is why she decided to join the Millennium Fellowship, making efficient use of the global platform it provides
