Rotary North Fylde's Zwift Virtual Bike RIDE UP THE VOLCANO 10:30 2nd April

John Bamford is raising money for The Rotary Club of North Fylde Trust Fund -End Polio Now

Participants: Calling all Zwifters to help raise funds to eradicate this dreadful disease

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Zwift Virtual Bike Ride UP THE VOLCANO · 10 February 2023

Rotary has been working to eradicate polio for more than 35 years. Our goal of ridding the world of this disease is closer than ever. As a founding partner of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, we've reduced polio cases by 99.9 percent since our first project to vaccinate children in the Philippines in 1979. Rotary members have contributed more than $2.1 billion and countless volunteer hours to protect nearly 3 billion children in 122 countries from this paralyzing disease. Rotary’s advocacy efforts have played a role in decisions by governments to contribute more than $10 billion to the effort. Today, polio remains endemic only in Afghanistan and Pakistan. But it’s crucial to continue working to keep other countries polio-free. If all eradication efforts stopped today, within 10 years, polio could paralyze as many as 200,000 children each year.

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In the 1940s and 1950s Polio was killing or paralyzing up to half a million people a year. Rotary members have contributed more than $2.1 billion and countless volunteer hours to protect nearly 3 billion children in 122 countries from this paralyzing disease. Today, polio remains endemic only in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Copy and paste these links into your browser to find out more from Ade Adepitan and Konnie Huq

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oACzEUoeyA&t=8s&ab_channel=RotaryDistrict7030

https://youtu.be/b4gUkTSpHGE

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