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Written by Malcolm Webb (Assistant District Editor)
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Friday, 13 October 2006 |
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The Rotary Foundation, Rotary’s corporate charity, is dedicated to furthering international understanding, goodwill and peace. The Foundation administers the 3-H fund which seeks to alleviate the problems of the disadvantaged throughout the world under the headings of Health, Hunger and Humanity. The projects supported under this programme are usually beyond the capability of a single club or group of clubs to support. The Foundation’s most ambitious project so far has been PolioPlus, a campaign to help the World Health Organisation and UNICEF immunise the world’s children against polio. PolioPlus raised $250 million, of which Rotarians in Great Britain & Ireland contributed £16 million. The Foundation also provides grants and educational scholarships for young people, but not Rotarians or their close relatives, to visit and study in other countries.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 15 October 2006 )
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