Springwater News • February 8, 2018 • Edition 514 • Phone: 705 322 2249 Cell: 705 231 2653
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Rotary gives $53.5 million to help eradicate polio EVANSTON, Ill. (Jan. 25, 2018) — With 22 confirmed cases in 2017 to date, and just one case in 2018, the world is on the brink of eradicating polio, a vaccine-preventable disease that once paralyzed hundreds of thousands of children each year. Rotary is giving $53.5 million in grants to support immunization and surveillance activities led by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). More than half of the funds will support efforts to end polio in two of the three countries where polio remains endemic: • Afghanistan: $12.03 million • Pakistan: $19.31 million Further funding will support efforts to keep 10 vulnerable countries polio-free: • Cameroon: $1.61 million • Central African Republic: $428,000 • Chad: $2.33 million • The Democratic Republic of Congo: $6.48 million • Ethiopia: $1.82 million • Iraq: $2 million • Niger: $1.71 million • Somalia: $3.29 million • South Sudan: $835,300 • Syria: $428,000 An additional $731,338 will fund research to be conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO), and another $518,000 will go toward technical assistance in West and Central Africa. While significant strides have been made against the disease, polio remains a threat in hard-to-reach and underserved areas and conflict zones. Despite a historically low case count, as long as a single child has polio, all children are at risk, which underscores the need for continued funding and political commitment to eradication. Rotary has committed to raising $150 million over the next three years, which will be matched 2-to-1 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, yielding $450 million for
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Ontarians could see six more weeks of winter after one of the country's best-known groundhogs saw his shadow. Officials declared a longer winter after Wiarton Willie emerged from his den just after 8 a.m. ET. This year was the first for the young rodent, which replaced the previous Willie, who died last September. Meanwhile, Nova Scotia's famed Shubenacadie Sam had another prediction. Sam waddled out of his fenced pen at about 8 a.m. local time and wandered around, a sign he was predicting an early end to winter. Fans looked on and let out loud cheers as Sam, who lives at the Shubenacadie Wildlife Park, scampered around the snowy grounds on what was the 30th anniversary of his annual weather prediction. How often has the groundhog really predicted the coming of spring? According to researchers, the groundhog has accurately predicted the coming of spring only 39 percent of the time.
Lent is almost here but before that we get to celebrate Shrove Tuesday at an All-You-Can-Eat Pancake Supper. On February 13, 2018 - at Elmvale Presbyterian Church - pancakes, sausage, real maple syrup, beverages and dessert will be served. Come back for seconds or thirds no one is counting. The cost for adults is $10 - for children under 10 - $5 and little ones under 3, they eat for free. The meal will be served from 5 until 7 at 22 Queen St. E.
than $1.7 billion — including matching funds from the Gates Foundation — and countless volunteer hours to protect more than 2.5 billion children in 122 countries polio. Tim Crowe • Brenda Maurice • Harry Hunt • Perry Ritchie from About Rotary tcrowe@csolve.net • bmaurice@csolve.net • hhunt@bellnet.ca • perry.ritchie@sympatico.ca Rotary brings a 24A Yonge St. S. Elmvale Children Miracle together global network 705.322.5000 Network Office of volunteer leaders dedicated polio eradication activities, including immunization and to tackling the world’s most pressing humanitarian surveillance. Rotary started its polio eradication program PolioPlus in challenges. Rotary connects 1.2 million members of 1985, and in 1988 became a partner in the GPEI, along with more than 35,000 Rotary clubs in over 200 countries and WHO, UNICEF, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control geographical areas. Their work improves lives at both the and Prevention. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation later local and international levels, from helping families in became a partner. Since the initiative launched, the incidence need in their own communities to working toward a polioof polio has plummeted by more than 99.9 percent, from about free world. Visit Rotary.org and endpolio.org for more 350,000 cases in 1988 to just 22 confirmed cases in 2017 about Rotary and its efforts to eradicate polio. Video and (as of 25 January). Rotary has contributed a total of more still images are available on the Rotary Media Center.
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