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Camilla Barungi is a Ugandan fashion/runway model who was born in 1981. [1] She is also a New York-based fashion model, social innovator and cultural and business strategist. [2] [3]
Barungi studied biochemistry at San Jose State University.[ citation needed ]
Barungi was discovered by a fashion agent while studying at San Jose State University. [4]
On 27 August 2015, she addressed the United Nations on including Sustainable Fashion in their implementation of the 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]
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]
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Barungi also devotes time and donates her strategic advisory services to drive diversity and inclusion for underserved communities. She serves 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 programs and services for people living with disabilities in the United States.[ citation needed ]
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