Progress for the US$200 Million Challenge for polio eradication

Progress for the US$200 Million Challenge for polio eradication

Rotary International News -- 29 January 2010

As of 31 December, Rotarians have raised approximately $107 million for the $200 Million Challenge. These contributions will help Rotary raise $200 million to match $355 million in challenge grants received from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The resulting $555 million will directly support immunization campaigns in developing countries, where polio continues to infect and paralyze children, robbing them of their futures and compounding the hardships faced by their families.
As long as polio threatens even one child anywhere in the world, children everywhere remain at risk. The stakes are that high.