We support World Polio Day 2018

Sat, Oct 27th 2018 at 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

On October 24th was the sixth Annual World Polio Day and we promoted Rotary's involvement today

On Saturday October 27^th2018 the Knighton and District Rotary Club celebrated the progress in the fight against polio by holding a stall at the Knighton Community Market on as well as in Brookside Square in Knighton. This initiative was to support the 6^th annual World Polio Day held on Wednesday October 24^th. This live streamed event, held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, brought together everyone, including the Bill Gates Foundation, who has worked towards the eradication of polio. On our stalls we explained Rotary’s involvement in the battle against this disease in Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan, and why it is essential to fight against this debilitating condition until the world is free of polio. We were also delighted to be joined by post-polio (PPS) sufferer Betty Johnson who we hope will come to speak to us at our Rotary Club early next year. PPS is a condition that affects a number of those people who contracted polio at a young age and causes pain and weakness in the muscles and nerves damaged by the polio virus. So the consequences of the polio virus are devastating across the world, both in the past and in the present day and supporting the eradication programme across the world is essential to ensure it never comes back. We are nearly there. Read more at www.endpolionow.org

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On October 24th was the sixth Annual World Polio Day and we promoted Rotary's involvement today