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THE Rotary Foundation Recognition Night of Rotary Club district 3300 was held at the Royale Chulan Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, in commemoration of World Peace recently.

The event in the Rotary calendar is where fellow Rotarians honour other members for their contributions into making the world a better place.

The night started with a welcoming address by the organising chairman, Bindi Rajasegaran.

Good effort: The Rotarians at the Recognition Night.

The District Governor, Leslie Salehuddin, in his speech, also thanked everyone for their contributions to the fund.

This year, five major donors were credited for their contributions to the Rotary Foundation, including the annual Programme Fund as well as the Polio Plus Eradication Programme.

“I must acknowledge the contribution by the Rotary Foundation Chair Past District Govenor Paul C.K. Lee in his final year, Datuk Dr N. Lakashmanan, Dr Joseph Rajendran and Grants chair Datuk Jimmy Lim and their committees for steadfastly pursuing the noble tasks of galvanising support for our foundations” said Salehuddin.

Among the donors credited were District Governor Salehuddin and PDG Lim whose constant contributions since 1995 has reached US$129,085.

Guest speaker Susan Macaulay, an advocate for human rights was also present.

She believes that everybody had the power to transform themselves, their communities and the world, if they so chose.

All smiles: (From Left) Ken Khoo, Lim and Ann Ziela at the event.

The Polio Class Programme was founded in 1985 and has contributed about US$800mil to help immunise the children of the world against polio.

These efforts include much needed polio vaccine, operational support, medical personnel and educational material for health workers and parents.

Polio is a crippling and potentially fatal disease that still threatens the lives children in certain parts of Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

The Polio virus invades the nervous system and can cause paralysis in a matter of hours.

It is known to infect any age group but mainly affects children under the age of five.

As of 2010, the endemic wild polio virus has been eliminated from all but four countries - Afganistan, India, Nigeria and Pakistan.

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