End Polio Now

Alysia Jenkins Hyde is raising money for Rotary Club of Leicester
In memory of Anne Elizabeth (Liz) Jenkins
In 1988 over 350,000 children a year were paralysed by polio. Since then, Rotary's work has help reduce polio cases by 99.9% and today 19 million people who would otherwise be paralysed by polio are walking. With your help, we can eradicate polio.

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 REASONS WHY WE MUST ERADICATE POLIO

My mam was the last case of polio in the North East and the most severe but she lived and she survived an Iron lung, was the youngest at the time to endure a spinal fusion, had numerous operations on her feet legs and back. Despite this she went to a 'normal' school, passed her 11+, became a teacher, a wife, a mother,  travelled the world and lived a glorious life.

No one should have to go through the childhood she did separated from family suffering operation after operation, living with unnecessary disabilities, having to struggle. Thanks to Salk a polio vaccination exists, every child should have access to it and thanks to you more will

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