Social Impact Stories

In this episode, we talk with an aspiring Sutainibility leader and analyst Summer Wyatt-Buchan about her projects: 'Next Chapter' and 'Voiz'. She also shares her advice on how to get started with social impact projects! Summer is from England, studying BSc Geography at University College London (UCL). She is working with five other millennium fellows on a project called ‘Next Chapter’. Focusing on SDG 3: Good Health & Wellbeing and SDG 10: Partnerships for the Goals, the project aims to facilitate the integration of young refugees through interactive language classes and weekly events and workshops. Alongside that, she also works for Voiz, a social venture that rates the sustainability credentials of products. At Voiz, she conceived and developed the UK’s first junior sustainability analyst programme, which brought SDG training to secondary school students. She and her team guided them on choosing sustainably and teaching companies how to make sustainable design and production choices. As the Editor-in-Chief for UCL Climate Action Society, she wrote for numerous student journals and has contributed to sustainability in many ways! And apart from her march towards sustainability, this amazing person is also a Black Belt in Karate and plays Bass Guitar! Read more about her and her projects here: -Voiz: https://www.voizreviews.com/ -A UCL Article on Summer : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/sustainable-development-goals/sdgs-and-me/sdgs-and-me-summer-wyatt-buchan Author Summer: -https://bloomsburygeographer.com/author/summerwb/ -https://sundialjournal.com/author/summerwyattbuchan/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 🎧Listen to the podcast on: Google Podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy83MTlmMTFkOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw?sa=X&ved=0CAIQ9sEGahcKEwjo-IymvIP0AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQQA Anchor:https://anchor.fm/social-impact-stories Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0kWXkntrpREfSS9PRSsCji 🌻Follow Us on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/socialimpactpodcast/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-social-impact-stories-with-srijan-and-vlada 📧Email us at: podcast@mcnpartners.org to share your stories!

In this episode we talk with a brilliant Millennium Fellow from Uganda, Aaron Masuba. This Innovator, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist & Climate Activist studies at BRAC University doing EEE in Bangladesh. He is passionate about Innovations and Social Entrepreneurship. Aaron is also a member of BRAC University Electrical and Electronic Club, Robotics Club of BRAC University and BRAC University Entrepreneurship Development Forum. Aaron is currently addressing SDG 13 Climate Action through Project Clivi-Scope. He believes that the infinite small steps that one does every day add value when merged together. About His Project: Climate change is increasingly becoming a fatal challenge of our time. We all appreciated the fourth industrial revolution through unimaginable ways of economic growth and a machiavellian modern-day civilization. The recent decades have illustrated a devastating and unpredictable cry on humanity and the paradox of sustainability over profitability is undebated but the co-existence of both is much more important for resilience and effectiveness. Project Clivi-Scope through the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) ascends to ensure the resilience and effectiveness of climate actions for long-run efficiency. Goals Effectiveness: Clivi-Scope works to equip and support societies, first responders, community-based organisations, industrialists, government and non-government organizations to quickly suscept negative climatic actions. Resiliency: Clivi-Scope works to see that climate actions are well-coordinated, safe, affordable to all classes of society and ensure continuity in effectiveness of both green and digital economic development. Empowerment:Clivi-Scope works to empower the local action groups with the power to predict and optimise the decisions being made for the betterment of societies at low costs, saving time and much resources. Find Aaron Here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-masuba-780313318/ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Aaron-Masuba Project Clivi-Scope: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cliviscope-ai/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 🎧Listen to the podcast on: Google Podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy83MTlmMTFkOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw?sa=X&ved=0CAIQ9sEGahcKEwjo-IymvIP0AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQQA Anchor:https://anchor.fm/social-impact-stories Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0kWXkntrpREfSS9PRSsCji 🌻Follow Us on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/socialimpactpodcast/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-social-impact-stories-with-srijan-and-vlada 📧Email us at: podcast@mcnpartners.org to share your stories!

In this episode, we invited over a Millennium Fellow and Environmentalist Polina Gracheva. Polina is an aspiring individual from St. Petersburg, Russia. She is now studying in Lithuania at LCC International University. She has been actively working on advancing SDG13: Climate Change by raising awareness about climate change and taking initiatives to make her campus more sustainable. Tune in to the episode to learn more about what she has been doing. In this episode, Polina also shares her advice for those who are also thinking of starting their journey on climate advocacy. More about her project: ClimateChangeXTheHabits: https://www.facebook.com/anna.audare/videos/232474558956269 The Habits Club: https://www.instagram.com/thehabitsclub/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 🎧Listen to the podcast on: Google Podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy83MTlmMTFkOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw?sa=X&ved=0CAIQ9sEGahcKEwjo-IymvIP0AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQQA Anchor:https://anchor.fm/social-impact-stories Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0kWXkntrpREfSS9PRSsCji 🌻Follow Us on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/socialimpactpodcast/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-social-impact-stories-with-srijan-and-vlada 📧Email us at: podcast@mcnpartners.org to share your stories!

In this episode, we engage with James- the Executive Assistant, Millennium Campus Network, and dive into the story that inspired him to initiate social impact projects. James Odhiambo is a Social Advocate and Law student at the University of Nairobi, entering his final undergraduate year. He is also a Millennium Fellowship alumnus, having served diligently as Campus Director in 2020. He has demonstrated interest in Social Impact and Youth Advocacy from a young age, winning the King Constantine Medal at 18. He is also a Peace First Grantee and has recently worked at Spellcast, an award-winning Kenyan Entertainment Company, serving as Head of Procurement and Writing for 2 years. James possesses strong communication skills and has written on Social injustice, Kenyan Political History, the Independence movement, and he continues to explore African Heritage through visual and written storytelling. He started Kumbuka, a Social Impact Project addressing recurrent Post-Election violence in Kenya; Pamoja for Turkana, a project to help victims of drought, among others. James has recently been voted Mr. University at his school and continues to show potential in youth leadership. His role as Executive Assistant entails assisting the Executive Director with day-to-day administrative duties, communication, among other roles. His skills and passion for youth leadership will be an asset to the team going forward. Source: https://www.mcnpartners.org/james-odhiambo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 🎧Listen to the podcast on: Google Podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy83MTlmMTFkOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw?sa=X&ved=0CAIQ9sEGahcKEwjo-IymvIP0AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQQA Anchor:https://anchor.fm/social-impact-stories Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0kWXkntrpREfSS9PRSsCji 🌻Follow Us on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/socialimpactpodcast/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-social-impact-stories-with-srijan-and-vlada 📧Email us at: podcast@mcnpartners.org to share your stories!

This is the very first episode of The Social Impact Stories with Srijan & Vlada presented by the Millennium Fellowship. In this episode, you meet - Srijan & Vlada where they talk about "Social Impact", their Millennium Fellowship projects, and what this podcast is really about. Join these two friends from Ukraine and Bangladesh in their quest of exploring social impact stories from around the whole world as they engage in conversations with millennium fellows, global leaders, and many more! From the episode: Vlada's Project (Vlada's Talk Show): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwRGmOZBp9ff3nR5mHRojRA Srijan's Project (KriShop): https://sites.google.com/view/kri-shop/home ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 🎧Listen to the podcast on: Google Podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy83MTlmMTFkOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw?sa=X&ved=0CAIQ9sEGahcKEwjo-IymvIP0AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQQA Anchor:https://anchor.fm/social-impact-stories Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0kWXkntrpREfSS9PRSsCji 🌻Follow Us on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/socialimpactpodcast/ 📧Email us at: podcast@mcnpartners.org to share your stories!