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Oct 08, 2026 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM UTC-07:00
Join us to hear from Ramesh Ferris! Don't miss out on hearing about Ramesh's amazing and impressive story. This meeting won't be recorded for later, so make sure you're at the meeting!
About RameshRamesh Ferris is a polio survivor and Rotarian who resides in Whitehorse, Yukon Canada. He has a bachelor’s degree in social work, and is the past president of the Rotary Club of Whitehorse Rendezvous.
Ramesh is a major donor and a level 6 Bequest Society Member of the Rotary Foundation, Rotary 5370 Past District Governor, and past Rotary End Polio Now Coordinator for Zone 28.
In 2008 Ramesh hand-cycled 7140kms over 6 months from Victoria, BC to Cape Spear, NL in program called Cycle to Walk to raise funds and awareness for polio eradication, education, and rehabilitation.
Over the past 18 years Ramesh has volunteered in partnership with Rotary International, The Gates Foundation, Global Citizen, United Nations Foundation, UNICEF, and the World Health Organization to promote our shared global goal of ending polio.
He has shared Rotary’s End Polio message with countless heads of state, many world leaders, and celebrities around the world.
He has spoken to delegates at the United Nations in New York City and to many Rotarians at various Rotary International Conventions, Zone Institutes and District Conferences around the world.
Ramesh has provided the polio vaccine to children in Karachi Pakistan, Kabul, Afghanistan, and in his birth country of India.
Ramesh has been inducted into the Canadian Disability Hall of Fame and is the recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee award, the Yukon Commissioner’s award for volunteer public service, and Rotary International’s Service award for a polio-free world.
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