Rotary has been working to eradicate polio for more than 30 years.
Our goal of eradicating 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 Rotary’s first project to vaccinate children in the Philippines in 1979.
We’ve helped immunize more than 2.5 billion children in 122 countries. So far, Rotary has contributed more than $1.8 billion toward eradicating the disease worldwide.
Explore the history of Rotary and polio eradication.
In 2020, the World Health Organization declared the African region to be wild-polio free after three years of no new cases. 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.
Rotarians that are Paul Harris Society members who are giving $1000.00 annually may also giving to the Rotary Polio eradication effort. Many Rotarians may not realize their $1000.00 PHF donation can be given to: the Annual Fund; Polio Fund; Polio Plus Society; Polio Plus Society Kennel Klub; Endowment Fund and International projects
The PolioPlus Society
The Rotary District-led PolioPlus Society recognizes Rotarians, Rotaractors, and friends of The Rotary Foundation who commit to giving an annual amount of $100 or more to End Polio Now until the World Health Organization declares the World Polio Free.
Your contributions are transformed into polio grants funding vaccines, cold chains, transport, research, surveillance and raising awareness. With the Gates Challenge 2 for1 match,your donations are also tripled. Join the Polio Plus Society today and join others in your commitment to ending this dreaded disease. Tell your clubs, districts and any other government or community partners of your commitment and encourage them to join the fight. We must stay vigilant. We must continue immunizing every child against polio until we eradicate the disease.
There is just 2 easy steps to Join the Polio Plus Society:
1) Sign up to join the Polio Plus Society
2) Make a donation to Polio Plus
Tell your clubs, districts and any other government or community partners of your commitment and encourage them to join the fight. We must stay vigilant. We must continue immunizing every child against polio until we eradicate the disease.
The PolioPlus Society Kennel Klub
The PolioPlus Society Kennel Klub is an extension of the PolioPlus Society, for our best friends!