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Trustee chair's December Message

26/11/2017

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This month my focus is on the purpose and power of partnerships. 

We have a history of partnerships at all levels of Rotary. We partner member to member, club to club, district to district, all finding support from the wide variety of The Rotary Foundation's programs, projects, and grants. How powerful this continues to be! 

But only in the last several decades have we paid much attention to the idea of partnering with organizations outside of Rotary. Most would agree this change led to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, which has accomplished so much through each partner sharing its expertise and working together with a common purpose. This public-private partnership for global health is on the verge of eradicating an infectious disease affecting humans for only the second time in history. 

Simply put, partners agree to cooperate in advancing mutual goals. In so doing, they accomplish much more than one entity can alone. We now understand that to maximize our impact, Rotary must establish innovative partnerships, not just at all levels within our organization, but outside of Rotary as well. 

Our second major partnership initiative has been the Rotary Peace Centers program. In little over a decade, our peace centers have trained more than 1,100 individuals. Through this program, Rotary Peace Fellows develop the skills they need to serve as leaders and catalysts for peace and conflict resolution both in their communities and around the globe. 

Thanks to the ongoing work of the Joint Committee on Partnerships, which includes RI directors and Foundation trustees, the number of Rotary partnerships continues to grow. The Partnerships page at Rotary.org (go to About Rotary, then choose Partners) has a tremendous amount of information. Please take a few minutes and explore the page. Make sure to scroll all the way down to learn more about the partners and – most important – how your club or district can get involved. 

As we head toward 2018 and consider which New Year's resolutions we will make, dream big about the service opportunities waiting for us with our dedicated partners. 

Make 2018 the year to take advantage of all that Rotary offers and see how much more productive and effective we can be using the power of partnerships. 

Best wishes to you for a very happy new year. 

Paul A. Netzel 
Trustee Chair 2017-18 

December 2017

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Join us in celebrating Foundation Month

14/11/2017

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Dear fellow Rotarians,

November is Foundation Month, and time for us to take a look at where we are in our Rotary Foundation: what it’s done, what it’s helping us do now, and how we can move forward.

Last Rotary year, our Foundation received US$304 million in total contributions: that included $140 million to the Annual Fund, $28 million to the Endowment Fund, and $108 million to PolioPlus. All of those gifts are now hard at work, Doing Good in the World: supporting Rotary’s work today and strengthening our organization for tomorrow. The Foundation approved 494 district grants and 1,260 global grants, with a total of $111 million in funding.

As you all know, polio eradication is the number one priority of Rotary and our Foundation. It has been a historic year for polio eradication, with unprecedented new support and fewer cases of polio than ever before. As announced at our Atlanta convention in June, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has increased its commitment to our polio eradication initiative, and will match 2:1 all Rotary contributions up to 50 million dollars, for the next three years. If Rotarians raise $50 million per year, the Gates Foundation will match this with $100 million: resulting in $150 million for polio eradication in each of the three years. In total, more than one billion dollars in new funding for polio were pledged by governments and key donors in Atlanta.

It was a great lead in to the 2017-2018 Rotary year, and Rotarians have been doing an amazing job not only of raising the money to fulfill our commitment, but keeping public awareness of polio high. Our fifth annual World Polio Day, on 24 October, was a great success; our livestream event, broadcast from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation headquarters in Seattle, was our largest ever, with over 149,000 people viewing and Vice-President Dean Rohrs representing Rotary in the program.  Another 3,428 World Polio Day events took place around the world. It’s not too late to be a part of it; head over to the End Polio now website to see the recorded video.

In 2016, 37 children were paralyzed by the wild poliovirus. So far in 2017, that number stands at 13. We are on our way to zero, and you can follow that journey with the updates that are published every week by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative.

It’s important to remember that we have to keep doing everything we can do to End Polio Now, not only until the last child is paralyzed, but until eradication is certified by an independent commission. We expect that to happen at least three years from the last time wild poliovirus is found, in a child, a water supply, or anywhere else. Only then will we celebrate the end of polio—and the greatest work yet of Rotary and our Rotary Foundation.

