India is a shining example of progress in global effort to end polio worldwide

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International Members of Rotary International – a principal partner of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative – led the polio eradication effort during another round of the National Immunization Day (NID) to be held on 23^rd February, 2014 across India. On the day, vaccines will be reached to nearly 170 million children at approx. 709,000 vaccination booths set up for the purpose across country. The members will be spread across Delhi NCR and volunteer help to vaccinators in reaching the vaccine. They have volunteered their time and paid for their travel to be part of this extraordinary campaign in India that has successfully eradicated Polio in the country.

Rotary members from different parts of the world are travelling to India, where they immunize children against polio – a crippling disease that still paralyzes children in parts of the world. These volunteers are members of Rotary, a worldwide humanitarian service organization that has polio eradication as its main philanthropic goal.  The Rotary members will join health workers and other volunteers to administer drops of oral polio vaccine during an immunization campaign that will target millions of children under age five.

The Rotary group will work with teams of volunteers to administer the drops of oral polio vaccine to every child under the age of five.

43 Rotarian from Japan and the team led by Mr. Yoshi Sekiba will visit Madipur, Punjabi Bagh for Polio booth and door-to-door activity.

11 Rotarian from UK and the team led by Mr. Mike Yates will visit Mukundpur area in North-East Delhi for booth and door-to-door activity. 

8 Rotarian from Belgium and the team led by Ms. Emma Gronen will visit Shadipur, West Delhi for booth and door-to-door activity.