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 TAIWO FATOLA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW AND CAMPUS DIRECTOR FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
Osun State University | Osogbo, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 9
" As vital as mental health is, I have come to a realization that it is given less attention than it deserves. I have identified the Millennium Fellowship as a platform to further advance the advocacy of mental health within and outside my university community. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Mental Health and You
The project aims to enlighten and sensitize students of Osun State University and secondary schools in Osogbo, Nigeria, on mental health and how they can take proper care of it.
The project focuses on educating students on the causes, symptoms and prevention of different forms of mental illnesses and how people can seek help from from loved ones and professional therapists to successfully manage mental illness.
The project also helps to demystify myths surrounding mental illness and discourage stigmatization and discrimination against people with mental illness.
About the Millennium Fellow
Taiwo Fatola, a medical student at Osun State University, Nigeria, is a passionate and young changemaker. He is driven by passion to change his immediate environment. He he strongly believes this can be achieved by advancing the SDGs.
In 2021, he led a team of West African medical students to draft a policy document for the Federation of African Medical Students Association. The policy document was adopted at the 35th FAMSA General Assembly.
He is a freelance journalist and fact-checker. He is a Fellow, African Investigative Journalism Conference (2020).
