ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2024
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. This year, 52,000+ young leaders applied to join the Class of 2024 on 6,000+ campuses across 170 nations. 280+ campuses worldwide (just 5%) were selected to host the 4,000+ Millennium Fellows.

UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT NOELLE SEMO, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.
Kisii University | Kisii, Kenya | Advancing SDG 7, SDG 13 & UNAI 9

" Having done my research on the Millennium Fellowship and UNAI, I was confident, even during my application, that this fellowship aligns with my interest in research and belief of teamwork in finding solutions. I believe this will expose me to diverse views regarding my current interests as well as open a new world of ideas and topics from my fellows to me. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Green Synthesis of Bioethanol and Biohydrogen
The project is both in terms of a practical project and also an awareness project. I am in a group of four students and we have been thinking in the light of making biofuels, specifically bioethnol and biohydrogen from fruit peels ( We have mostly considered pineapple and banana peels). In our school, mist chemists consider projects to deal with analysis, but from a discussion held with my friends, we thought that most of these issues arise from the unnecessary emissions and waste production that could otherwise be prevented... I like to think of our project as a 'Circular Economy' project, where we aim at reducing the amount of resource input and waste production. Here in Kisii, fruits are produced and consumed in abundance. While to some other places it may not be possible, in Kisii mist wastes tend to be organic waste which are left in landfills causing negative effects such as bad smell, aesthetic degradation and possibly production of gasses such as methane. We intend to prove the viability of projectd to do with sustainable energy to other student chemists since energy by itself is a major culprit to global warming and climate change.
About the Millennium Fellow
Noelle Semo is an inquisitive Environmental Chemistry student at Kisii University, who is keen to hold the virtues of diligence, honesty and accountability in her academic, proffessional and social circles. She resides in Nairobi and currently studies in Kisii, Kenya. She was introduced to the concept 'Sustainable Development' in her pre-highscool years and since then, has been drawn to air quality and pollution. This has made her passionate in circular economy, green chemistry and alternative options to counter the use of fossil fuels. These topica have greatly broadened her prowess in research and ability to face various challenges that come along. Noelle is a diverse student who is also involved in humanitarian activities such as First Aid and community service and has also shown excellent leadership skills in both academia and co-curricular activities during her highshool and bachelor degree studies. She envisions herself in research, finding more practible, reliable and affordable solutions applicable to the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals.








