Ascensia Diabetes Care Announce Winner of This is Diabetes Art and Photo Competition
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BASEL, Switzerland, Nov. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/--
Ascensia Diabetes Care, a global diabetes care company, makers of CONTOUR(R)
blood glucose monitoring (BGM) system portfolio and distributors of the
Eversense(R) continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system, has announced the
winner of its This is Diabetes art and photo competition. The competition was
looking for a piece of artwork or photography that reflected "Access to
Diabetes Care", the theme selected this year by the International Diabetes
Federation for World Diabetes Day. The competition attracted over 150 entries
in total, split between a general public and an employee category. A total
prize fund of 12,000 Euros has been pledged to be donated, in the name of the
winners and runners-up, to the diabetes charities of their respective choices.
In the general public category, Katia Montel, based in Italy, is the global
winner for her image entitled "We fight diabetes together". The picture depicts
two people dueling with one another using a syringe and a blood glucose
monitor. The €5,000 donation will be made to DiAthlete, a UK-based charity.
In addition, a 1,000 Euros donation will be made to the charity selected by the
three runners-up: Brenda Lim, Singapore, donating to Diabetes Singapore; Renata
Cuellar Velez, Mexico, donating to Con Diabetes Si Se Puede I.A.P; and,
Georgina Anzures, USA, donating to JDRF.
In the internal category, open to Ascensia, PHC Group and business partner
employees, the joint winners were named as Sabrina Yeo, based in Singapore and
Cole Bruesehoff, based in the USA, who have chosen for their donations of 1,500
Euros to go to Diabetes Singapore and JDRF respectively. In addition, Ascensia
will make a donation of 500 Euros to the charities selected by two runners-up.
Sabrina Yeo, commented: "I would like to extend my warmest congratulations to
all the winners and runners up. It is an honor to have won this competition.
This initiative was a great chance to showcase and learn more about what access
to medication, technology, support, a healthy diet and safe place to exercise
means to people living with diabetes around the world. These are things that
many take for granted, but we, especially Ascensia employees and our business
partners, need to remember, that this is not the case everywhere."
The winners were selected based on the creativity, connection to the theme and
storytelling behind the submission. The judges included: Appleton, a US-based
artist and photographer who lives with Type 1 diabetes and whose mission it is
to spread awareness of diabetes through his art, speaking and advocacy.
UK-based, Adam Isfendiyar, a documentary and travel photographer who uses his
art to tell stories of places and people and the relationship between identity
and environment. Singapore-based Pei Yan Heng, a photographer passionate about
capturing nature, who lives with Type 2 diabetes. Weronika Burkort, a
Belgium-based Polish artist and illustrator, who was diagnosed with Type 1 in
1995 and creates art to inspire, motivate and support the diabetes community.
And Manon Pinard, an Ascensia employee based in Canada and a member of the
Ascensia Insiders group, which consists of employees living with diabetes who
offer insights and a patient's perspective on company sponsored activities.
Rob Schumm, President at Ascensia Diabetes Care, commented: "Our engagement
with World Diabetes Day is a big part of who we are at Ascensia. As a company,
which is only focused on diabetes, we are proud to play an active part in
highlighting what it is like to live with this condition, and we seek every
opportunity to further educate ourselves and our employees. It's been
inspirational viewing all the entries to see what this means to so many people
and I hope these images capture the attention of people around the world to
help raise awareness of diabetes globally. We are delighted to be able to
support a number of diabetes charities, furthering access to diabetes care,
through the donations we are making on behalf of the winners and runners-up."
To view all the winners and runners up and learn which charities have
benefited, go to www.ascensia.com/wdd2021/, and show your support for World
Diabetes Day by liking, sharing or reacting to these images. You can also view
them on the Ascensia Diabetes Care Facebook, Twitter and Instagram social media
channels.
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Source: Ascensia Diabetes Care
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