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 DAVID ADEDAPO BALOGUN, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Nile University | Abuja, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 5, SDG 3, SDG 10, SDG 16, SDG 17 & UNAI 6
" Equality and fairness are the driving principles behind my work. Being a part of the MCN fellowship will mature my thinking and broaden my horizons. Being a part of MCN fellowship will facilitate networking and collaborations which will in turn, create a bigger, more tangible impact.
The opportunity to learn and grow operations in accordance to the UNAI principles and SDGs is a timeless one. I am excited to learn grow in this fellowship. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Save the Future Initiative
The "Save the Future Initiative" is a social impact project focused on promoting equal access to education, gender awareness, and hygiene education for children, especially girls. The outreach held on November 8th combined an interactive seminar with a relief and hygiene drive.
My primary target audience are children as young as 6 up to age 14.
During the Millennium Fellowship, my project made meaningful strides toward empowering young girls and addressing the challenges surrounding child labor, education inequality, and gender awareness. At the start of the Fellowship, my primary goals were to:
1. Promote the value of girls’ education,
2. Provide basic hygiene and gender-awareness education,
3. Engage communities through outreach, and
4. Begin building a movement focused on long-term empowerment.
What Was Accomplished:
1. Reached the target audience directly: We organized an outreach program at Queen Esther Orphanage in Kabusa, where we engaged girls through interactive sessions and educational activities.
2. Started shifting mindsets: Many of the girls showed increased confidence, curiosity, and openness toward embracing education as a path to a better future.
3. Provided practical knowledge: Through our gender identity and hygiene education sessions, the girls learned essential skills they could apply immediately.
4, Strengthened awareness: By sharing our message on social media and through conversations with community members, we expanded public understanding of child labor and the importance of education.
About the Millennium Fellow
David Adedapo Balogun, a young, multifaceted and talented medical student in his fifth year of medical school at the Nile University College of Health Sciences, was born in Abuja, the bustling Capital of Nigeria. He has developed a special fondness for his home and has fostered a patriotic spirit that extends beyond himself. David deeply cares about gender education and equality and equal access to standard education for all, without discrimination. David has shown great resourcefulness and has successfully led and facilitated relief outreaches in the local villages around him. He is a well known youth leader who is ready to learn and to grow by joining this fellowship.
