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Obagade Ibukunoluwa Oluwatoyin is a driven, passionate, well-oriented 6th(final) year medical student at the prestigious College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria. She was born in Lagos, Nigeria and currently resides and schools in Lagos. As a teenager, she had always dreamed and envisioned about making a difference in her community, society and globally which led her to pursue her dreams of becoming a medical doctor. She is also focused on the importance of Gender equity, equality, adequate education, health opportunities and female empowerment. Since when she started college up until now, she is a volunteer at several NGO's aimed at addressing these issues as well various student body groups. She hopes to continue to play her role towards making the world a better place and this opportunity of becoming a Millennium Fellow is of great honor and joy to her. ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2021 United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. In 2021, over 25,000 young leaders on 2,000+ campuses across 153 nations applied to join the Class of 2021. 136 campuses worldwide (just 6%) were selected to host the 2,000+ Millennium Fellows. The Class of 2021 is bold, innovative, and inclusive. UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT IBUKUNOLUWA OLUWATOYIN OBAGADE, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2021. University of Lagos, College of Medicine | Lagos, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 13 & UNAI 9 " Passion, Empathy, hard work and Diligence are strong ideals to me as a person. Becoming a prestigious Millennium Fellow with further accelerate my potential and add more important skill-sets needed for me to become the best version of myself in terms of making substantial impact for my community and society. These will further enable me to make adequate social impact in my country and the world at large towards achieving the SDG's. I am so elated and can't wait to explore the various activities and programs lined up. " Millennium Fellowship Project: The ReviveEarth Initiative The ReviveEarth Initiative is a project that aims at promoting awareness among the masses on Climate change, its mitigation and impact reduction in the society through media platforms and physical outreaches to secondary schools. Our goal is to enlighten the populace on the negative effects of our actions on the environment and our water bodies. We also hope to ingrain into their subconscious how our collective effort towards a reformation can cause a positive change and a safer environment. About the Millennium Fellow Obagade Ibukunoluwa Oluwatoyin is a driven, passionate, well-oriented 6th(final) year medical student at the prestigious College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria. She was born in Lagos, Nigeria and currently resides and schools in Lagos. As a teenager, she had always dreamed and envisioned about making a difference in her community, society and globally which led her to pursue her dreams of becoming a medical doctor. She is also focused on the importance of Gender equity, equality, adequate education, health opportunities and female empowerment. Since when she started college up until now, she is a volunteer at several NGO's aimed at addressing these issues as well various student body groups. She hopes to continue to play her role towards making the world a better place and this opportunity of becoming a Millennium Fellow is of great honor and joy to her. BACK Apply for the Class of 2026

Chetan is an ambitious and aspiring student of commerce. He has a hunger to gain more and more skills, knowledge, and confidence and explore the new elements of different fields. Chetan is always ready to open up and loves to meet and greet new people and communicate with them. He is also a writer, his poetry pieces revolve around romantic angles. He has a keen interest in Management and Strategic Consulting and wants to pursue a career in the same. Apart from these academic areas, he is also a sports enthusiast and had been a part of different sports teams in his school time like badminton, football, chess, and volleyball. ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2022 United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. Over 31,000 young leaders on 2,400+ campuses across 140+ nations applied to join the Class of 2022. 200+ campuses worldwide (just 8%) were selected to host the 3,000+ Millennium Fellows. UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT CHETAN AGGARWAL, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022. University of Delhi North Campus | Delhi, India | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 3 " United Nations Academic Impact and MCN would provide me with an International platform to quench my thirst for knowledge through the communication and discussion that would take place at such a stage. I envision a tremendous potential for mental growth via this Fellowship. The meaningful and vital interactions among the Fellows about the SDGs would surely impact the communities and individuals at a global level. " Millennium Fellowship Project: HOPE We are a community of Gen Z and Millenials who help address the issue of mental health through Awareness Campaigns, Support Spaces and Mental Health Consulting. About the Millennium Fellow Chetan is an ambitious and aspiring student of commerce. He has a hunger to gain more and more skills, knowledge, and confidence and explore the new elements of different fields. Chetan is always ready to open up and loves to meet and greet new people and communicate with them. He is also a writer, his poetry pieces revolve around romantic angles. He has a keen interest in Management and Strategic Consulting and wants to pursue a career in the same. Apart from these academic areas, he is also a sports enthusiast and had been a part of different sports teams in his school time like badminton, football, chess, and volleyball. BACK Apply for the Class of 2026

