The older residents of the Cleijenborch Care Center in Colijnsplaat belong to the generation that may actually be infected with the polio virus in their youth. Almost everyone in the Netherlands has been vaccinated since the 1950s, banning polio from the Netherlands. All over the world it took a lot longer. In 1988, 350,000 cases of polio were recorded in 125 countries. “Today, the number of polio cases has been reduced by 99.9 percent,” says Rotary Goes de Bevelanden. “There are two other countries reporting polio cases, Afghanistan and Pakistan.”
The infrastructure that Rotary and its partners around the world have helped build to end polio is also used to treat and prevent other diseases, such as coronavirus. “Thanks to the efforts of Rotary and our partners, there are nearly 19.4 million people around who would otherwise have been paralyzed by polio. More than 1.5 million people have survived, even though they would have died of this terrible disease if they had contracted polio.
Plant bulbs
On Saturday, November 26, the three Rotary clubs will plant bulbs in the Cleijenborch treatment center for the polio campaign. Next spring, residents will be able to enjoy a beautiful garden filled with yellow-red tulips.
If you want to plant bulbs in the garden, you can do it via www.endpolionowtulp.nl order a box of tulips.
