Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Expanding the Rotary International Family: A Rotaract Club has recently been formed in the Minneapolis - Saint Paul metropolitan area of Minnesota USA (Rotary Districts 5950 and 5960) for young adults 18-30 interested in professional development and making a difference through service. Athletics, rather than location, is what brought the first members together --- but service is what binds us.
Polio eradication has been Rotary’s top priority for more than two decades. The international humanitarian service organization is a spearheading partner in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, along with the World Health Organization, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and UNICEF.
Great progress has been made, and the incidence of polio infection has plunged from about 350,000 cases in 1988 to fewer than 2,000 in 2008. More than two billion children have been immunized in 122 countries, preventing five million cases of paralysis and 250,000 pediatric deaths. Today, polio remains endemic to only four countries: India, Pakistan, Nigeria, and Afghanistan. Click here for polio documentary
Rotary club members worldwide have contributed more than $800 million and countless volunteer hours to the effort. Rotary pledged to raise $200 million to match $355 million in challenge grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. All of the resulting $555 million will be spent in support of eradication activities.
Click to learn more about polio eradication, including how to participate in this historic effort.
0 comments:
Post a Comment