Rotary International 

Through its PolioPlus program, established in 1985, more than one million Rotary club members have volunteered their time and personal resources to protect more than two billion children in 122 countries from polio. To date, the organization has contributed more than US$700 million -- a figure that will rise to more than $850 million by the time the world is certified free from polio. Rotary club members, known as Rotarians, also provide valuable support in the field during National Immunization Days and work diligently to secure essential political and financial support from both polio-free and polio affected governments. 

World Health Organization

 WHO, through its headquarters, regional and country offices, provides the overall technical direction and strategic planning for the management and coordination of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. 

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 

The Atlanta-based CDC deploys ...

BOOK DISTRIBUTION FROM THE HUMANITARIAN  CENTRE AS AT JUNE 2011

 
The schedule below shows the book distribution since 2006 when the numbers started being recorded. Thanks to Rtn Ken Kay (Randburg) for administering the data. This project continues to satisfy so many people throughout Southern Africa. On average, 34, 368 books have been collected from the centre each month. The total book value, if one assumes the value per book is R 120, has reached R 200,024,510.  

Thanks once again to PDG Tom Borrill, PP Robin Bath, Rtn Anne Murray and all the volunteers at the centre for their continued hard work. The Rotary Ann’s also done a sterling job. Thanks goes to PDG Ann Joyce Hogg and Gail Abel who assist with the distribution and managing of the linen and all the other goodies that PDG Ann, Sylvia Knoop has managed to source from the various hotels she has contacts with. Well done to everyone for another excellent year.With the recent connection cemented with the department ...

To our Wonderful Vocational Training Team and all those who supported their work, 

Thank you ALL for presenting a wonderful, fun and useful program this morning.  It was very meaningful to me and I am not involved in the world of Early Childhood Education.  The day was a showcase for the lessons being learned between two continents and how people from different countries can work and play together so beautifully.  Thank you for the time you are spending (and have spent) to make this new program work.  It will have lasting effects in both Bridgeport and South Africa. I am so proud to have had the opportunity to work with you all.
Thank you again,

Julie 

Julianne Reppenhagen

Governor 2010 - 2011
Rotary International District 7980
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Polio this week - As of Wednesday 27 April 2011

• Governors of the eleven provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo have pledged to deploy the powers of their offices to eradicate polio and strengthen the Expanded Programme on Immunization. Their Declaration of Engagement was presented at a meeting on 25 April with the Vice-Prime Minister and the Minister of Public Health. The Governors also requested the central government set up regular information-sharing meetings between government institutions.
• In Pakistan, President Asif Ali Zardari this week (on 28 April) is convening an extraordinary meeting with district heads of all 33 high-risk districts of the country. The aim is to ensure an acceleration of the full implementation of the National Polio Emergency Action Plan launched earlier this year, and address the widespread transmission of polio this year. The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB), ...

Uppsala University in Sweden to host new Rotary Peace Centre

By Arnold R. Grahl  
Rotary International News – 27 April 2011  

The Rotary Foundation Board of Trustees has selected Uppsala University in Sweden to host a new Rotary Centre for International Studies in peace and conflict resolution. Photo courtesy of Uppsala University

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The Rotary Foundation Board of Trustees has selected Uppsala University  in Uppsala, Sweden, to host a new Rotary Centre for International Studies in peace and conflict resolution. 

During their April meeting, the Trustees agreed to negotiate an agreement with Uppsala University to house the seventh Rotary Peace Center , which will join those in Asia, Australia, North America, South America, and the United Kingdom.

"We are excited about this new partnership with Uppsala University to take the Rotary Peace Centres program to the next level," says Foundation Trustee ...