ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2025
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. This year, 60,000+ young leaders applied to join the Class of 2025 on 7,000+ campuses across 170 nations. 290+ campuses worldwide (less than 5%) were selected to host the 4,500+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT HAFSAT OMOZE MOMOH, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Afe Babalola University Ado | Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 4, SDG 5 & UNAI 3
" My passion for youth empowerment and public health drives my work in sexual and reproductive health education. Being a Millennium Fellow will strengthen my leadership and advocacy skills, helping me transform Project SEED into a reality that empowers teenage girls to make informed choices and pursue healthier, brighter futures, in alignment with the UNAI principles and SDGs. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: BrightHer-Lifesavers Initiative
Project Title: BrightHer-LifeSavers Initiative
Project Focus: Empowering women and girls through Health, Literacy, and Human Rights and Empowering Individuals with Life Saving Skills(CPR)
Project Overview
The BrightHer-LifeSavers Initiative aims to promote women’s health and empowerment through:
• Health Education: Menstrual hygiene, adequate nutrition, reproductive care, and maternal and child health.
• Life-Saving Skills: Training participants in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and other basic emergency response techniques.
Through these activities, we were able to advance Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 3, 4, and 5 — Good Health and Well-being, Quality Education, and Gender Equality.
About the Millennium Fellow
Hafsat Omoze Momoh is a passionate and driven 6th-year medical student at Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria. Born in Auchi, Edo State, and raised in Northern Nigeria, she has been shaped by diverse cultural experiences that have deepened her empathy and commitment to community service.
For as long as she can remember, Hafsat has been passionate about youth empowerment, public health, and gender equality. This drive was reinforced by her personal experiences, growing up around young mothers which inspired her to focus on sexual and reproductive health education for teenage girls.
She is the founded the idea of Project SEED (Sexual Education, Empowerment, and Development), an initiative aimed at providing judgment-free, fact-based sex education and support to teenage girls in rural communities. Through her leadership roles in medical student associations and her volunteer work with organizations such as the Simji Girl Child Empowerment Initiative, Hafsat has gained skills in advocacy, team coordination, and leadership.
She aspires to use this project and her skills to advance the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, particularly Good Health and Well-being (SDG 3). Hafsat envisions a future where girls are informed, empowered, and equipped to make decisions that protect their health and shape their futures.
