Social Entrepreneur Ireland Awards…

It has been a busy few months since returning to Ireland; writing the book ‘One Wild Life’- an account of my travels for the last year. It profiles some of the inspiring social entrepreneurs I met along the way and includes snippets of travelogue and a selection of photos. After many an hour in a library, I'm happy to say the book is really taking shape.

Since returning I’ve also been given one of the Social Entrepreneur Ireland Level One awards this year- with gratitude. The award is in recognition of my work to date and particularly my plan to share the stories of social entrepreneurs with young people in Ireland. An Award ceremony is taking place tomorrow evening in Dublin.

I'll also be speaking on the Pat Kenny Radio show tomorrow morning- about the awards and my travels. I’ll be interviewed along with Bob Seward, one of the people who I met in Cork, and Rotemi Adebari, the first Black mayor in Ireland, and another interviewee. Tune in at around 10.30am RTE Radio 1. It is usually me doing the interviews- so this is an interesting turn of events!

Responses, comments or queries can be sent to
onewildlife@gmail.com

In the headlines...

You may remember the post about Rotemi Adebari, one the social entrepreneurs I interviewed, being elected as the first Black Irish Mayor. I spotted this interesting photo opportunity at an event in Cork yesterday.





The event in question was a seminar organised by Suas, Connect World and Concern on how Africa is represented in the Media. Speaking at the event was, among others, Aoife Kavanagh, an RTE presenter with a keen interest in changing the perceptions of Africa in the Irish media.

In summary- things have to change. Agreed!