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 June Arunga
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June Arunga's Visit to Hawaii
GRIH sponsored a visit to Hawaii by June Arunga, December 10 – 24, 2005. June, a member of our Board of Advisors, is a 24-year old native of Kenya, who just completed law school in England.
She is a dynamic leader and spokesperson for the importance of individual liberty and the free market. She has done several documentaries and is in wide demand worldwide as a speaker and consultant. Her BBC documentary on Africa, “The Devil’s Footpath” is as moving as it is popular.
During her visit, June talked to 647 of our high school and college students and 70 adults. The long term benefit of her work will be felt in Hawaii for many years. If you want to order “The Devil’s Footpath,” call us at 591-9193 or send a check for $20 to Grassroot Institute of Hawaii. Include your name, address, telephone number and e-mail address.
To learn more about June, read articles about her at http://www.aworldconnected.org/article.php/368.html http://www.globalenvision.org/library/3/792/6/ http://www.buckingham.ac.uk/news/newsarchive2004/arunga.html http://www.atlasusa.org/reports/2002_aruga.php
June is Director of Youth Programs at Inter-Region Economic Network. Their Web site is located at http://irenkenya.org/home.php
More on Devil’s Footpath at http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/africakicks/devils_footpath.shtml June Arunga is a journalist and law student at the University of Buckingham in England. She wrote and presented the 2004 BBC documentary on Africa, "The Devil's Footpath” and was the co-presenter with the former president of Ghana – Jerry Rawlings in 2005 BBC documentary “Africa: Who is to Blame?” She previously studied law at the University of Nairobi in Kenya and directed Youth Programs at the Inter-Region Economic Network- (IREN-Kenya). In the summer of 2003 she served as an intern at the United Nations in New York City. Miss Arunga was also featured on a brief 20/20 segment with John Stossel on the WTO. June is a Member of the Board of Advisors for Global Envision a pro-market organisation in the United States and Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, a public policy non-profit in Hawaii. She holds the following fellowships: H. B. Earhart Fellow of Law, Fellow at the International Policy Network- (IPN)- a London based public policy charity, and Senior Fellow with Economic Thinking and E Pluribus Unum Films- (Seattle, WA), June Arunga: june@irenkenya.org
June's Resume June Akinyi ArungaTanlaw Mill, Hunter Street University of Buckingham Buckinghamshire UK – MK18 1EG +44 (0) 7906 291 960
Entrepreneurship · Leadership · Filmmaking · Legal Studies ________________________________________________________________________
• Started a business when 17 years old with $100 capital. Earned a profit of over 1000% selling my clothing designs to the diplomatic community in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. • I launched a sex and HIV/AIDS program while in high school that the Kenyan government’s premier HIV/AIDS body adopted for national launch. • I have written and presented two films for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that commented on markets and liberty in Africa. • Honors student of Law at University of Buckingham, UK. ________________________________________________________________________
Communicator
Leader and Budding Entrepreneur
Director Youth Affairs. Inter Region Economic Network (IREN-Kenya). 01/2002-present
University Relations Coordinator. Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE-KENYA) 8/2002-12/2003
Founder and Coordinator. University of Nairobi Medical Students’ “Sex and HIV Education Programs for high schools.” 08/1998 This program was adopted for national launch by the Kenya National HIV/AIDS Council, Kenya’s premier government body on HIV/AIDS.
Founder and Proprietor. Ababesh Designs, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 12/1998-11/1999I started Ababesh while a high school student to design and market my clothing designs. With starting capital of $100, I earned an after-tax profit of about $1200 in a year. The tailoring was outsourced and I focused on direct selling to Addis Ababa’s diplomatic community. The major challenge was operating in a foreign environment with little capital and no business infrastructure to utilize. Nevertheless, it was my first taste of entrepreneurial success. And I loved it.___________________________________________________________________________
Writings
http://www.aworldconnected.org/article.php/368.html
http://www.aworldconnected.org/article.php/571.html Interviews
(George Bush’s AID for AIDS) 2003
(Are protesters wrong about Sweatshops?) 2003
(On Prime Minister Blair’s proposed commission on Africa) 2003
Internships
Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), New York. 06/2002 – 12/2002
United Nations Economic and Social Council- ECOSOC2003 (3 months)
Duncan Scott Productions (Summer 2004) – Film Production Victory Studios (Winter 2004) – Film Production ___________________________________________________________________________ Fellowships and Awards
Awarded by - The Earhart Foundation
Awarded by - Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University
Awarded by - The Earhart Foundation
Memberships
___________________________________________________________________________ Education Undergraduate - University of Buckingham Law School. Scheduled graduation: 02/2006
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