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<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>1. <a name=1></a><a
href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eFlash_Rotary/message/1508;_ylc=X3oDMTJxaDJtMmcwBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzI3ODYwNzYEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDY0MDg2BG1zZ0lkAzE1MDgEc2VjA2Rtc2cEc2xrA3Ztc2cEc3RpbWUDMTIyNTUyNTAwNA--"
title="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eFlash_Rotary/message/1508;_ylc=X3oDMTJxaDJtMmcwBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzI3ODYwNzYEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDY0MDg2BG1zZ0lkAzE1MDgEc2VjA2Rtc2cEc2xrA3Ztc2cEc3RpbWUDMTIyNTUyNTAwNA--"><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>1589: End Polio Now exhibit opens </span></b></a><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p><b><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Fri Oct 31, 2008
5:17 pm (PDT) <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>End Polio Now exhibit opens By Dan Nixon<br>
[<a href="http://www.rotary.org/SiteCollectionImages/News/polio-lobby-2.jpg"
title="http://www.rotary.org/SiteCollectionImages/News/polio-lobby-2.jpg">http://www.rotary.org/SiteCollectionImages/News/polio-lobby-2.jpg</a>]
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[<a href="http://www.rotary.org/SiteCollectionImages/News/polio-lobby-3.jpg"
title="http://www.rotary.org/SiteCollectionImages/News/polio-lobby-3.jpg">http://www.rotary.org/SiteCollectionImages/News/polio-lobby-3.jpg</a>]<br>
Samuel Owori, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Uganda</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
RI representative to the UN Economic Commission of<br>
<st1:place w:st="on">Africa</st1:place> and a member of the African Regional
PolioPlus Committee (left at<br>
top) and Henry Kyemba, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Uganda</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
RI representative to the UN Food and<br>
Agriculture Organization, check out the End Polio Now exhibit unveiled<br>
27 October in the lobby of Rotary International World Headquarters in<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Evanston</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Illinois</st1:State>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>. At bottom:
RI President Dong Kurn Lee welcomes<br>
visitors to the opening of the exhibit. Photos by Alyce Henson/Rotary<br>
Images<br>
Rotarians have traveled by car, bicycle, boat, even camel to immunize<br>
children around the world against polio.<br>
<br>
Their stories and the global initiative to eradicate the crippling<br>
disease are compellingly told in the exhibit "End Polio Now,"
unveiled<br>
on 27 October at Rotary International World Headquarters in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Evanston</st1:place></st1:City>,<br>
<st1:State w:st="on">Illinois</st1:State>, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<br>
<br>
"This exhibit serves as a reminder to those who live in a polio-free<br>
world about the suffering of those who do not," Rotary Foundation<br>
Trustee Vice Chair Ron Burton told the gathering at the exhibit's<br>
unveiling.<br>
<br>
On hand were the Trustees of The Rotary Foundation, Major Donors, Rotary<br>
representatives to the United Nations, and the senior adviser in the<br>
Global Health Program of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Cheryl<br>
Scott, as well as the media.<br>
<br>
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Burton</st1:place></st1:City> called
the exhibit "a tribute to the will and determination of<br>
the world's 1.2 million Rotarians" in raising hundreds of millions of<br>
dollars to help vaccinate two billion children against polio, promoting<br>
and participating in National Immunization Days, and raising more than<br>
$4 billion from the public sector through advocacy with governments.<br>
<br>
"This exhibit tells their story, a story of perseverance and hope in the<br>
face of financial, political, technical, and geographic obstacles,"<br>
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Burton</st1:place></st1:City> said.<br>
<br>
The story unfolds on the exhibit's 12 large panels, with titles such as<br>
"Mobilize to Immunize," "Rotary Responds," "Tracking
the Wild Virus,"<br>
and "A World without Polio." Also featured are a continuous DVD<br>
presentation and a display case containing a few of the numerous awards<br>
that Rotary has received in recognition of its leadership role in the<br>
Global Polio Eradication Initiative.<br>
<br>
Two other cases feature items used to promote and carry out National<br>
Immunization Days, such as a Rotary volunteer's cap, a Kick Polio<br>
Out of <st1:place w:st="on">Africa</st1:place> soccer ball, a PolioPlus banner,
and a cold box for<br>
transporting oral polio vaccine.<br>
US$100 Million Challenge<br>
The exhibit's last panel highlights Rotary's US$100 Million Challenge<br>
<<a href="http://www.rotary.org/en/EndPolio/Pages/ridefault.aspx"
title="http://www.rotary.org/en/EndPolio/Pages/ridefault.aspx">http://www.rotary.org/en/EndPolio/Pages/ridefault.aspx</a>>
in response to<br>
the Gates Foundation challenge grant for polio eradication. Visitors can<br>
use an electronic kiosk in front of the panel to donate to the<br>
fundraising challenge.<br>
<br>
"We have brought the world closer to the end of a disease and to the<br>
achievement of the fourth [UN] Millennium Development Goal: reducing<br>
child mortality," said RI President Dong Kurn Lee. "Rotary is
committed<br>
to ending polio and to building the healthier, safer, and more peaceful<br>
world of which we all dream."<br>
<br>
RI General Secretary Ed Futa joined Lee in cutting a ribbon to<br>
officially open the exhibit.<br>
<br>
"This exhibit will be installed here for the coming five years," Futa<br>
said. "We will be updating it as contributions to Rotary's US$100<br>
Million Challenge continue to come in and as the number of polio-endemic<br>
countries decreases.<br>
<br>
"We hope that school groups and other community members will view the<br>
exhibit and learn more about the problem of polio and Rotary's work to<br>
eradicate the disease," he added.<br>
<br>
Source: Rotary International News / Courtesy: eFlash_Rotary<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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