Rotary has a number of celebrity ambassadors supporting Purple4Polio, many of whom know the trauma of the disease well.
Rotary in Great Britain and Ireland's Purple4Polio activities are to provide communities with ideas and opportunities to get involved in helping Rotary and our partners to End Polio Now and forever.
Rotary has a number of celebrity ambassadors supporting Purple4Polio, many of whom know the trauma of the disease well.
You're invited to get involved in Rotary's meal with a difference.
This Purple4Polio sponsored activity is inspired by the length of the border between the remaining two polio-endemic countries.
Rotary clubs help to plant millions of purple crocuses every year to raise awareness for efforts to end polio.
Download everything you need to promote the Purple4Polio campaign in your community.
For over 35 years, Rotary and its members have been committed to fighting to eradicate polio across the world.
The Purple4Polio activities suggested by Rotary in Great Britain and Ireland are to raise funds and awareness for End Polio Now, Rotary’s global campaign to eradicate polio across the world.
When a child receives their life-saving polio drops on mass polio immunisation days, their little finger is painted with a purple dye so it is clear they have received their polio vaccine.
Rotary’s pledge for a polio free world was made in 1985 when there were 125 polio endemic countries and hundreds of new cases every single day. In the past few years, only two countries have reported cases of polio caused by the wild poliovirus but no child anywhere is safe until every child has been fully vaccinated.
Thanks to Rotary, and the support of our partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, there are now just two countries still classed as endemic: Pakistan and Afghanistan.
To finish the job over 2 billion doses of oral polio vaccine still have to be administered, to more than 400 million children in over 50 countries, each and every year. We have to have zero cases of polio and zero positive environmental samples before the world can finally be certified polio free.
Help Rotary make the final steps to eradicating the polio from the world.