Camila Barungi
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Camilla Barungi is an Ugandan fashion/runway model who was born in 1981.[1] She is also a New York-based fashion model, social innovator cultural & business strategist.[2][3]
Work experience[edit]
As a strategist, Barungi leverages innovation and cultural bridges to foster job creation and the growth of Africa and the African Diaspora's innovation ecosystems in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs).[4]
As a university student in Silicon Valley, Barungi was discovered by a fashion agent and has since worked as an international model for luxury designers.
She went on to work with a number of initiatives focused on meeting the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals in particular as they relate to fashion. At the 2015 United Nations NGO Conference she curated and moderated a panel on Sustainable fashion and Global Development - "Conversations about sustainable fashion and design and the role that technology and innovation can play to ignite a global social impact. How consumers and technology can play a role in impacting ethical sourcing in developing countries."
On August 27, 2015, she addressed the United Nations on including Sustainable Fashion in their implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as part of the proposal for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In 2019, she spoke at a similar event organized at the United Nations by the permanent mission of Sweden to the UN.[5]
She is head of women's affairs for the Uganda Tennis Association.
Innovations[edit]
Barungi launched her first entrepreneurial venture in 2008 working with women's co-ops in East Africa producing sustainable ingredients to supply the global beauty industry. She has since scaled her social enterprise as a founder of Alliance 4 Development (A4D) a global advisory incubator accelerating innovation ecosystems at the intersection of sustainable fashion, emerging technologies, impact film and smart manufacturing.[6]
Philanthropy[edit]
Barungi also devotes her time and donates her strategic advisory services for philanthropy that drives diversity and inclusion for underserved communities; as a board member for Geeks Rule; a provider of STEM education to underserved students, The Nyaka Aids Orphan Project serving 650 students and as co-chair for ADAPT Community Network's Santa Project Party for over a decade, a provider of cutting edge programs and services for people living with disabilities in the United States.
Education background[edit]
Barungi is a former student at a San Jose State University in Silicon Valley where she studied biochemistry.
References[edit]
- ^ FashionModelDirectory.com, The FMD-. "Camilla Barungi - Fashion Model | Models | Photos, Editorials & Latest News | The FMD". The FMD - FashionModelDirectory.com. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Beauty, Self-Advocacy + Disability: A Cultural Examination". ReelAbilities Film Festival: New York. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
- ^ "Camilla Barungi Photostream". Zimbio. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
- ^ "Camilla Barungi". ReelAbilities Film Festival: New York. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
- ^ "Making sustainable finance work from the bottom up" (PDF). UN. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ^ "Camilla Barungi: A New Model of Economics – Wild Beauty". Retrieved 2020-04-14.