A Triumph for Rotary
Tue, Aug 7th 2012 at 12:00 am -
Press Release from Sandy Gibson about the success of Rotary's Polio Plus campaign
A TRIUMPH FOR ROTARY.
Over the year Malvern Rotary Club has given its support to the international Polio Plus campaign.
In 1985 Rotary International, the body that heads the Rotary movement across the World, launched the drive to eradicate polio globally. At that time the disease was endemic in 125 countries with 350,000 new cases a year.
This led to the engagement of the World Health Organisation, UNICEF, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and governments. Rotary itself has raised over US $1billion towards the costly action with many volunteer man hours in first -hand activity.
Malvern Club has donated some thousands of pounds over the years with the most recent donation of
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