A son recalls his father’s great medical achievement – the development of the first ever polio vaccine – and the moment he experienced that breakthrough first-hand. By Dr Peter L Salk, Illustrations by Cristian, Barba Camarena I have been president of the Jonas Salk Legacy Foundation since its founding in...
A global peace gathering
Attending the Rotary International Convention in Calgary is a way to support peace. When you walk the House of Friendship, meeting fellow members and learning about clubs’ concerns, you add to international understanding. Members spread peace when they write their hopes on paper cranes that they suspend from the peace...
They called it impossible. He didn’t listen.
Inspired by Australian Rotary International President Sir Clem Renouf, then District Governor John Sever convinced Rotary and the world to believe in polio eradication. The infectious disease specialist died in April at the age of 92. Here we pay tribute to his pivotal role in polio eradication. By Peter Ross...
The foundation of community
By Lucinda Diack A collaboration between the Rotary Club of Timaru, NZ, and the Rotary Club of Kathmandu, Nepal, has set a project in motion that is destined to be life-changing, not only for the women and children of Nepal, but for three incredible wāhine in Aotearoa. It is estimated...
We’ve come too far to stop the fight now!
By Anne Matthews, D9560 Passport, Rotary Club, Qld In the lead up to World Polio Day on October 24, Anne Matthews looks back on how far we have come in our quest to eradicate this debilitating disease and explores the worrying rise in vaccination fatigue and vaccine hesitancy throughout the...
Rotary amplifies women’s voices in Congo
Supported by a Royce and Jean Abbey Vocational Scholarship, Reverend Dr Marthe Kondemo is empowering women in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s least resourced and poorest provinces, some accessible only by canoe or dangerous forest paths. Put life into Rotary – your life was Royce Abbey’s theme for his year...