torontorotaract

When: Thursday, February 16, 2012 from 8:00 p.m.

Where: Gabby’s 192 Bloor Street West, Toronto

Cost: $10

Although most people are aware of the economic and technological advancements achieved by East-Asian countries, they often remain uninformed of the conditions or even the existence of those segments of the population that are neglected because of their geographical distance away from the urban centers of industry and commerce. Northern regions in Thailand remain grossly underdeveloped and are deprived of electricity, waste sanitation, water filtration and other goods and services that even their fellow countrymen have begun to take for granted for the last twenty years. In these regions, manual, subsistence agriculture remains the principal, daily priority for men, women and children. These regions are also fragmented on cultural faults with each segment practising a distinct set of customs and speaking a unique dialect; making attempts to integrate into mainstream Thai society impossible.

Rotary International has succeeded in meeting the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s US$200 million match in funding for polio eradication, raising more than $202.6 million as of 17 January!

Please click here for the full article: http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/120117_IA12_polio.aspx

To date, Rotarians worldwide have contributed more than $1 billion toward the eradication of polio, a cause Rotary took on in 1985.

To contribute towards this cause join us at our ‘Purple Pinkies for Polio’ Fundraiser for End Polio Now on January 27th, 2012 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. You can purchase your ticket here: http://rtc.r-esourcecenter.com/event//index.asp?Event_Id=25.

Thank you,

- Netila Demneri