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 OLUWATUMISE EXCELLENCE BISI-OBAREMO, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology | Ogbomosho, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 4 & UNAI 3
" I do what I do because I am deeply passionate about children. I can’t stand to watch people, especially children, suffer or be denied the opportunities they deserve. Seeing children out of school stirs something in me, and I feel a strong responsibility to act. That’s why I'm excited to be part of this fellowship: it gives me the platform to contribute meaningfully, to connect with others who share this passion, and to create real change that gives children hope for a better future. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: The Reading Toolbox
Project Title: The Reading Toolbox
Project Summary
The Reading Toolbox is an education-centered initiative designed to equip orphaned children with practical reading and learning strategies that strengthen comprehension, retention, and long-term application of knowledge. While access to books is important, many children in underserved communities lack the skills to engage with texts effectively. This project bridges that gap by introducing research-backed techniques such as spaced repetition, the Feynman technique, active recall, mind mapping, mnemonics, and visualization, in simplified, age-appropriate ways.
The project will be delivered through an interactive workshop where children learn these strategies in a participatory manner. To ensure sustainability, caregivers and volunteers will also be engaged so they can continue reinforcing the approaches with the children beyond the workshop. A simplified Reading Toolbox Guide will be developed and made available for the caregivers as a resource to support ongoing practice.
Measurable Goals
1. Introduce at least five core learning strategies from The Reading Toolbox to children at the orphanage during an interactive workshop.
2. Develop a simplified Reading Toolbox Guide for caregivers/volunteers to use as a reference in reinforcing the techniques.
3. Engage caregivers and volunteers during the session to ensure the project’s impact continues beyond the workshop.
4. Assess comprehension and retention improvements through live activities such as peer-teaching and short recall exercises, with observable progress among participants.
5. Strengthen children’s confidence and engagement with reading, with participants able to demonstrate one or more techniques effectively by the end of the session.
About the Millennium Fellow
Bisi-Obaremo Oluwatumise Excellence is passionate about changing the future of indigent children through education. As a coordinator of the chapter of an organization focused on underserved communities, she is driven by the conviction that no child should be denied the chance to learn. She sees education not just as books and classrooms, but as dignity, hope, and opportunity. She is fueled by her desire to ensure that children who might otherwise be forgotten are given the tools to dream, thrive, and build the future they deserve.
