Purple Planting

A priority for Rotary International is to eradicate Polio throughout the world. In August, Rotary and the world celebrated a significant milestone, as the World Health Organization certified the Africa region, which includes 47 countries, free from wild polio.This leaves just Pakistan and Afghanistan as the two remaining polio endemic countries in the world.Thanks to Rotary’s help 2 billion children have been protected from the disease. Purple has become a symbolic colour in the fight against polio, inspired by the colour of the dye painted on the little finger of a child to signify they have received their potentially life-saving polio vaccine.