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 YVONNE OPOKU-AGYEMAN, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology | Kumasi, Ghana | Advancing SDG 12, SDG 9, SDG 11 & UNAI 2
" "I am deeply passionate about sustainability because I believe in the power of innovative solutions to transform our world. Through initiatives like upcycling and responsible waste management, I see the potential to reduce waste and inspire others to take action. I do this work because I want to contribute to a future where our communities lead in sustainable practices. Being a Millennium Fellow allows me to be part of a global movement, working with like-minded individuals to create a lasting impact." "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Unwanted
My project is titled UNWANTED. It is a project to promote the principle of a Circular Economy. The idea is about taking discarded clothing and garments and upcycling them into making Quality Tote Bags. The amount of Clothing imported into my Country per week and the amount that is discarded is unimaginably alarming. Ghana imports around 15 million used clothing items each week, and about 40% of that ends up as waste. With such figures, it is only a matter of time before landfills take over the land. I am implored to do something and this is what I know I can do. By all means the products we will make will supercede Tote bags and enter into many other things but before then....
About the Millennium Fellow
Yvonne Opoku-Agyeman is a level 300 student at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana. Passionate about the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure; Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities; and Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, she has initiated campus projects to promote sustainability. Born and raised in Ghana, Yvonne has been an advocate for responsible waste management since her high school days, where she led a campaign team focused on recycling.
Now, she has brought up another initiative of upcycling, where discarded products and others that has reached its lifespan and usage ability can be upcycled into another functionable item, reducuing the amount of waste in her country.
Through her project, she hopes to help the region become a forerunner in sustainability.
Committed to making a positive impact, she continues to strive for meaningful contributions to global sustainability efforts.
