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Rotary's top philanthroplic goal is to end polio worldwide.
- Polio, a crippling and sometimes deadly disease, still threatens children in parts of Africa and Asia.
- Rotary members have donated their time and money to help immunize more than 2 billion children in 122 countries.
- Rotary
is the largest private supporter of the Global Polio Eradication
Initiative, committing more than US$600 million dollars and thousands
of volunteers to the effort.
- For as little as 60 cents worth of oral polio vaccine, a child can be protected against this crippling disease for life.
Tremendous progress has been made toward ending polio worldwide.
- In
the 1980s, 1,000 children were infected by this crippling disease every
day. In the two decades since Rotary and its global partners launched
the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, polio cases have been slashed
by 99 percent.
Rotary will continue the fight until the world is certified polio-free and every child is safe from this devastating disease.
The Rotary Club of Santa Barbara North is proud to help in the fight against Polio For additional information contact Jim Johannsen at jim@handsacrossthesea.org.
Click on the links below for additional information.
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