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ThreeAustralian polio survivors are travellingto India to help the WHO's polio eradication initiative

BY PREETI JABBAL

April2017 will mark 62years sincelhe developmentand approval of thefust polio vaccine byJonasSalk, which became an important 1nilesrone forhumanity.April this year will also see three Geelongpolio survivors seeking ro'payitforward' by travelling to India ro helpRotaryInternational and the World Heallb Organisation's global polio eradicationinitiative.

Gary ewwn,Jennifer Merrettand Jan McDonald each contracted polio as children during the 1950s. They understand the gravity of the disease thatstill remains endemic in parts of the world.They are committed to a self-funded trip to Delhi and Visakhapatnam to help create awareness and encourage vaccination of children undertheage of five.

TheWHO officiaUy declared India 'polio free' in2014 aftera massive drive ro eradicate the disease reached fruition.The focus isnow onremaining\7igilanragainst importations from neighbouringcountries and maintaining high immunisation coverage.

According tothe WHO, endemic transmission of polio is continuing onlyin Afghanistan,Nigeria and Pakistan.Failure to stop polioin these lastremainingareas could result tn as many as200,000new caseseveryyear, within 10years,all over the world.So longas a single child anywhere remainsinfected, allchildren who are not immunised are at risk.

Reportsstate thatIndia stillfaces the threatof polio.Ithasthe highest number of unvaccinated childrenin the world, with 8.9 million children who don't receive all vaccines and 1.7 million who receive none at all.More than half the deaths of children under five in India are due to vaccinepreventable andtreatableinfections.The WHO,Rotary and its partners areaiming to immunise 90 percent of the26 n1ill.ion childrenborninIndiaeachyear.

For Gary Newron,Bay FM radio presenter andVolunteerCommunications Coordinaror for PolioAustralia,the journey and fight against this debilitating disease is deeply personal.

Born in 1952 as a normal, healthy child, Newron contracted polio 15months later. The disease affected his motorneurons learungto muscle weakness andparalysis.

Gary,Jan andJennifer, who are now in their 60s and 70s,have lived with the physical and emotional conseguences of tbe cripplingdisease. They have also experienced d1e later effectsof polio resultingin decreased endurance and diminished function.

WhenJenny Horton, a nurseand Rotarian, invited the three polio survivors, along wid1 their carers, to travel to India and create awareness and vaccinate children they enrhusiasticaUy agreed.

'We do not wishtohave thisdisease raise its ugly head again anywhere in the world," said Gary Newron a.s he spoke tolndia11Link.

During their first ever visittoIndia, the d1ree planto helpadministerd1e poliovaccine to children in areas of last refusal as part of India's national immunisation clays.They wiUalso visit the polio ward atSt Stephens Hospital,Delhi to provide encouragementand supporttopatients and staff. InVisakhapatnarn,they wiU talk about post-polio syndrome or PPS.

"People think tha-rdisability is the end of life.However,by sharingourstories we wish to help inspire them to draw on their emotional resilience andseek the support of d1eir families,"Gary said. "We wiU also honourourparents who gave so muchof d1emselves ford1eirpolio-stricken kids.We will acknowledge and thank all parents of sick children as a tribute to theirbmmdless, unswervingdevotion."

Expressing his indignation at d1e anti- to administer polio vaccine to in areas of refusal as part of India's national immunisation days vaccination movement,Gary said,"Ifeel people wbo choose not to vaccinate or immunise their child haveno idea.They should comeand spend aday withme and d1ey will realise howthis disease can impact lives."

Gary and his team have ashared commitmentto seeing this disease become a rlll11g of the past. They are currently working to galvanise financial support to fund their trip and polio eradication efforts.

"I hope the Australian and Indian community will see the value and stand behind us,"said Gary.

Campaign organiser Peter Poclbury has set up afundrnising page at: gofundrne. com/garyspolioproject

You can also view tl1e Facebook page, Gary'spolioProjectto India tofollow the group'sjourney: facebook.com/ garyspolioproject

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Forthis Victorian Sikh family, wine makingis more than a passing folly

BY DHANYA SAMUEL

Apanoramic expanse of lush greenery, with rowsand rows of beautifulgrape vines,greets youat NazaarayEstate, siruated on tbe"tv[omington Peninsula. Nazaarayproduces award-winning artisan wines and has repmed restaurants likethe VueDe Monde (fwoHat) and Simone's (Two Hat) onits customer list.

Nazaarayis the family-owned venrnre of Paramdeepand NirmalGhumman.