Penn Harriette Meshi is a 25years old Female born and Resident in the city of Bamenda in the North West Region of Cameroon. She is a 6th Year Medical student in the faculty of Health sciences university of Bamenda Cameroon. She also volunteers as a member of the rural Doctors Forum, an NGO in Cameroon and is member of the Scientific club in her school. She is the 1st of 6 siblings, not married . She is also very active in extracurricular activities as she is the music Director of 2 choirs.. she has, singing and dancing as her hobbies. ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2023 United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. 44,000+ student leaders from 3,300+ campuses across 170+ nations applied to join the Class of 2023. 260+ campuses worldwide (just 9%) in 38 countries were selected to host 4,000+ Millennium Fellows for the Class of 2023. UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT PENN MESHI, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW AND CAMPUS DIRECTOR FOR THE CLASS OF 2023. University of Bamenda | Bamenda, Cameroon | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 3 Millennium Fellowship Project: Healthy Community, Happy life Carry out Sensitization campaigns on how to prevent/ better manage some common non communicable diseases like Diabetes, Hypertension, Kidney diseases etc, prevent communicable diseases like STIs, Malaria etc About the Millennium Fellow Penn Harriette Meshi is a 25years old Female born and Resident in the city of Bamenda in the North West Region of Cameroon. She is a 6th Year Medical student in the faculty of Health sciences university of Bamenda Cameroon. She also volunteers as a member of the rural Doctors Forum, an NGO in Cameroon and is member of the Scientific club in her school. She is the 1st of 6 siblings, not married . She is also very active in extracurricular activities as she is the music Director of 2 choirs.. she has, singing and dancing as her hobbies. BACK Apply for the Class of 2026

Hilary Arize Otu is a young, determined and intelligent public health student at the University of calabar, Cross River State. She was born in boki local government area in Cross River State,resides in calabar Cross River State and a proud citizen Nigeria.At a very young age Hilary has always been passionate about her advocacies for social justice and women right.Through out her secondary School years and currently in her University years, she has taken part in projects and social justice movements.She plans to be in the professional field where she can cultivate these advocacies further and contribute to the United Nations sustainable Goals. ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2024 United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. This year, 52,000+ young leaders applied to join the Class of 2024 on 6,000+ campuses across 170 nations. 280+ campuses worldwide (just 5%) were selected to host the 4,000+ Millennium Fellows. UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT HILARY ARIZE OTU, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2024. University of Calabar | Calabar, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 3, SDG 4 & UNAI 3 " The skill I gain from Millennium Fellowship will fuel me with the passion and desire to make my impact in school more tangible and aligned with the SDGs. I am excited to expand my knowledge to be able to make impact in my school and community. " Millennium Fellowship Project: Mental Health Advocacy And Awareness: Mind Your Mind Sustainable Development Goal 3 addresses Health and Wellbeing. Mental health is an aspect of health that is often neglected especially in this part of the world. Mental health advocacy and awareness seek to address all issues that forms barricades against people seeking help on time About the Millennium Fellow Hilary Arize Otu is a young, determined and intelligent public health student at the University of calabar, Cross River State. She was born in boki local government area in Cross River State,resides in calabar Cross River State and a proud citizen Nigeria.At a very young age Hilary has always been passionate about her advocacies for social justice and women right.Through out her secondary School years and currently in her University years, she has taken part in projects and social justice movements.She plans to be in the professional field where she can cultivate these advocacies further and contribute to the United Nations sustainable Goals. BACK Apply for the Class of 2026

