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are not tangible but the impact is
phenomenal. Such is our long standing Kenya
Rural Blindness Eradication Project which
coincidentally began in 1985 at the same time
Rotary International End Polio campaign
began. We can only imagine what it means to
live in total darkness and all of a sudden, you
can see. The gift of sight and all that comes
with it. Join us this weekend as we reach out
to more rural communities starting with the
Western region this Rotary year.
I am also pleased to inform you that the
Sleeping Children Around (SCAW) project
2017 distribution has been confirmed and
4000 more children will benefit this year! To
understand how this project impacts the
mental development of children is to under-
stand why our Canadian friends do this.
I look forward to seeing all of us at our
Family of Rotary luncheon this week as we
also plan to participate in our fundraising
dinner on Friday, 18th November 2016. it a
wonderful learning opportunity.
As always, I count on your support!
David Githanga
CLUB PRESIDENT, 2016/17
My Fellow Rotarians,
What would the world look like with the
Polio pandemic untamed? We can only
imagine. Thanks to the efforts of Rotary
since 1985, as at 24th October 2016 on
World Polio Day, there were only 27 cases
of Polio World Wide!
As we beam with hope and look forward to
the last mile towards a Polio-Free World,
we celebrate all our Polio Heroes, more
especially the survivors of the paralyzing
disease such as Paralympian Dennis Ogbe
who told his personal story at this year’s
World Polio Day international celebrations,
our Paralympians back here at home being
supported by Rotary Club of Nairobi Gigiri
and other survivors across the globe.
We celebrate the everyday Rotary heroes
who have taken part in immunization
campaigns, resource mobilization among
others. Closer home, we celebrate some of
our members who have been part of the
End Polio country and district teams includ-
ing Past Presidents Darsi Lotay, David Has-
tie and Kamal Sanghani.
And such is the nature of Rotary.
Sometimes, we have no monuments to
show for our work. Sometimes the results
OCT. 2016 Issue 15. 2016-17
NOTICES
FAMILY OF ROTARY
LUNCHEON
Thur, 27th Oct 2016
Furusato Japanese
Restaurant
12.30 p.m. - 2.00 p.m.
KENYA RURAL
BLINDNESS
ERADICATION
EYE CAMP
27th - 29th Oct 2016 Jaramogi Oginga Odinga
Referral Hospital, Kisumu
FUNDRAISING DINNER
Fri, 18th Nov 2016
Muthaiga Country Club
5.30 - 9.00 p.m.
Kshs. 5,000.00
92ND DISTRICT CONFERENCE AND AS-
SEMBLY
20th - 23rd April 2017
Kisumu, Kenya
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“Hope is the expectation of better things
— a polio-free world, a world without
hunger, universal peace. It is the spark
that keeps a man going, whatever his
station. Without it, life is nothing more
than existence in despair.”
— Rotary Brings Hope, 1986-87 Presi-
dential Citation Program
EXTRA-
ORDINARY
GENERAL
MEETING
15/10/2016
Moments in History
Jonas Salk was born October 28, 1914, in New York City. In 1947,
Salk took a position at University of Pittsburgh, where he began con-
ducting research on polio, also known as infantile paralysis. By 1951,
Salk had determined that there were three distinct types of polio vi-
ruses and was able to develop a "killed virus" vaccine for the disease.
The vaccine used polio viruses that had been grown in a laboratory
and then destroyed.
Preliminary testing of the polio vaccine began in 1952 - the shot given
mostly to children. National testing expanded over the next two years,
making it one of the largest clinical trials in medical history. Roughly
1.8 million children were given the vaccine during the test phase. In
1953, Salk administered the experimental vaccine to himself, his wife
and sons. Salk's efforts were supported and promoted by the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and its president Basil O'Connor.
When the vaccine was approved for general use in 1955, Salk became
a national hero. President Dwight D. Eisenhower gave him a special
citation at a ceremony held in the Rose Garden at the White House.
Salk would have been richer by $7 billion
if his vaccine were patented!
Jonas Salk
Scientist, Doctor
(1914–1995)
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