Africa certified wild polio-free!
On August 25, the @WHOAFRO region was officially certified free of wild poliovirus. Learn how @Rotary members around the world contributed to #EndPolio in the region: EndPolio.org
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Rotary Charity Meal raises £400 Donation to End Polio Now - February 2024
more To mark Rotary Day on 23rd February 2024, members had soup and pancakes instead of their usual weekly meal. This raised a surplus of £400 which has been donated to the Rotary Foundation Charity's End Polio Now initiative to eradicate polio worldwide
£750 Donated to End Polio Now Initative - October 2022
more As Rotary across the world works together to help eradicate Polio, The Club marked World Polio Day on 24th October 2022 by donating £750 to End Polio Now initiative.
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Purple Crocuses Bloom for Polio - March 2021
more On the 24th October of 2020 Rushen and Western Mann Rotary club, in conjunction with the pupils of Scoill Phurt Le Moirrey Port St Mary, planted 4000 purple crocuses at the Millennium garden to mark World Polio Day.
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World Polio Day 2020 - Planting Purple Crocus in Port St Mary
more To celebrate World Polio Day and the ongoing work by Rotary to End Polio, the Club along with children from Scoill Phurt Le Moirrey planted 4000 Crocuses.
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Wear it Purple Event in February 2016 raises £140 for End Polio Now Project
more To mark the 111th Anniversary of Fondation of Rotary in February 2016, Rotary Club of Rushen & Western Mann dressed in purple to raise funds. Some Club members paid a special tribute to the 'Purple Helmets' Motorcycle display team
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£654 raised for End Polio Plus Campaign at Rotary Club of Rushen & Western Mann 2015 Christmas Dinner
more A very entertaining Christmas Dinner for club members and guests raised £654 for the End Polio Plus Campaign. Guest Speaker was club member Brian Coole who entertained and amused us with his anecdotes and tales about life growing up and working in the Is
Rotary Club of Rushen & Western Mann raises £650 through charity meal as part of global push to help eradicate polio worldwide
more In March 2015 the Rotary Club of Rushen & Western Mann presented a cheque for £650 raised by members at a Charity meal in February 2015 at the Cherry Orchard Hotel in Port Erin. Rather than have their usual weekly meal on 23rd February 2015
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End Polio Now Campaign
back Rotary, along with our partners, has reduced polio cases by 99% worldwide since our first project to vaccinate children in the Philippines in 1979.