Lara Mohamed is a sophomore at Yale double majoring in economics and history on the pre-law track. At Yale, Lara is the president of the Yale Arab Student Association, a Peer-Liaison for the Afro-American Cultural Center, and a Residential College Selection Committee Member. In her freshman year at Yale, Lara served as the Assistant Secretary General of Branding and played an instrumental role in bringing over 2,000 students from 45 countries to the Yale Model UN conference. Lara is always working on creating a global impact. She is particularly interested in supporting indigenous populations worldwide and helping displaced individuals. ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2024 United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. This year, 52,000+ young leaders applied to join the Class of 2024 on 6,000+ campuses across 170 nations. 280+ campuses worldwide (just 5%) were selected to host the 4,000+ Millennium Fellows. UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT LARA MOHAMED, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2024. Yale University | New Haven, United States | Advancing SDG 3, SDG 10, SDG 1 & UNAI 1 " This fellowship reminds me that leadership is not developed by doing everything on my own, but rather through collaboration. Changing the world is not easy and projects that seem simple take months to plan. This fellowship provides me with a unique opportunity to receive valuable feedback from my classmates regarding my ideas. I am very excited to see firsthand the difference I am making through my project. Additionally, with 11,000 alumni, the Millennium Fellowship opens up lifelong opportunities to connect with global changemakers and leaders. " Millennium Fellowship Project: Nubians for Tomorrow Nubians-Egyptians used to live near the Nile River and were farmers. However, in the 1960s, the Egyptian government displaced over 50,000 Nubians from their homes to build the Aswan Dam. Finding themselves jobless, many Nubian men moved to Cairo or abroad to find jobs, while their wives stayed to raise their children. The lack of a present father figure in Nubian childrens’ lives has caused many teenagers to use drugs. While this is a big problem in the community, it is not being addressed by the government since Nubians are a minority group. Through my project, I researched the types of drugs most commonly used in the community. Then, I created flyers and presentations that explained the health risks of utilizing those drugs. Next, through my connections, I contacted middle schools in one Nubian village to share my materials with their students. While my content didn't prevent people who are already utilizing drugs to stop utilizing them, it helped prevent young teenagers from using drugs in the first place. About the Millennium Fellow Lara Mohamed is a sophomore at Yale double majoring in economics and history on the pre-law track. At Yale, Lara is the president of the Yale Arab Student Association, a Peer-Liaison for the Afro-American Cultural Center, and a Residential College Selection Committee Member. In her freshman year at Yale, Lara served as the Assistant Secretary General of Branding and played an instrumental role in bringing over 2,000 students from 45 countries to the Yale Model UN conference. Lara is always working on creating a global impact. She is particularly interested in supporting indigenous populations worldwide and helping displaced individuals. BACK Apply for the Class of 2026

Kaggwa Mark was born in Nkokonjeru a small rural town in Buikwe district in Uganda. He developed quite an early interest in voluntary action for community well-being.While in high school he spared time for personal egagement in affiliated activities such as campaigns to fundraise basic aide for the vulnerable including the elderly and orpharned with in his community. He carried on the passion with him to the University where this far, as one among its pioneers he has been taking on the role of building mutual relations on behalf of Gulu University Red Cross Club with the outside community including other Red Cross Clubs externally. This has enabled him partly to shape his leadership skills and realise his passion. ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2020 United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. In the three months the application was open in 2020, 15,159 young leaders applied to join the Class of 2020 on 1,458 campuses across 135 nations. 80 campuses worldwide (just 6%) were selected to host the 1,000+ Millennium Fellows. The Class of 2020 is bold, innovative, and inclusive. UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT MARK KAGGWA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2020. Gulu University | Gulu, Uganda | Advancing SDG 2 & UNAI 2 " I am highly thrilled by the prospect of being engaged with fellow enthusiastic youngsters with a common goal to explore their potential for the betterment of the world for everyone in a shared future. I hope through this platform to galvanise youthful ambition with vision to influence change we desire to see on the worldstage starting with the stage of our own local community. " Millennium Fellowship Project: Nutrition for Health Initiative. Nutrition for Health Initiative entails the optimisation of the potential diverse academic resourcefulness of youngsters at University to monitor the progress of nutritional status of community members especially the children below 6years of age through regular nutrition screening outreaches.It also involves senstisation of households about the proper nutrition health based on the different individual nutrient daily requirements using nutrition health guiding brochures.It is married to innovation of farming practises to enhance home based supply of micronutrients to fight nutritional deficiencies. Among the goals aimed at include; I) A