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RI CHARTER # 592 Feb. 1, 1920
We meet the 2nd & 4th Tuesday at 12:30 pm for lunch at
Inn on the Square
104 Court Avenue East
Greenwood, SC
Greenwood, SC
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Ten million children. 70,000 workers. Five days. What does it take to vaccinate every child in Afghanistan? In March, the Afghanistan polio eradication initiative conducted its first nation-wide immunization campaign for polio eradication in 2018. In just under a week, around 70 000 workers knocked on doors and stopped families in health centers, city streets and at border crossings to vaccinate almost ten million children. What an incredible achievement. | |
But what does a huge campaign like this take? On 12 June 2017 during Rotary International’s Convention in Atlanta, at an event titled “Drop to Zero”, global leaders recommitted to the importance of a polio-free world, celebrated the incredible progress made so far and pledged financial support, totaling US$1.2 billion against the additional US$1.5 billion needed to finally eradicate polio. These new funds, along with those previously committed over the 2013-2017 period, leave a funding gap of US$300 million out of US$7 billion until 2020. |
Are you interested in becoming a Rotarian? Rotary is an international, non-political humanitarian service
organization. Our six key areas of focus include:
- preventing diseases,
- providing access to clean water and sanitation,
- promoting peace,
- enhancing maternal and child health,
- improving basic education and literacy, and
- helping communities develop. .
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End Polio Now
A glimpse into the efforts to end the disease
that once affected 350,000 children a year
that once affected 350,000 children a year
Click on END POLIO NOW to learn more.
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