Rotary celebrates World Polio Day

 

 

Greater Springfield have once again taken part in a fun walk to celebrate World Polio Day day - donning their Rotary End Polio shirts and meeting up with fellow Brisbane Rotarians to walk from the Treasury Casino, over the William Jolly Bridge, to South Bank.  Pictured are the happy members of Greater Springfield Rotary with Rotary District Governor Ros Kelly (holding her Betty Bilby mascot) as they gathered with other Rotarians for the fun walk.

 

Rotary International is a leading partner in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. With help from our partners, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Health Organization, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and UNICEF, we’ve made the world 99.9 percent polio-free.  In recent years Bill and Melinda Gates joined in the polio eradication campaign as a partner with Rotary International.  For every US$ Rotary raised, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation adds a further US$ 2, effectively tripling the Rotary funds.  These funds are then used to provide vaccines and fund the teams of volunteers that deliver the vaccinations to children around the world.  The campaign has proven incredibly successful with only two countries left that report cases of Polio.  Click Here to view a 'thank you' to all Rotarians from Melinda Gates. (or alternatively visit https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2109506342606285 )