publication of an easy to approach comprehensive nutrition health guide brochure in both local language and English plus printing of over 50copies in either language. II) A reach out to over 50 households issued with necessary nutrition health guides on appropriate diet. III) Taking record of Nutritional status of about 20 children below 6years from separate households twice with in a range of 6weeks. IV) Establishing a nutrition health hub with in the community to feed the members with factual information about nutritional health and demonstrate the innovative gardening techniques to afford adequate supply of micronutrients. About the Millennium Fellow Kaggwa Mark was born in Nkokonjeru a small rural town in Buikwe district in Uganda. He developed quite an early interest in voluntary action for community well-being.While in high school he spared time for personal egagement in affiliated activities such as campaigns to fundraise basic aide for the vulnerable including the elderly and orpharned with in his community. He carried on the passion with him to the University where this far, as one among its pioneers he has been taking on the role of building mutual relations on behalf of Gulu University Red Cross Club with the outside community including other Red Cross Clubs externally. This has enabled him partly to shape his leadership skills and realise his passion. BACK Apply for the Class of 2026

I'm Nazifa Nawar Eshika from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology in Sylhet, Bangladesh, pursuing a B.S.S honors in social work. I'm passionate about social impact and actively engaged with several social organizations to contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). During the fellowship, I worked with my team to achieve SDG 4 (quality of education). Our project is focused on sustainable development, particularly emphasizing quality education provision in rural areas in Bangladesh. We collaborated with schools.We negotiated with school faculty to arrange workshops, provide resources, and impart knowledge to children about technology use for learning and skills development. Alumni Update: Since the Millennium Fellowship, Nazifa got involved as a Hult prize on campus champion 2024. ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2023 United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. 44,000+ student leaders from 3,300+ campuses across 170+ nations applied to join the Class of 2023. 260+ campuses worldwide (just 9%) in 38 countries were selected to host 4,000+ Millennium Fellows for the Class of 2023. UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT NAZIFA NAWAR ESHIKA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2023. Shahjalal University of Science & Technology | Sylhet, Bangladesh | Advancing SDG 4 & UNAI 1 Millennium Fellowship Project: Let Education be for all One of the most significant problems in our community is quality education. There is wide disparity in education at the primary level and the quality of education is low. So we have decided to work on SDG 4 to improve the quality of education.We are hopeful that we will be able to play a supportive role in achieving equal participation of boys and girls in education and quality of education. About the Millennium Fellow I'm Nazifa Nawar Eshika from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology in Sylhet, Bangladesh, pursuing a B.S.S honors in social work. I'm passionate about social impact and actively engaged with several social organizations to contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). During the fellowship, I worked with my team to achieve SDG 4 (quality of education). Our project is focused on sustainable development, particularly emphasizing quality education provision in rural areas in Bangladesh. We collaborated with schools.We negotiated with school faculty to arrange workshops, provide resources, and impart knowledge to children about technology use for learning and skills development. Alumni Update: Since the Millennium Fellowship, Nazifa got involved as a Hult prize on campus champion 2024. BACK Apply for the Class of 2026

Uzochukwu Chima Emmanuel is very humble, selfless, committed and expresses a genuine concern for people he comes in contact with. He was born in Nigeria, resides in Onitsha, and is currently studying as a pharmacy student in University of Nigeria Nsukka. In recent times, Uzochukwu has organized tutorial classes both for his fellow classmates and the sophomore students of the faculty. This particular act speaks so much of his inherent eagerness to show empathy for students who finds it difficult to understand some course topics being taught in the class. ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2021 United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. In 2021, over 25,000 young leaders on 2,000+ campuses across 153 nations applied to join the Class of 2021. 