Speaker PDG Len Burns. Host Brian Franklin

Tue, Oct 27th 2020 at 11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Len joined us to give us an update on End Polio Now, which our club has supported financially over many years..

Past District governor Len Burns from Newcastle upon Tyne rotary, joined us on Zoom to give us an update on End Polio Now.

He outlined Rotary's history, from 1985 when RI agreed to take on the task of ridding the world of this debilitating disease. At that time there were 355,000 cases per year in 108 countries. Over the last 35 years it is estimated that 20 million volunteer hours have been spent, with 8 million children vaccinated.

$17 billion has been spent of which $2.1 million has been raised by Rotary International.

There are now only 2 countries where the disease is still present, Afghanistan with 29 cases in 2019 and 53 case to date in 2020. and Pakistan with 147 case in 2019 and 79 cases to date in 2020.

Rotary has 6 partners in the project, including the World Health Organisation, UNICEF, GAVI Alliance and the Gates Foundation. A strong infra-structure has been built up over the years and this is now being used to monitor and overcome corona virus COVID-19, which should make a huge difference to the time taken to make progress in this effort.

Len was thanked for his talk by Brian Franklin.

'What We Do' Main Pages:

Youth Opportunities

Activities include working with schools,Youth Competitions, Rotary Youth Leadership Award scheme, our Interact Club, Rotakids clubs and much more.

Members of Seaburn Rotary wish to express their condolences to members of The Royal Family upon the death of Her Majesty.

World Community/Internat'l Service

Rotary Club of Seaburn works with communities overseas, mostly through The Rotary Foundation.

End Polio Now

Rotary International's big effort to rid the world of this crippling disease started in 1985. We are so close to completing the job. Just one last push!

Community Service

'We're for Communities' and work within our local community, whose assistance and support we value greatly.

Vocational Service

We follow this avenue of service by helping in schools in a variety of ways. We also have speakers who tell us about their occupations.

Satellite Club

Former Rotary Club of Seaburn Satellite Club, which was formed into a separate Rotary Club SR1.

Club/Membership Services

This committee is concerned with the administration of the club. It incorporates: House; Registrar; Fellowship; Programme; Sport. The President Elect is usually the chairman of the committee, with other members taking a lead in each particular activity.

A collage of the seven cards we have on offer for sale in 2020.

Each year a new card is painted by Rotarian Randle Oliver. These are sold to friends as well as other Rotary club members to raise funds for Rotary Foundation and other charities, including our own Benevolent Fund.

MEMORY CAFE

This new community venture opened in August 2017. The meetings are held at 2.00 pm on the last Wednesday each month.

Redby Rotakids with their charter and Rotarians

Redby Academy Rotakids were excited to received the charter on 17th May 2016

Membership

Rotary's main purpose is to encourage and nurture volunteerism locally, nationally and internationally. We have an active Membership Committee and would like to hear from anyone interested in finding out more about Rotary.

The Rotary Club of Seaburn received a banner award in recognition of its generous support of Rotary Foundation, being the 3rd highest donor in Rotary North East. It demonstrates the club's commitment to Doing Good in the World.