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 ENOBONG UDUAK AKPAN, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Federal University of Technology Minna | Minna, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 3, SDG 6 & UNAI 9
" Passion for advocacy and community development, driven by empathy and a vision for equity, fuels my work and leadership. Being a part of the Millennium Fellowship will sharpen my ability to design impactful projects and collaborate with other change makers. The skills and networks I gain will help me create sustainable initiatives that empower women, improve student welfare, and align with the UNAI principles and SDGs. I am excited to broaden my perspective and turn ideas into transformative action. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Hygiene for Better Health
This project promotes hygiene and environmental cleanliness through a one-day community outreach. The team will clean key areas of the community, engage shop owners and households with brief talks on personal hygiene, safe waste disposal, and the health benefits of a clean environment. To support practical action, sanitizers and soaps will be distributed to at least 50 shops and households. The sensitization will also highlight how good hygiene reduces infections and helps prevent antimicrobial resistance (AMR), combining direct action with education for lasting impact.
Project Goal
By the conclusion of the campaign, the project aims to have directly reached at least 100 community members through sensitization efforts conducted during the outreach. Additionally, at least 50 shops and households will receive sanitizers and soaps to promote sustained hygiene practices. The project will leave behind a visible improvement in the community environment while equipping individuals with practical knowledge and resources to maintain hygiene, thereby contributing to healthier living conditions and reducing the risk of preventable diseases.
About the Millennium Fellow
Enobong Uduak Akpan is a bright,vibrant 300 level microbiology student of Federal university of Technology Minna Niger state. She was born in Nigeria, Niger state to be precise and also resides there . She is the current welfare director of her faculty (School of life sciences) where she has led various initiatives that has been of great impact and value to her constituents. Enobong is passionate about her advocacies for women's right, Good health and well being, climate action etc which has propelled her to be actively involved in community outreaches, volunteering with NGOs, to reach out to people who actively needs her help. Enobong aspires to be in a professional field where she can cultivate this advocacies further, thereby be able to provide her own contribution to the development of United Nations Sustainable goals.
