Good stuff: 1. Neasa White and Chris Maher; 2. Jodi Doran; 3. Rebecca Hoey. (Pix. Kieran Harnett)
A positive start to the new year with the Vodafone Ireland Foundation, the charitable arm of Vodafone, announcing the deserving winners of its first ever World of Difference 3 month paid placement programme. The programme provides 30 people with the chance to ‘donate’ themselves to charitable causes and take up a placement with an Irish charity of their choice, funded by the mobile organisation’s foundation.
Each candidate will represent leading Irish charities across important issues such as aid and development, children and youth and education and training, among others - both in Ireland and abroad. Each of the winners has a specific project to undertake, chosen due to the tangible and lasting impact they will have on their chosen cause.
Applications for the scheme flooded in from around the country since last October. They were asked to outline the role they could undertake with their nominated charity and to specifically address how they could make a demonstrable difference within the 3 month period. A panel of judges including Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin, Frances Black and Darren Byrne were tasked with choosing the winners.
A positive start to the new year with the Vodafone Ireland Foundation, the charitable arm of Vodafone, announcing the deserving winners of its first ever World of Difference 3 month paid placement programme. The programme provides 30 people with the chance to ‘donate’ themselves to charitable causes and take up a placement with an Irish charity of their choice, funded by the mobile organisation’s foundation.
Each candidate will represent leading Irish charities across important issues such as aid and development, children and youth and education and training, among others - both in Ireland and abroad. Each of the winners has a specific project to undertake, chosen due to the tangible and lasting impact they will have on their chosen cause.
Applications for the scheme flooded in from around the country since last October. They were asked to outline the role they could undertake with their nominated charity and to specifically address how they could make a demonstrable difference within the 3 month period. A panel of judges including Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin, Frances Black and Darren Byrne were tasked with choosing the winners.
