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 FERANMI TIMILEYIN AWE, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Lagos State University Ikeja | Ikeja, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 3
" Millennium Fellowship is a live changing platform that will enhance my social skills , help with my passion regarding impacting lives as regards to SRHR and maternal child's health . I am excited to improve my competence by relations with other experienced fellows. "
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
Feranmi Awe is a knowledgeable and astute medical student . She was born and raised in Nigeria. She is also currently studying in the Lagos State University College of Medicine . Feranmi has great passion for maternal and child's health and she is the co-founder of a non profit organization "NextGen health initiative" which focuses on sexual reproductive health and right(SRHR) and stigma surrounding teenage pregnancy. She is a strong advocate of SRHR and currently serves as the Liaison officer for the Standing committee on reproductive health and right including HIV/AIDS(SCORA) in her college. Feranmi aspires to work in a professional field where she can raise more SRHR champions, advocate for maternal and child health, and positively impact lives not only within her community but also in advancing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and contributing to the world at large.
