Walk Around the World with Rotary Global Passport!

  Week 3- greetings from Nigeria. On June 19, 2020 we were delighted to receive the news that ‘Nigeria has achieved  WILD POLIO-FREE status. This also means that the African region is polio free- cause to celebrate the last country to be declared polio free with only two more countries to go! This achievement would not have been possible without the novel strategies adopted in a consistent fight against polio and other vaccine preventable diseases. We commend the strong domestic and global financing and the commitment of government at all levels. In Kano State you may see these brightly coloured tricycles being used by polio Survivors as a means of transportation. Some are able to work ,when suitable work becomes available in factories. With no social network life maybe difficult however they make the most of every day. Nigeria is doing their best to move forward. It is a fast growing country with their population Expected to reach 400 million by the year 2050. The new capital...

This week we will visit in Holland. While there we should spend a day walking through the tulips. Dutch Rotarians have used tulips as a way to raise fund to support polio eradication. During the 2013 charity auction the idea became a reality And in the first year 1.5 millions tulips were sold. This generated approximately $2,000,000.00 US . Thanks to Dutch Grower, Jan Lichthart, this Rotary initiative has spread to Switzerland, Germany, France, the USA and thanks to Vesey’s to Canada. Tulips are on display during the Tulip Festival and the country side is beyond beautiful. Be sure to visit the Kurkenholf and hear the tulip story. The beautiful END PILIO NOW TULIPS are being sold over the last two year in Canada. We plan to be back on October 24th in time to plant a lovely END POLIO NOW TULIP garden in Nova Scotia on World Polio Day. Plan to donate a box of tulip by donating a box tulip bulbs for $25.00 CAC . E transfer to  rotaryronw@gmail.com  to plant 750 tulip in celebratio...

Life was a struggle in the Philippines. The country has a beautiful climate and agriculture drives the economy. The country is rich in history and made Rotary history as the first country to organize an effort to eliminate polio. On a sunny Sunday afternoon on September 29, 1979 the first 100 children received the first life saving Sabin polio Vaccine. This was Rotary’s first Health, Hunger and Humanity grant. This grant signed by the Minister of Health and Rotary International with the goal of immunizing 6 million children over five year with a total grant of US$760,000.00. This led to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative created in 1988. This beautiful country is now “POLIO FREE”. Those 9 years were life changing for the country. As we walk around the world we can celebrate the joy of being a Rotarian.