Malengo Ambassadors

On 2nd July 2016, Uganda’s first fashion show inspired by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals agenda with specific reference to Global Goal 10 for Reduced Inequalities took place with models across physical abilities walking the runway.

So far we have models who are amputees (majorly post war victims), persons with albinism, dwarfism, burn victims, wheelchair users, deaf & hard for hearing as well as able bodied models. The vision is to grow into an ambassadorship whereby the fashion show showcases models representative of all physical & intellectual abilities by 2030.

Malengo Ambassadors is one of our biggest inclusion outreach platforms, created to groom both children & youth across different physical, mental, intellectual, developmental and abilities working together with a common goal in mind, towards the social inclusion of Persons with disabilities as a critical facet of our global goal 10 agenda for Reduced Inequalities across young people on the continent. Our young ambassadors are passionate a number fields ranging from Fashion & the Arts, Human Rights, and social inclusion of Persons with disabilities to mention but a few.

It involves a well trained support staff to assist our models with challenge to integrate seamlessly into the various fashion, Style & Arts platform. For example, our backstage support staff comprises of sign interpreters to assist our deaf & hard for hearing models.

It’s mission is to creatively spark the conversation among youth across Africa about working towards a society that is adaptive towards the needs of all people at all levels of society. Africa is the second most populous continent in the world with a bulk being youth, and in order for no youth to be left behind we must stand to empower & validate the existence of all young people irregardless of their abilities.