The Rotary Club of Port Fairy is getting behind a world-wide push by Rotary International to help finally eradicate polio from the modern world.  As of the start of 2017 there are only two countries in the world, Pakistan and Afghanistan, where the polio-endemic still exists.  In this regard, polio eradication - a long-term objective of Rotary - is not yet finished.  The remaining 0.1% of polio cases are the most difficult to prevent because the virus persists in the hardest to reach areas so the fight is not quite finished but is close.
 
The Port Fairy club is selling special "eradicate polio badges" to raise funds for the cause knowing that world-wide, every dollar raised is matched 2:1 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.  Through 2018, every $1 Rotary commits to WHO and UNICEF in support of polio immunisation will be match with $2 by the Gates Foundation.  This means that a $25 donation becomes $75 that will fund a host of eradication initiatives.
 
End-Polio badges can be obtained, on donation, from Rotarian, John Clue.