UPDATE :TODAY THE 24TH OCTOBER 2024
TODAY THE 24th OCTOBER 2024 IS WORLD POLIO DAY
Rotary Club of Thanet members are helping toward a polio-free world.
The Rotary Club of Thanet are taking action on World Polio Day to raise awareness, funds, and support to end polio, a vaccine-preventable disease that still threatens children in parts of the world today.
On the 24th October 2024, club members have organised a short sponsored one mile walk.
The President of The Rotary Club of Thanet said “This is an open invitation for anyone to join this one mile event based in Ramsgate and an opportunity to meet like minded people who want to see an end, finally, to this crippling disease”
Meet us at the Look Out Café on the Westcliff Promenade Ramdgate at 3.00pm on the 24th October.
We will have sponsor forms so bring as many friends as you can along with you and some cash or credit card and together we can, and will make a difference.
Polio anywhere is a threat everywhere, and Rotary members from The Rotary Club of Thanet have long worked to end the paralysing virus, which will be only the second human disease ever to be eradicated.
Rotary has contributed more than US$2.7 billion to fight polio and countless volunteer hours since launching its PolioPlus program in 1985. In 1988, Rotary joined in partnership with the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to form the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. The Gates Foundation and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, later joined. When the initiative launched, there were 350,000 cases of polio every year. Today, the incidence of polio has plummeted by more than 99.9%.
To sustain this progress and continue to reach every child with the polio vaccine, Rotary has committed to raising US$50 million each year to support global polio eradication efforts. The Gates Foundation has pledged to match that 2-to-1 for a total yearly contribution of US$150 million.
About Rotary
Rotary brings together a global network of community leaders dedicated to tackling the world’s most pressing humanitarian challenges. We connect 1.4 million members from more than 46,000 Rotary clubs across the world. Their service improves lives both locally and internationally, from helping those in need in their own communities to working toward a polio-free world.
Visit Rotary.org and endpolio.org for more about Rotary and its efforts to eradicate polio.
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