In 2011,
Sonia D’Souza-Bhavsar left a flourishing career in the PR and event management industry to move to China with her husband. It was an exciting time as digital and ecommerce were becoming big players and changing the face of the industry.
“Those were the peak years for
BAT (Baidu, Tencent, Alibaba), especially Tencent, leveraging the gaming industry,” she recalls. In 2015, Sonia moved to Singapore with her two-and-a-half-year-old son to “experience another side of an advanced nation not just moving forward digitally to bring the convenience to its people but also, the ‘human’ benefits of digitalisation in healthcare, childcare, and adult care”.
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County Wexford has won three Ocean Hero Recognition Awards in Ireland s Clean Coasts programme for outstanding volunteer work in helping to protect and keep the coastline clean.
Wexford Sub Aqua Club was honoured for its Long-Term Commitment as a longstanding member of the Clean Coasts initiative; Wexford Estuary Clean Coasts Group received an award in an Against the Odds category for adapting to Covid-19 restrictions while Sean Ferguson was recognised as one of the country s Dedicated Individuals who went above and beyond or strongly promoted the 2 Minute Beach Clean Campaign.
Sean said he is passionate about cleaning the coastline to protect our marine environment, birds and other wildlife.
This week Clean Coasts will recognise the work of some outstanding volunteer groups across Ireland by highlighting outstanding groups and individuals with Ocean Hero Recognition Awards.
The Clean Coasts programme is Ireland’s foremost community-based coastal education programme, which counts on the work of over 1,200 volunteer groups nationwide. Every year, Clean Coasts Ocean Hero Awards honour the invaluable contribution Clean Coasts volunteers, groups and communities have made towards conserving our spectacular coastline. The awards, originally called the ‘Clean Coasts’ Merit Awards’, were conceived in 2006, consisting then of only one category, ‘The Clean Coasts’ Group of the Year’. Since then the Clean Coasts’ programme has grown to engage over 1,200 Clean Coasts groups and celebrate many Ocean Heroes nationwide.
Ballynamona Clean Coasts are being recognised under the ‘Against the Odds’ category while
Marc McCarthy in Schull, and paddle-boarder Dave Ludgate of Subowti are both being recognised under the ‘Dedicated Individuals’ category.
This week Clean Coasts will recognise the work of some outstanding volunteer groups across Ireland by highlighting outstanding groups and individuals with Ocean Hero Recognition Awards. The Clean Coasts programme is Ireland’s foremost community-based coastal education programme, which counts on the work of over 1,200 volunteer groups nationwide. Every year, Clean Coasts Ocean Hero Awards honour the invaluable contribution Clean Coasts volunteers, groups and communities have made towards conserving our spectacular coastline. The awards, originally called the ‘Clean Coasts’ Merit Awards’, were conceived in 2006, consisting then of only one category, ‘The Clean Coasts’ Group of the Year’. Since then the Clean Coasts’ programme has grown