136 campuses worldwide (just 6%) were selected to host the 2,000+ Millennium Fellows. The Class of 2021 is bold, innovative, and inclusive. UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT UZOCHUKWU EMMANUEL CHIMA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2021. University of Nigeria | Nsukka, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 2 " Having looked for avenues to hone my leadership skills as it pertains to knowledge seeking and consequently knowledge impartation, being a part of the Millennium Fellowship will be the very satiation to my quest. I believe that the many skills I gain will be aligned to the very principles of UNAI and in furtherance, the actualization of the SDGs through our Anti-Microbial Resistance Awareness. I am really excited to be a part of this group of like-minded people who seek to impact positively on the people in their immediate environment. " Millennium Fellowship Project: Antimicrobial Resistance initiative (AMRi) Antimicrobial Resistance initiative is a project targeted at enlightening the public about the dangers and deleterious effect of misusing antibiotics. Here, we believe that antimicrobial resistance which has continued to be a terror to the entire global community could be curbed or at least be brought to a minimum if people actually have a good knowledge of it's dangers and implications. Our main aim doesn't stop with creating awareness on the misuse of antibiotics, it goes further to creating strong antimicrobial stewards. About the Millennium Fellow Uzochukwu Chima Emmanuel is very humble, selfless, committed and expresses a genuine concern for people he comes in contact with. He was born in Nigeria, resides in Onitsha, and is currently studying as a pharmacy student in University of Nigeria Nsukka. In recent times, Uzochukwu has organized tutorial classes both for his fellow classmates and the sophomore students of the faculty. This particular act speaks so much of his inherent eagerness to show empathy for students who finds it difficult to understand some course topics being taught in the class. BACK Apply for the Class of 2026

Jawad Ullah currently pursues BS in English from the University of Sargodha. He is an enthusiastic and interactive student, and proudly leads the Lyceum Reading Club on his campus as president. He has a great love for literature and discourse. He works untiringly to foster critical thinking, collaboration, and creative discourse among the students on campus. ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2023 United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. 44,000+ student leaders from 3,300+ campuses across 170+ nations applied to join the Class of 2023. 260+ campuses worldwide (just 9%) in 38 countries were selected to host 4,000+ Millennium Fellows for the Class of 2023. UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT JAWAD ULLAH, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2023. University of Sargodha | Sargodha, Pakistan | Advancing SDG 13 & UNAI 9 Millennium Fellowship Project: Eco-revive: A Green Tomorrow "EcoRevive: A Green Tomorrow" is a visionary climate action project aimed at driving positive environmental change within local communities. Through a series of engaging initiatives, educational workshops, and sustainable initiatives, this project aims to raise awareness about climate change and empower individuals to adopt eco-friendly practices in their daily lives. By fostering a sense of responsibility towards the environment, the project seeks to create a lasting impact that contributes to a more sustainable future. Goals (August-December 2023): • Host a minimum of 3 Virtual Community Workshops on climate change awareness and sustainable living practices, reaching a total of 150 participants. • Establish a local tree-planting campaign, with the goal of planting maximum trees in designated areas within the community in collaboration with different societies at our University. • Collaborate with local schools to raise awareness on environmental conservation, reaching at least 2 schools and 500 students. • Reduce community plastic waste by initiating a plastic recycling and use reduction awareness camps. These measurable goals will ensure our project's impact and help track our progress towards creating a more sustainable and eco-conscious community. Hoping for the best! About the Millennium Fellow Jawad Ullah currently pursues BS in English from the University of Sargodha. He is an enthusiastic and interactive student, and proudly leads the Lyceum Reading Club on his campus as president. He has a great love for literature and discourse. He works untiringly to foster critical thinking, collaboration, and creative discourse among the students on campus. BACK Apply for the Class of 2026

Madison Amlotte is an upcoming Junior at Alma College who strongly in committing oneself to the community in which you live and making it a better place than when you began. She is heavily involved on campus including being President of the Class of 2020, a Varsity Athlete, student representative to the Board of Trustees, and in leadership of two other organizations, and a member of Alma College’s award winning Model United Nations Team. She hopes that this project will create positive change in the community and hopes to find a career in policy advocacy after graduation. ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2018 United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. In the three months the application was open in 2018, students applied to join the Class of 2018 on 285 campuses across 57 nations. 