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 ENIOLA OLANISEBE, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Lagos State University Ikeja | Ikeja, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 3
" I am passionate about tackling poverty and helping others find opportunities because I know firsthand what it means to struggle for the basics. I am excited about the Millennium Fellowship because it offers a platform to refine my ideas, connect with change makers, and access resources that will help me empower students to become financially independent and give back to their communities. I believe that when people are equipped with skills, support, and hope, they can transform not just their own lives, but the lives of many others. "
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
Eniola Olanisebe is a Nigerian nursing student, social impact advocate, and founder of Catalyst Africa, an initiative targeted at empowering university students with income-generating skills to foster financial independence and fund scholarships for underprivileged secondary school students. Driven by her lived experience of poverty, she is passionate about capacity building, education, and economic empowerment. Through active volunteering, leadership in community projects, and a commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Eniola seeks to create lasting change by equipping young people to “pay it forward” and break cycles of deprivation.
