Fiji Sun

KOLINISAU AMONG SPORTING STARS THAT ARE AMBASSADOR­S OF THE ENSPIRE WEBSITE

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Awebsite has been set-up to help charities fundraise during and after the lockdown by buying virtual shoutouts from personalit­ies, celebritie­s and mentors that we look up to. A virtual shoutout is a short video recording similar to a dedication back in the days of radio. Enspire was set up by Sanjay Reddy following the lockdown announceme­nt by New Zealand government on the 24th of March. He is a dual citizen of both Fiji and New Zealand.

Through the Enspire web platform you can request a personalis­ed virtual video shoutout from a personalit­y, celebrity or mentor.

“You will be able to dedicate shoutouts to your family, friends and colleagues and keep their morale high during and after this lockdown.

“Like everyone in Fiji and New Zealand I felt like life had been totally disrupted. Never have we experience­d anything like this.

“A lot of us will be feeling helpless at this time. Our family, friends and colleagues will go through some very hard times in the coming weeks, months and perhaps even years. “I thought that we needed to support one another, be kind and keep talking so that we can all get through this together, stronger,” Sanjay said.

FIJI TRIP

“During my last trip to Fiji over the 2019 Christmas holidays I spent close to a month in Rakiraki and came up with the essence of Enspire. “I caught up with two of my good mates, Navneel Sharma and Vinit Sharma on New Year’s Eve in Nadi and gave them a run down of the idea which they thought was promising.

“The basis of the idea was there but it did pivot a few times before arriving at Enspire. Initially, the plan was to bring out a mobile app with a whole lot of cool features.

“However, because Fiji, Samoa, New Zealand and other island countries have gone into a full lockdown affecting everyone and every business, “I decided to launch a web platform earlier by cutting down on the feature set so that Enspire can help boost peoples morale during the lockdown and support our communitie­s and charities”

“If there is one trait that stands out in those considered the best in what they do, it is their passion. Watching a personalit­y, celebrity or mentor who truly loves what they are doing is both enspiring and educationa­l.

“They bring out the best in those around them because their passion is contagious and creates an environmen­t in which learning and working becomes fun”

GIVING BACK

Enspire came into existence as a result of these questions which led to the core principles on which it stands by.

How can we take advantage of this passion and ignite this same fire inside each of us around the world?

How can we take advantage of this passion and give back to our communitie­s?

The essence and core existence of why Enspire was created is to give back to our communitie­s and charities to make the world a better place.

“Enspire is a platform that will allow users to feed their passion through experience­s with personalit­ies, celebritie­s and mentors around the world.

“We call these personalit­ies, celebritie­s and mentors, Enspire ambassador­s who are passionate about Enspire and what it stands for” “Enspire ambassador­s can spread their passion by fuelling people to be their best. Each experience will be used by an ambassador to support a charity.

AMBASSADOR­S

“Users can reach out to ambassador­s across areas such as sport, business, entertainm­ent, fashion, religion, lifestyle, food, fitness, education, politics, science, travel, technology– the list is endless.

“We have the chance to support charities fundraise during a time when it is extremely hard for them to support their causes and we can put smiles on the faces of mums, dads and kids that are not able to celebrate a birthday, an anniversar­y or any other milestone during this lockdown. “Can you imagine the effect Enspire could have by uplifiting everyones morale?”

“I am humbled by the support shown from great ambassador­s and will be opening up the platform to users in the coming week so that we can start helping our communitie­s”

Leading sports people and beauty queen who are now ambassador­s are extremely passionate about Enspire and what it stands for.

They are Team Fiji men’s rugby sevens captain Osea Kolinisau, who won the gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Former national 7s utility player Isake Katonibau, Newcastle Falcons Sinoti Sinoti, Dwayne Polataivao captain of the Utah Warriors that play in the USA’s Major League Rugby and Shrea Prasad who is the Asia Pacific’s Top Most Potential Model 2019.

INVITE

“I am aiming to bring on as many celebritie­s, personalit­ies and mentors to the platform that are passionate about helping our communitie­s from sporting heroes, actors, musicians, comedians, social media influencer­s, technology and science”

“I would love to have more of our sporting sisters join us on this journey, so please reach out to us via YourBuddie­s@enspire.app or our Facebook page @TheEnspire­App”

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 ??  ?? Osea Kolinisau scores the first try for Team Fiji men’s rugby side in the final against Great Britain, on their way to the gold medal win at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Osea Kolinisau scores the first try for Team Fiji men’s rugby side in the final against Great Britain, on their way to the gold medal win at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
 ??  ?? Fiji Airways Fijian 7s utility Isake Katonibau (with ball) breaks away from Ardie Savea during the 2015/16 World Sevens Series. He is the co-founder of AYI Rugby where they develop players with discipline at the way they train.
Fiji Airways Fijian 7s utility Isake Katonibau (with ball) breaks away from Ardie Savea during the 2015/16 World Sevens Series. He is the co-founder of AYI Rugby where they develop players with discipline at the way they train.
 ??  ?? Sinote Sinote plays for Newscatle Falcons in England. He has a huge fan following in Europe over his determinat­ion, aggression and quick feet.
Sinote Sinote plays for Newscatle Falcons in England. He has a huge fan following in Europe over his determinat­ion, aggression and quick feet.

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