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 CHIAGOZIE OZODI BELOLISE, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Lagos State University Ikeja | Ikeja, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 3
" "I'm passionate about advocating for 'good' education. I know it has shaped much of the way I think and achieve my goals. Whether it's through innovative models brought in by schools, or self-designed learning techniques, I want people that I interact with and serve to see that their dreams and hopes are possible with the right educational systems that they can follow." "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Project Red Hope
Project Red Hope is a collective initiative of the LASUCOM Millennium Fellows, designed to address the challenge of blood shortage in Nigeria and to promote the culture of voluntary blood donation among individuals.
To achieve its objectives, Project Red Hope was executed in two major phases:
Phase 1 – Online Awareness Webinar:
We organized a virtual sensitization program during which a haematology specialist and the executive Secretary of the blood transfusion service in our state was invited to discuss the realities of blood scarcity in Nigeria, its consequences, and the vital role of consistent blood donation. The webinar also highlighted myths and misconceptions surrounding blood donation while encouraging participants to become regular voluntary donors.
Phase 2 – Blood Donation Drive:
Following the awareness phase, we organized a blood donation exercise in collaboration with the Lagos State Blood Transfusion Service during which we were able to collect 88 pints of blood from student and staff of the college.
About the Millennium Fellow
Chiagozie Belolise is an aspiring physician and a medical student at Lagos State University, Ikeja, Lagos. Born and raised in the busy metropolitan city of Ikeja, Chiagozie is passionate about building his community and advocating for its development in the areas of health and education. This has led him to partake in medical outreaches and to found a learning community for students, by students, in his school. Through his project, Chiagozie further aims to bridge the chasm between learning and advocacy for student doctors by designing practical systems where they can apply their classroom knowledge into building a healthier society.
