Rotary spearheaded the campaign at a time when there were over 1,000 polio cases a day in 125 countries, paralysing and even killing children.
Today, the number of cases is down by 99.9%.
Over the last 30 years, Rotary has donated US$1.8 billion to the eradication effort and has protected over 2.5 billion children from the disease through vaccination programmes.
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This is a local initiative spearheaded by three of our members. Through it we provide books to local primary schools either by recycling books donated by the public or funding new books to suit schools needs
moreWe have raised funds to support an Admiral Nurse in the Holt area helping people to live at home with Dementia and continue to support local dementia related activities
moreWhen disasters strike we support the relief organisation Shelter Box who provide rapid response to the need for shelter kits worldwide - see www.shelterbox.org
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