Many organisations helped push the eradication resolution through the World Health Assembly, but the one you wouldn’t expect is Rotary International. Rotary is a service organization with 1.2 million members in almost every country in the world, including more than 40,000 in Great Britain and Ireland.
Rotarians pledge to put service above self, their motto, but they have no specific global health mandate. They are not polio experts. They are regular people who go to work and spend time with their families. For three decades, they have also spent time advocating for polio eradication, raising money to support vaccination, and giving kids polio drops all over the world.
Other partners include the Centres for Disease Control, UNICEF, and the World Health Organization. We rely on them to excel at their jobs. But that is not enough. We also need people whose jobs have nothing to do with the health of poor people to act. That is public will.”
The eradicate Polio is a massive international project involving Rotarians throughout the world and involves Bill Gates, Rotarian and Head of Microsoft, who has contributed millions of Dollars.
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We've supported this charity for many years, by active participation, and part-funding sessions for 70 children with special educational needs. In September 2023, we launched a new craft, funded by the former Peterborough Minster Rotary Club.
moreJuly 2023: We gave £500 to the Little Miracles charity, which works with children and families with additional needs. This will go towards new items for their sensory room in Queensgate.
moreA fantastic £4,000 raised for the Sue Ryder Hospice at Thorpe Hall, and the charities we support. A big thank you to main sponsor comparethemarket.com. Simples!
moreThe local Rotary Choir, plus children from All Saints Primary School, entertained people with dementia, and their carers, at the regular Crocus Café meet-up.
moreWe've been recycling for years. Various items are collected by the Club, and then passed on to organizations, including the Leprosy Mission here in Peterborough, for them to re-use or turn into cash..
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