Sincerely,

Ian Riseley
Rotary International President, 2017-18

Paul A. Netzel
Foundation Trustee Chair, 2017-18
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The Rotary Foundation Seminar District 3300

31/10/2017

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District 3300 TRF Seminar was held on 29th October 2017 at Wisma Tun Sambanthan. It was hosted by Rotary Club of Metro Kuala Lumpur. 
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PRE-POLIOPLUS HISTORY: THE PHILIPPINE PROJECT 1978

11/10/2016

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Extracted from:
​https://www.rotaryeclubone.org/makeups/articles/thephilippinepolio/

Clem Renouf, Rotary International President in 1978-79 dreamed of eradicating Polio from the Philippines. He worked through the Philippine Health Organization, and with a Rotary Foundation Grant in 1978 the Philippine Government joined Rotary International in a 5-year project to eradicate Polio from the Philippines by immunizing all of the children. The strategy for the Philippine Project was developed, and the necessary resources were marshaled to implement the plan.

In 1979, at the Rotary Convention in Rome, Italy, when Jim Bomar was the incoming President of RI, PDG Jun Tambunting met with President Sergio Mulish of the Rotary Club of Rome. During that meeting, President Sergio announced that the ROTARIANS OF ROME was ready to help the children of the Philippines and they had 500,000 polio vaccines ready to be airlifted to the Philippines.

In a few weeks, the vaccines arrived in Manila. PDG Jun Tambunting and PDG Benny Santos were on hand to pick up the polio vaccine at the airport together with the senior officers of the Department of Health. Six months later another 500,000 vaccines were delivered, for a total of one million from Rome.

In1980-1985, after Rotary International (RI) approved the 3H program, to immunize six million children in the Philippines PDG Jun Tambunting was appointed as the 3H Chairman (Health). With the help of the Department of Health, which had the lists of children below 5 years in all barangays (villages) in the country. The Philippines was the first country to have its children immunized from Polio and other dreaded diseases.​


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Video source: https://vimeo.com/31740127
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#EndPolioNow

4/9/2016

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Dear friends,


'About 25,000 people were paralysed in and around New York, and 6,000 of those died.'


Who could guess that the above was referring to polio? That was a hundred years ago, in 1916. Since then, sanitation has improved, bringing poliovirus transmission down. The major breakthrough that brought hope of eradication of this crippling disease, however, were vaccines by Salk and Sabin in the 1950's and 60's.
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In 1979, RI President Sir Clem Renouf and District 7620 Governor Dr John Sever pushed for a partnership by Rotary with governments around the world to eradicate a disease from the face of the earth. This was because polio is a serious disease with a potential to be completely eradicated. It was significant AND achievable.
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In 1985, PolioPlus was born.
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How it started, watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/scTIoeepZFg
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Why PolioPlus?

Before launching an ambitious program in 1985 to protect all the world's children against the crippling disease of polio, Rotary's leadership deliberated at length over the initiative's name. "Polio" was chosen to signal Rotary's quest for a polio-free world, and "plus" was added to express Rotary's conviction that a focused attack on polio would also spur a dramatic increase in immunizations against the five other childhood vaccine-preventable diseases targeted by WHO's Expanded Programme on Immunization: measles, tuberculosis, diphtheria, whooping cough, and tetanus.


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Global Polio Eradication Initiative



In 1988, Global Polio Eradication Initiative was formed, being a partnership between national governments, WHO, Rotary, the US CDC and UNICEF.

https://www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/news-media/meet-our-polio-partners

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​What is being done?


Polio Eradication and End-Game Stretegic Plan (PEESP) 2013-2019, Top 5 costs:
  • Supplement vaccination work in a number of countries
  • Cost of Vaccines
  • Surveillance, including establishing and running labs
  • Switch from Oral polio vaccine to inactivated polio vaccine
  • Communications, Engagement & Social mobilization
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Result

From 350,000 polio cases a year in 1988, polio is almost eradicated with only 26 cases of polio so far in 2016 (3 in Nigeria, 9 in Afghanistan and 14 in Pakistan).


Challenges

Challenges include attacks on vaccination workers and police protecting them, killing 89 workers and police personnel since 2012 in Pakistan.

Latest update reported in Australian media:
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/rearvision/pakistan-afghanistan-last-frontiers-in-100-year-war-on-polio/7574148

Listen to the radio program:
https://radio.abc.net.au/programitem/pex3X9VPaQ?play=true
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​ A new challenge has also emerged in Nigeria where 3 new cases of polio have been diagnosed in Borno State, Nigeria.