30 campuses worldwide (just 11%) were selected to host the 402 Millennium Fellows in the global pilot this year. The Class of 2018 is bold, innovative, and inclusive. During the Millennium Fellowship, Millennium Fellows' dedicated 48,785 hours and their 214 unique projects positively impacted the lives of 393,449 people worldwide. UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT MADISON AMLOTTE, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW AND CAMPUS DIRECTOR FOR THE CLASS OF 2018. Alma College | Michigan, United States | Advancing SDG 2 and SDG 12 & UNAI 9 " I’m excited to be a Millennium Fellow due to the vast network of amazing people and projects being developed around the world! It is an honor to be among them! " Millennium Fellowship Project: Big Box Farm Project The Big Box Farm Project is aimed at ensuring year-round access to sustainable and nutritious food by converting an abandoned former K-Mart building into an indoor aquaponic facility. The project is operating in an area of the Midwest where there is higher level of poverty and increase access to nutritional food will play a key role in increasing community health and wellness as well as to stimulate the local economy and better the environment by promoting shopping locally. Additionally, the project focus on the reutilization of existing infrastructure. The projected outcomes of our project by December of 2018 include operating a small scale aquaponics system to serve as a model for our long term goal of a full scale aquaponics facility. This small scale model will allow for experiments to be run on how to most efficiently run the system, as well as better plan for the operating cost and factors of a full scale system. This also provides an opportunity to bring campus and community together through outreach events. Building this relationship is one of the most important focuses for the project moving forward. Another focus will be on fundraising efforts for the purchase of the K-Mart facility and equipment. The long term goal is to create a full scale indoor farming facility and food network for mid-Michigan. This network will provide nutritional local food for large hubs like schools and hospitals as well as for household consumption. The team aims to raise community health and ensure access to nutritional food no matter a person’s income level. About the Millennium Fellow Madison Amlotte is an upcoming Junior at Alma College who strongly in committing oneself to the community in which you live and making it a better place than when you began. She is heavily involved on campus including being President of the Class of 2020, a Varsity Athlete, student representative to the Board of Trustees, and in leadership of two other organizations, and a member of Alma College’s award winning Model United Nations Team. She hopes that this project will create positive change in the community and hopes to find a career in policy advocacy after graduation. BACK Apply for the Class of 2026

Jennah Walcott is an ambitious young woman studying biomedical engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, with aspirations to pursue an MD/PhD after graduation. She is committed to improving the condition underrepresented populations; she has started an initiative to increase access to menstrual products on campus with three friends, encourages women to pursue careers in STEM with the Women’s Recruitment Team, and recently applied for a Fulbright scholarship to raise awareness about sexual healthcare barriers. She plans to bring this energy to her MCN project and looks forward to advancing these initiatives these semester. ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2024 United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. This year, 52,000+ young leaders applied to join the Class of 2024 on 6,000+ campuses across 170 nations. 280+ campuses worldwide (just 5%) were selected to host the 4,000+ Millennium Fellows. UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT JENNAH IMAN WALCOTT, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2024. Georgia Institute of Technology | Georgia, United States | Advancing SDG 1, SDG 2, SDG 3, SDG 11 & UNAI 1 " I am committed to raising awarenesss about issues that people deal with quietly and are generally considered "normal". It is important to spread the word about these topics and start initiatives to start solving these problems. Homlessness is not a fact of life - there are things everday people can do to help. Millennium Fellowship will allow me to collaborate with a group of like-minded people, thus accelerating my progress towards this goal. " Millennium Fellowship Project: Improving The Conditions Of Impoverished Communities We are focused on improving access to resources in the impoverished population in Atlanta. We have done this by partnering with local nonprofits serving these populations to set up volunteer opportunities for GT students, including shelter building, supply handout in local encampments, and afterschool volunteering! We also have made efforts to raise money for a shower bus that we plan to build next semester, and collected donations via a food drive. About the Millennium Fellow Jennah Walcott is an ambitious young woman studying biomedical engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, with aspirations to pursue an MD/PhD after graduation. She is committed to improving the condition underrepresented populations; she has started an initiative to increase access to menstrual products on campus with three friends, encourages women to pursue careers in STEM with the Women’s Recruitment Team, and recently applied for a Fulbright scholarship to raise awareness about sexual healthcare barriers. She plans to bring this energy to her MCN project and looks forward to advancing these initiatives these semester. BACK Apply for the Class of 2026

