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The Camilla Rotary Club was awarded a grant from Rotary International to erect a billboard here Mitchell County to educate citizens on the humanitarian work of the Camilla Rotary Club and Rotary International.
The billboard is located on US Hwy. 19 N in Camilla. Rotary’s top philanthropic goal is to eradicate polio worldwide. Their 20 year commitment to end polio represents the largest private-sector
support of a global health initiative ever. Since establishing its PolioPlus program in 1985, Rotary members have helped to immunize more than 2 billion children in 122 countries and have contributed more than
$500 million toward a polio free world. Locally, Camilla Rotarian Dean Daniels just arrived back from India on a humanitarian mission with Rotary’s polio program. The number of polio cases has been
reduced by a projected 99 percent since Rotary and partner agencies formed the global polio eradication initiative — from 350,000 in 1988 to fewer than 1300 in 2004.
Water is essential to human life, yet many people take the gift of safe water for granted. Today, 1.1 billion people—nearly 20 percent of the world population—lack access to safe, clean drinking water, and 2.6
billion people lack access to basic sanitation facilities. Lack of safe water and adequate sanitation exacerbates the spread of preventable waterborne illnesses that result in the death of about 6,000 people every
day, the majority of whom are children. Moreover, these circumstances are leading contributors to worldwide poverty and social instability. Rotary is addressing this important global issue.
Rotary is an organization of business and professional leaders who number over 1.2 million in 164 countries. They strive to provide humanitarian service and build goodwill and peace in the world. Locally,
the Camilla Rotary Club has donated over $7500 to PolioPlus this year alone and over $700 to the Clean Waters project.
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