Improving sanitation in Madagascar

To improve sanitation and fight waterborne disease, the Rotary clubs of Paris-Est, Val-de-Marne, France, and Tamatave, Madagascar, are teaming up to provide more than 900 septic tanks and water filtration systems to families in Tamatave’s poorest areas, Mangarivotra and Mararano. | @ltaLINK | @ltaSEARCH

Glendora Rotary Wheel 1.27.09

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Rotary Teams With Gates Foundation to Finally Eradicate Polio

Global Health Community Commits Over $630 Million in Aggressive Push for Polio Eradication

Rotary International, Gates Foundation, United Kingdom, and Germany pledge critically needed funds and urge donor and endemic country governments to help end crippling childhood disease . . . | @ltaLINK | @ltaSEARCH | @ltaSOURCE | @ltaCLIP
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Although dated from 2007, the following YouTube video clip reveals some of the work still being done in India to eradicate the disease.
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"If somebody says we'll eradicate polio tomorrow, they're wrong about the immediate future. But if somebody says we won't eradicate polio ever, they're wrong about the long term." - Bill Gates

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Past RI President Carlos Canseco dies

"The Rotary world is saddened by President Canseco's death," says RI Director José Alfredo Sepúlveda. "His rich heritage of service to others through the paths of science and humanitarianism will continue to improve the lives of children throughout the world." | www.rotary.org
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Carlos Canseco, who served as RI president in 1984-85, died 14 January in Monterrey, Mexico. He was 87. A former physician specializing in allergy research, Canseco launched PolioPlus, Rotary's ambitious program aimed at eradicating polio, during his term as RI president.

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Proud to be a Rotarian: Our Foundation

Community grants are another good reason to support The Rotary Foundation this Year - Write Your check Today!
by Ed Hupp

Here is another reason to write your check to THE ROTARY FOUNDATION and give it to Ed or Lani today: Our Rotary Foundation’s DISTRICT SIMPLIFIED GRANTS.

This year there is $35,000 in District Simplified Grants for Clubs in District 5300. These funds supplement the monies of club budgets and allow clubs to carry-out local community projects. These funds are available in addition to the $100,000 in District matching funds that will be used by District 5300 Clubs to obtain Rotary International matching funds to carry-out international projects.

Take the amounts in our District 5300 and add the amounts in the other 32,000 Clubs
around the world and you get the idea that your contribution ($5, $100, $125 or more) is making a huge difference in the quality of life of thousands and thousands of men women and children.

It all starts with a the relatively small annual donations of each Rotarian. Together we are indeed making a difference in the world and all of us should be proud to be Rotarians.
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6-Jan-2009