Very different winners hope to make difference

Published: Monday, May 31, 2010

By MARIE O'HALLORAN The Irish Times - Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Winners of the Vodafone Ireland Foundation's World of Difference campaign Mark Smith, Patrick Haslett, Benedicta Attoh and Mark ODoherty.

A FORMER child bride, a professional rugby player turned solicitor, an out of work marketing executive and a fashion show producer have taken on a new Apprentice -style challenge.

They are winners of the Vodafone World of Difference programme and will each spend a year working with the charity of their choice, with their salaries, approximately €40,000, paid by the phone company.

After 372 applications were whittled down by phone interviews and presentations to six, three winners were picked and the fourth, Benedicta Attoh, who lives in Co Louth, won a public vote on social website Facebook.

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