OUR VISIT AT ZAMZAM HEALTH CENTER

It was a nice day to us,when we visited the Reproductive and Child health clinic at ZAMZAM HEALTH CENTER in BUKOBA TOWN.We provided the health education about POLIO and the efforts done by Rotary international through the end polio campaign to eradicate Polio World wide.Not only that but also we assisted giving vacciness including Polio vaccines to Children.

Here are the photos of the event:

ROTARACTORS with the nurse incharge of the RCH clinic 

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PROJECT:YARD SALE FUNDRAISING

It was a remarkable and funny event.It was on 17th October 2015 were we sold old clothes collected from the club's members for the club fundraising.Here are the photos during the event.

MEMBERS SORTING THE CLOTHES READY TO BE SOLD

YARD SALE DAY

 

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WATCH LIVE THE THIRD ANNUAL WORLD POLIO DAY EVENT HERE.

Tune in on OCTOBER 23 2015 at 6:30 P.M Eastern time to watch live the Third annual World polio day event to get the global status update on the fight to end polio.

 

LET US JOIN HANDS AND ERADICATE POLIO

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FUNDRAISING AND CHARITY CAR WASH

As we are on the end polio week,The rotaract club of Bukoba Have prepared a car washing event for fundraising and donate to the ROTARY END POLIO CAMPAIGN.This event will took place at The SPICE HOTEL BEACH.ALL people around Bukoba you are welcome to join us in this Polio eradication campaign.Bring your cars,motorcycles,and bicycles and we will wash it for you.
ALL THE MONEY COLLECTED WILL BE DONATED TO THE ROTARYINTERNATIONAL END POLIO CAMPAIGN.

For informations contact:+255769010999

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BUDAP-THE TALENTED POLIO SURVIVORS

The Bukoba Disabled Assistance Project (BUDAP) was established in June 2005. It was the vision of its founders Raymond Mukwenda and William O. Rutta, two local Tanzanian men, and Bart Lacroix, a Dutch volunteer, to create an organization that would specifically work with the survivors of polio. They realized many victims of polio had a difficult time procuring work because employers would give preference to people who are physically sound, and have a secondary school education. Polio survivors in Tanzania earn less than a dollar a day by doing casual work, such as shoe repair or by begging for money.

Together, they hired a master drum maker from Kagera in Tanzania, rented a workshop and began on-the-job training for seven disabled people on how to make traditional Tanzanian drums called ngoma. BUDAP's workforce has since expanded to more than a dozen people.

BUDAP expanded their operations in June 2006 and started training and employing disabled women affected by polio to produce handbags. As a team they run the BUDAP workshop successfully. Today BUDAP's workforce also consists of people with physical disabilities other than polio.

 

How can you support BUDAP?

 The best way to support BUDAP is to buy BUDAP products online or from one of their dealers.

BUDAP is seeking dealers and shops that want to sell BUDAP drums and crafts anywhere in the world.

As all entrepreneurs know, the first years of operations are crucial. BUDAP is still looking for financial support for the coming three years. The aim of BUDAP is to be self-sufficient within three years.

If you wish to support BUDAP in anyway please contact us by mail: info@budap.org





CREDIT:BUDAP

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WATCH LIVE THE THIRD ANNUAL WORLD POLIO DAY EVENT HERE.

Tune in on OCTOBER 23 2015 at 6:30 P.M Eastern time to watch live the Third annual World polio day event to get the global status update on the fight to end polio.

 

LET US JOIN HANDS AND ERADICATE POLIO

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WORLD POLIO DAY

 World Polio Day was established by Rotary International over a decade ago to commemorate the birth of Jonas Salk, who led the first team to develop a vaccine against poliomyelitis. Use of this inactivated poliovirus vaccine and subsequent widespread use of the oral poliovirus, developed by Albert Sabin, led to the establishment of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) in 1988. Since then, GPEI in collaboration with spearheaded by national governments, CDC, Rotary International, WHO, and UNICEF has reduced polio worldwide by 99%.

Polio is a crippling and potentially fatal infectious disease. There is no cure, but there are safe and effective vaccines. Therefore, the strategy to eradicate polio is based on preventing infection by immunizing every child to stop transmission and ultimately make the world polio free.
In 1988, the World Health Assembly adopted a resolution for the worldwide eradication of polio. It marked the launch of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), spearheaded by national governments, CDC, Rotary International, WHO, and UNICEF, with substantial support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

 

Eradicate Polio Now

Polio spreads from person to person invading the brain and spinal cord and causing paralysis (inability to move). Because polio has no cure, vaccination is the best way to protect people and is the only way to stop the disease from spreading. The spread of polio has never stopped in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Let us join hands and make Polio the 2nd desease to be eradicated following small pox.#END POLIO NOW

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