Foundation Minute for Week of November 6
Our health is everything, yet 400 million people in the world can’t afford or don’t have access to basic health care. Health care is everyone’s right.
Disease results in misery, pain, and poverty for millions of people worldwide. That’s why treating and preventing disease is so important to Rotarians. We lead efforts both large and small by setting up temporary clinics, blood donation centers, and training facilities in underserved communities that struggle with outbreaks and health care access. We design and build infrastructure that allows doctors, patients and governments to work together. Our members combat diseases like malaria, HIV/AIDS, Alzheimer’s, multiple sclerosis, diabetes and of course polio. Prevention is important, which is why we also focus on health education and bringing people routine hearing, vision, and dental care.
Rotary members have hundreds of health projects underway around the world at any given time. In Ghana we work with partners to provide more than 80% of its people with clean water to fight worm disease. In Liberia, Rotary helps women get tested for HIV early in their pregnancies. And of course the eradication of polio has created a system for tackling a myriad of other health issues such as Ebola. To date $65 million in grants to fight disease has been given by Rotary.
Your donation to the Rotary Foundation allows this happen. Thank you.
DDF Funding Needed: Rotary Club of Bethlehem is seeking funding for the development of a community garden to improve nutrition and provide income. Contact Mazin Qumslyek – mazin@qumslyeh.org