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 COMFORT NSANYAN DRIWAL, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology | Kumasi, Ghana | Advancing SDG 5, SDG 6 & UNAI 1
" Serving others and creating change in rural communities is wholeheartedly personal to me. Growing up in a rural area, I witnessed both the challenges and the resilience of my people. Those experiences drive my work in advancing clean water, quality education, and gender equality.
The Millennium Fellowship is an opportunity to amplify rural voices, transform ideas into action, and build lasting hope. I believe that when hope is nurtured, it can change entire communities. This fellowship will equip me with the tools, network, and knowledge to make that change real—and to ensure rural futures are truly invested in. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Royal Hope Initiative
The Royal Hope Initiative is a community–focused project designed to empower women and
girls in underserved rural areas. The project addresses barriers such as limited access to
education, unsafe water, economic hardship, and persistent gender inequality.
The initiative aims to promote inclusive development by supporting girls’ education,
providing basic necessities, and equipping women with the skills needed to become
economically independent. Through awareness programs, community engagement, and
targeted interventions, the project seeks to create sustainable social impact and strengthen the
resilience of rural families.
About the Millennium Fellow
Am Comfort Nsanyan Driwal, a student of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology reading Geography and rural development. I was born in the Northern Region of Ghana at the Nanumba North District, currently studying at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kumasi, Ashanti Region of Ghana, a citizen of Ghana. Am passionate about community change especially rural communities or underserved communities, am someone who's into volunteering, I decided to join the lions club international last year and I joined them because their into serving with eight global courses and underprivileged and this courses are aligned with the sustainable development goals. I have experience in community development and actively engaged in youth employment, with some projects that I did and with my experience I want to continue doing this and planning to also write proposals to NGOs for support or funding to sustain my project. I want to create an environment where every youth and rural communities in the northern region under the nanumba north district can be inspired, their voices being heard and also improving the living conditions in underserved communities
