Start Planning for Rotary's World Polio Day, October 24th

Posted on Jun 29, 2018
Meet polio eradicator Marie-Irène Richmond-Ahoua.
 
Rotarian Marie-Irène Richmond-Ahoua has been volunteering for polio eradication in Côte d’Ivoire since the earliest days of the global initiative to end the disease. In this Q&A, she discusses how she first got involved in the cause and why she remains a dedicated polio eradicator.
 
Four ways to create buzz for your World Polio Day event 
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June 2018
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Meet polio eradicator Marie-Irène Richmond-Ahoua
Rotarian Marie-Irène Richmond-Ahoua has been volunteering for polio eradication in Côte d’Ivoire since the earliest days of the global initiative to end the disease. In this Q&A, she discusses how she first got involved in the cause and why she remains a dedicated polio eradicator.
 
Four ways to create buzz for your World Polio Day event 
It’s time to start making plans for World Polio Day, 24 October – Rotary’s best opportunity during 2018 to shine the spotlight on our top goal of eradicating polio. Not sure where to start? Read these tips and you’ll be well on your way to helping Rotary marking its biggest worldwide World Polio Day celebration ever. 
 
 
Rotary wins Best Nonprofit Act for its polio eradication work 
Rotary’s commitment to eradicating polio worldwide won Best Nonprofit Act in the Hero Awards of the One Billion Acts of Peace campaign, an international global citizens’ movement to tackle the world’s most important issues.  
 
 
TIME magazine: Local leaders help wipe out polio in Nigeria  
Nigeria is on a 20-month stretch of zero cases of paralytic polio. Jeffrey Kluger, TIME editor at large, reports on how imams and royalty are working to ensure no new cases are reported.  
 
‘Gladiator’ cast reunites at Rome's Colosseum for End Polio Now event 
Russell Crowe, Connie Nielsen, and others gathered to fundraise for Rotary's End Polio Now campaign at the famous landmark.  
 
 
 
Triple your donation
Thanks to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, your contribution will be tripled, getting us even closer to a polio-free world. Give today. 
 
 
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