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2016/nigeria-polio/en/
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What can we do now?
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1. Give to TRF's PolioPlus:
https://map.rotary.org/en/securememberservices/Pages/SelectFundR.aspx?FUND=PP
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Every dollar you give is matched another 2 dollars by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Last year, the total contribution to PolioPlus from District 3300 was USD 30,026, which is close to USD 20 per capita. This year, one of the Presidential Citation goals for TRF is giving USD2650 to PolioPlus.

2. If your club is having any EndPolioNow program, fund-raising or public image program, please keep us updated. Let us help in any way we can.

3. Keep updated with #EndPolioNow at http://www.endpolio.org/

4. World Polio Day is on 24th October, i.e. in 2 months' time. Learn how you can promote Rotary's signature program here:
http://www.endpolio.org/worldpolioday.
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Resources for #EndPolioNow projects, web/social media and print publications are available at http://www.endpolio.org/worldpolioday/#resources

5. If you have contributed to PolioPlus, send PP Dr Bernard Chan of RC Bandar Sungai Petani , a photo of you in the "This Close" pose. Send an original resolution photo of at least 2MB, via email, please. PP Dr Bernard will then endeavour to create a "This Close" photo of you. Please feel free to call PP Dr Bernard Chan at +6016-4441677 or email drbernardchan@gmail.com.


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Some fundraising and public image programs organised for polio:


​World's Greatest Meal to raise funds for polio eradication.
http://wgmeal.com
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Sale of Rotary Crocuses to raise funds and awareness. Crocuses are the same color as the ink used to mark those who have been vaccinated.

http://www.rotarycrocus.com
http://www.rotarygbi.org/what-we-do/purple4polio/


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Miles to End Polio is a bicycle to raise funds as well.

​https://www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/news-media/miles-end-polio-6-million-crosses-finish-line-polio-eradication
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Polio Campaign by Rotary International in Pakistan. 
​We hope that you will give generously to PolioPlus :-)
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On behalf of the District 3300 Rotary Foundation Commitee;


Kirenjit Kaur (Chairman) - Polio &
Dr Bernard Chan (Deputy Chairman) - Polio

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give now
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    For private messages on contributions to PolioPlus:

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#EndPolioNow with DG Darul Abdullah

18/8/2016

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District 3300 Governor Darul Abdullah gives the This Close sign. 

Donate to PolioPlus, the Rotary Foundation fund used specifically for polio eradication, supporting the Global Polio Eradication Initiative together with WHO, UNICEF and CDC. The only countries with ongoing infections are Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria. It matters to us because polio can make a comeback if it is not fully eradicated globally. 
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 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged to match every USD given with another 2 USD, tripling your giving.

   If you give RM100, the USD25 will become USD75 and supply 500 doses of vaccines.
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More Members Mean a Stronger Foundation - Message from TRF Trustee Chair, PRIP Kalyan Banerjee.

28/7/2016

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Kalyan Banerjee 
Trustee Chair 2016-17 

August 2016 
More members mean a stronger Foundation 

Our Rotary Foundation depends on a strong and thriving Rotary membership. It is, after all, our members who provide the generous support that enables our Foundation to tackle some of the world’s most pressing problems. As important as that support is, it’s not the only contribution Rotarians make to our Foundation. 

The Rotary Foundation has an unusual business model. Like many charities, we receive donations that we use to address a host of critical issues. Unlike most other nonprofit organizations, we depend on our members to develop relevant and effective service projects. Your volunteer labor stretches our contribution dollars and helps The Rotary Foundation to do much more with less. 

The typical global grant requires hours of planning and budgeting before even one dollar is received or spent. Then the sponsors must purchase supplies, seek donated goods, set up bank accounts, organize volunteers, write reports, and monitor the project’s progress, all while working with Rotarians in another part of the world. Fortunately, our clubs have a wide variety of professional skills and talents to call upon throughout this process. 

Smaller clubs may not have the financial or human resources to sponsor a global grant, even if their members share a strong commitment to the Foundation’s mission. Imagine what those clubs could accomplish with two or three times as many members.
As we celebrate Membership and New Club Development Month in August, let’s not forget the importance of quickly engaging new members in Rotary service. Make sure they know about the many opportunities our Foundation offers members to pursue their service interests, from promoting better health to providing training and education to bringing peace and stability to communities in need. 

Through The Rotary Foundation, our members have a chance to use their skills to make a real difference. First, we need to bring those talented people into our ranks and engage them in our Foundation’s vital work to create a better world. And only we, the Rotarians, can bring in those new members. So it is up to us, really, isn’t it? 

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November is The Rotary Foundation Month

2/11/2015

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