Paramdeep is the winemaker responsible for the award-winningpinotnoirs andpinot gris, while irmal is themarketeer and incharge of the cellar doorevents. They are ablyassisted bytheir viticulrnristand assistant wine maker Ranjit Gill.

OriginallyanIT specialist,Pararndeep arrived inMelbourne with his family on a freezingcold, gloomy winter dayin 1981. Theythought theyhad madea huge mistake migratingtoAustralia.

Havingbeen bought up in the foothills of the Himalayas, Nirmalyearned for wide, openspaces.Most weekendsthe family would makedaytrips om ofMelbourne. This sowed theseedsof wanting to own anAustralianbushblock.Tirntdream came true tenyearslater.

It rook another sixyearsbefore Paramdeepmade the decision to do somethingmore challenging with theland. He joinedNMIT (MelbournePolytechnic instirute) for a course on viticulmreand wine making.

"Wehad no an.,iety or apprebensions about buyingNazaaray," said Nirmal."For usthis was what wecl_id to unwind andget awayfrom our busyprofessional lives.We spent the weekends in a cosyroom which was part ofan oldcattleshed andall day our in the sunshine lookingafter ourpiece ofheaven."

The Ghummans planted their veryfirst block in 1996, which irmal verycheekily named, 'Param's Folly'.

''For thefirst sevenyears we didn't have anyelectriciryand it was great bondingtime for ouryoung family.Maoyboard games wereplayedand everyevening was spent around a campfire lit in an old washing machine tub.We shared the shed withhay bales,whld1 often had snakes, and we often played hide and seek with them as we went about our business,"shesharecl azaarayproduces someexcellentpinot noirsand Paramdeepattributes it totheir terroir - thesoil and weather conditions of thePeninsula.

There wasa lot of trial and error in the earlieryears But ci1e hobby was soon rnrninginto a business. For arnrban wearing Sikh, breaking into the wine sceoe was a bit challenging.

"le isimportant to getover theinitial reservationsand letpeoplesee who you really are; that helps breaks down barriers," said Paramdeep."Aussiesare agreat bunch."

"It is a reasonablytoughenvironment; winters are wet windycold and summers are dry- theday cracks because of the strong ocean winds."

Nazaarayalsoproduces small batchesof chardonnay,sauvignoo blancandsyrah.It isoftendifficult forartisan wines to havea strong retailpresence,said Paran1deep, but their wines arestocked at Porters in NSW and a few outlets inVictoria.

Most of their sellingisdoneat ci1e cellar door aod online. Their regular customers find ita veryconvenient way to havequality assured drinking wine at a reasonable price delivered to their door.

'Tiffin Time' is anexperiencethat's uniqueto Nazaaray. Ir is abuffet lunch at $45 per head that isheld about six times ayear.You can relax in beautiful private picnicspotsamonggnarled old boobialla treesoverlookingthe vineyard. Sipyour winealong with hot lniliao food whilst enjoying theviev;i On other weekendsyou can bring along your own picnic and use barbeCL1e spots which areprovided.Wine hascobebought atthecellar door.

\When asked if he hasany words of advice for those who arecontemplatingthe wine making journeyParamdeep replied, '1t will be the story of .Beessaalhaad(20)'ears later)- Doyou havetheendurance to last thedistance?"

Looking After Our Elders

Simran Rekhy 19 BachelorofCommerceand Science, Monash University

During the summer break, I volunteered at an aged care home. My visits consisted of organising activities and games forthe residents, engaging in conversation with them as wellas creating an atmosphere that would be visually inspirational and motivational. I had the opportunity to plan their birthday celebrations w thin the premises, which included decorating the lounge and organising food and drinks. It gave me immense pleasure to bring joy into the lives of the residents and see them celebrating with happiness. Some of my most memorable moments included playing scrabble with one senior, taking them out to the garden to pick flowers and actively listening to them talk about their past.

I strongly believe in the importance of giving back to the community, which is what inspired me to volunteerat an aged care home. My grandmother has been volunteering at an aged care home forthe past couple of years. Seeing how

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Anirban Ghose 24 GraduatedinRobotics, SydneyUniversity

This summer I began building a microfactory. I had theimmense privilege of working at the University of New South Wales SMaRT Centre to develop

• innovative solutions forrecycling electronic waste (e-waste). We can all appreciate the challenge of the quantum of electronic waste that we are producing- all the old phones, televisions, microwaves, basically anything with a cord we throw out, making it the fastest growing waste stream globally. These devices are complex waste products, comprised of over 1000 different materials, some

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• passionate she is about this, as well as thejoy and pleasure she received from this role, made me extremely proud of her, wanting to follow in her footsteps. Volunteering an aged care home was an experience that I will cherish forever.