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| PLEASE READ!! THIS IS WHY we are doing this Bike race, to HELP END POLIO NOW…
Dear Kelly, The World Health Organisation just announced that there’s been a polio outbreak in China.[1] Seven cases have been detected – all stemming from Pakistan, one of the four countries where wild poliovirus remains endemic. It’s a timely reminder of how polio anywhere is a threat everywhere, and why now is the time to finish the job, and see the end of polio forever. To see the end of polio we need to show a groundswell of support across the world, to get our Governments to fully fund the Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s vital work. Can you share the petition at www.thendofpolio.com by forwarding this email to 5 friends or inviting your friends to sign the petition through Facebook? The good news is that eradication efforts are working. There hasn’t been a polio case in India for 8 months, and there have been 50% fewer cases in 2011 compared to the same time in 2010.[2] We’re winning the fight – but we won’t be able to finish the job without full funding for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, which needs a further $590 million. 50 heads of government are meeting in Australia at the end of October, and we’re pushing hard for polio eradication to be on their agenda, and for them to donate to help bridge the Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s funding gap. They’ve told us they’ll do it – but only if we can show that this is something that people really care about. Can you help us get to another 5,000 petition signatures by the end of September? Ask your friends to sign that petition to see the end of polio by sending this email onto 5 friends or inviting them Facebook. Together we can see the end of polio, Simon, Renee, Mick, & the End of Polio campaign team [1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14997307 |
this is why we are doing this race & ride…contributing time and money to eradicate POLIO …. is a good thing. (as Martha, would say)