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Rotary holds End Polio Charity Walk & Run
Press Release Rotary End Polio Charity Walk and Run
Macau, Tuesday, 22 October: The eight Rotary clubs of Macau, part of Rotary International District 3450 Area 1, joined forces to organise the End Polio Charity Walk & Run on Sunday 20 October at the Hac Sa Reservoir Country Park in Coloane.
More than 300 people participated in the 8K run and 3K walk. Bazaar stalls were also set up at the venue, creating a very lively scene.
Proceeds from the event will go to the Rotary International Polio Eradication Fund to support polio eradication efforts worldwide.
Rotary International officially launched the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) in 1988 and works with the World Health Organization, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) to immunise children in need around the world.
In 2013, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world’s largest philanthropic foundation, joined the effort and pledged US$2 for every US$1 raised by Rotary clubs to eradicate polio. To date, Rotarians have contributed more than US$2.1 billion and countless volunteer hours to immunize more than 3 billion children worldwide, reducing polio cases by 99.9%.
The event was officiated by Mr Lai Ka Lo, Research Officer at the Coordination Department of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macau Special Administrative Region, Mr Leung Ka Fai, Director of the Professional Development and Planning Division of the Social Welfare Bureau, Mr Chan Hoi Fong, Acting Head of the Auxiliary Division of the Sports Bureau, Mr Lio Yuk Kuong, Vice-Principal of the Green Island Secondary School of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce (CCC), Mr Nigel Lo, District Governor of Rotary International District 3450, Mr Wilson Cheng, Rotary International District 3450 Foundation Committee Chairperson and Past District Governor, Mr Elvo Sou, Area 1 Assistant Governor of Rotary International District 3450, Miss Niki Lao, Organising Committee Chairperson and President of the Rotary Club of Guia, Mr Calvin Kuang, President of the Rotary Club of Macau, Mr Terrance Hoi, President of the Rotary Club of Hou Kuong, Ms Cecilia Wong, President of the Rotary Club of Central Macau, Ms Stella Chum, President of the Rotary Club of Macau Islands, Mr Aaron Tang, President of the Rotary Club of Amizade, Macau, Mr Tirus Chan, President of the Rotary Club of Penha, Macao, Mr Oscar Tong, President of the Rotary Club of Oriental Pearl, and Mr Cheong Ka Po, President of Wind Runners Club.