Serah Samuel is a self-motivated young rising entrepreneur currently pursuing an honours degree in Business Management at the African Leadership College. She was born in Mombasa, Kenya, resides in Kilifi, Kenya and is currently studying in Mauritius. For as long as she can remember, Serah has always been passionate about her advocacies for girl child empowerment and quality education. This drive translated itself from Serah’s experiences growing up as a girl child in a village where girls were less privileged than a boy child and her continuous desire to improve the lives of individuals who have been disproportionately affected by the aforementioned issues. Throughout her high school years and currently in her college years, she has endlessly participated in various projects that aim to bring change in less fortunate people in her community. Additionally, she founded an organization whose mission is to develop strategies that would empower the less privileged in her community. Through her leadership, Serah plans to continue volunteering and working to support the community in the future. Serah thrives to be in professional field where she can continue these advocacies further, grow her organization to support more people and contribute to the development of the United Nation’s Sustainable Goals. ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2021 United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. In 2021, over 25,000 young leaders on 2,000+ campuses across 153 nations applied to join the Class of 2021. 136 campuses worldwide (just 6%) were selected to host the 2,000+ Millennium Fellows. The Class of 2021 is bold, innovative, and inclusive. UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT SERAH MASIKA SAMUEL, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2021. African Leadership University | Pamplemousses, Mauritius | Advancing SDG 5 & UNAI 5 " Social impact and genuine connection with the individuals I work with in the community is what drives me to do what I do. Being a part of the Millennium Fellowship gives me an opportunity to create strong partnership that will drive impact in my community projects. The skills I gain from the Millennium Fellowship will make my social impact on reducing inequalities more impactful and aligned with the UNAI principles and SDGS. I want to be a part of this fellowship to challenge myself and create a sustainable social change especially in my community. " Millennium Fellowship Project: You Matter Initiave Most students in rural areas lack knowledge about the variety of opportunities (both academics and non-academic) available to them after graduation. It is divided into two main parts and also has a minor feature which would be a podcast. The first part of the project involves organizing campaigns and visiting schools in remote rural areas in Ghana to enlighten high school students from these schools about the opportunities and programs available to high school students. The Ashesi team will walk them through what they have to do to be fully equipped with the necessary skills to be entitled to these opportunities. The second part of the problem involves organizing a 3-month mentorship program between high school students from rural areas with student volunteers from universities worldwide. The mentor-mentee pairing will be done considering the students' career aspirations. Through this mentorship program, the students will learn from their seniors who when through the process before them. They will be able to gain guidance concerning their path after high school graduation. The podcast would focus on having talks with student entrepreneurs. This would be to discuss how these entrepreneurs came up with their business what inspires them and advice they would give to other students. The Ashesi team sees this as a necessary feature of the project because we would not want students to only focus of graduating and finding work. However, we would want some of these students to start up business which would in tend employ their mates and reduce the rate of unemployment in the country. This project is mainly focused on advancing SDG 4 and promoting the goal 5 of UNAI goals. About the Millennium Fellow Serah Samuel is a self-motivated young rising entrepreneur currently pursuing an honours degree in Business Management at the African Leadership College. She was born in Mombasa, Kenya, resides in Kilifi, Kenya and is currently studying in Mauritius. For as long as she can remember, Serah has always been passionate about her advocacies for girl child empowerment and quality education. This drive translated itself from Serah’s experiences growing up as a girl child in a village where girls were less privileged than a boy child and her continuous desire to improve the lives of individuals who have been disproportionately affected by the aforementioned issues. Throughout her high school years and currently in her college years, she has endlessly participated in various projects that aim to bring change in less fortunate people in her community. Additionally, she founded an organization whose mission is to develop strategies that would empower the less privileged in her community. Through her leadership, Serah plans to continue volunteering and working to support the community in the future. Serah thrives to be in professional field where she can continue these advocacies further, grow her organization to support more people and contribute to the development of the United Nation’s Sustainable Goals. BACK Apply for the Class of 2026