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Editors Rant
Its been a week of slogans …you will see some of these as your read on in this issue.
Who doesn’t like free stuff? Is there any downside in a free look? Do we feel a Change in the Air? Do you get the same result if you keep on doing the same old same old? Is it true a picture is worth a thousand words?
You also have your chance to participate by sending in captions to pix from this issue …to kick this off one inserted without any words in Members Slot…taking to heart Big Wig editor’s favourite slogan of keeping the visuals up and the verbiage down! .Now there’s a thought in light of the responsive uptake to Pres Dave’s ask for a best weekend pic …maybe we could have a Rapport issue that is purely pictorial essay…watch this space.
Ron Seeto
Dave's Rave
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Club News and Notices
REGIONALISATION : CREATING TOMORROW 2 takeaways
Is there any downside to a FREE look?
Rapport issue 4 gave you a heads up on Regionalisation…and you can find out more by following links. Please read the Fact Sheet which provides more explanation. Further information is available at creatingtomorrowrotary.org
Rather than repeat the vast amount of info available on this link from Fact sheets, FAQ’s and How to Vote ….also sent out by Pres Dave as attachments to members prior to our Zoom ….below are 2 takeaways from your Rapport team from this week’s zoom presentation PDG Ingrid Waugh and Co Chair of the Zone 8 regionalisation project. We were also pleased to have our AG Evelyn Chan in attendance.
your Big Wig Ed’s takeaways from a past governor’s pov
Our busy bee member Ariana Andrews tells us about this Rotary Oceania program.
Rotaract Oceania is fundraising to support Rotary Give Every Child A Future (GECAF). In partnership with UNICEF, GECAF aims to vaccinate 100,000 children in nine Pacific Countries (Nauru, Tuvalu, Samoa, Vanuatu, Tonga, Niue, Cook Islands, Kiribati and Tokelau) against Rotavirus, HPV, and Pneumococcal disease.
Rotaract Oceania will be doing a number of online events in the lead up to International #MOVEFORGECAF Day (November 5th). Rotaractors and Rotarians around the world will unite and for the whole day we’ll have people up moving, dancing, and doing projects to raise awareness AND funds towards our cause. We raised over $27,000 for this so far and this year our target is $20,000. Every $45AUD vaccinates one child.
Recently the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) was informed of a case of paralytic polio in New York state. This news is an opportunity to address this question.
First, let’s see what’s up in New York:
The victim was never vaccinated
The victim lives in an area with VERY low vaccination rates.
The victim is not contagious
This same area had a severe measles outbreak a few years ago with 312 cases of measles.
The polio virus strain is NOT wild polio.
The case is type 2 Vaccine Derived Polio Virus (VDPV).
Until wild polio is totally eradicated, we run the risk of vaccine-derived polio cases in areas of low vaccination rates where a weakened virus in the oral vaccine is still in use.
The novel oral polio vaccine (OPV), now being introduced, lessens the risk of polio being caused by older forms of OPV.
So, why do we still need to fundraise for the total defeat of polio?
Any form of poliovirus anywhere is a threat to children everywhere.
It is critical that the GPEI Polio Eradication Strategy 2022-2026 is fully resourced and fully implemented everywhere to ensure a world free of all forms of poliovirus.
Our partners and Rotary International immunize approximately 460 Million children annually.
We monitor polio-sustaining areas and conditions in about 200 countries.
Our team ensures outbreaks are identified and contained as quickly as humanly possible.
We call on every single Rotarian to take action and be a part of the fight to end polio, helping to raise Rotary’s goal of $50 million per year for polio eradication.
Our busy bee member Ariana Andrews tells us about this Rotary Oceania program.
Recently the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) was informed of a case of paralytic polio in New York state. This news is an opportunity to address this question.