At the Kade Presbyterian School, students wash hands at the toilet with water from mechanized water borehole system donated to the school through the Rotary International-USAID Partnership projects. Kade, Ghana. Rotarians from 35 clubs across the country are partnering with USAID and national and local agencies of the government of Ghana in a large-scale $4 million program in water, sanitation and hygiene serving 75,000 people.

The recent detection of variant poliovirus type-2 isolates in environmental samples and the confirmation of a 10-month-old child who has contracted polio in Gaza is a stark reminder that as long as polio exists anywhere, it is a threat everywhere.

Rotary District 7450 Night with the Phillies was another success thanks to the great support of Rotary members and their families and friends. We were treated to an excellent night of baseball that started with Governor Francy Cross throwing out the first pitch as she paved the way for another gem thrown by the Phillies ace Zack Wheeler.

Why do we continue to raise money to End Polio Now?

Because our fundraising does so much more than eradicating polio.

One of Rotary’s seven areas of focus is disease prevention and treatment. Rotary believes that good health care is everyone’s right. Yet 400 million people in the world can’t afford or don’t have access to basic health care.