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Saturday 20 OctOber 2018

Help Aruba be Polio Free

ORANJESTAD — The Rota- projects, in a global effort
ract Club of Aruba is well to bring peace and inter-
known for its activities dur- national understanding to
ing the whole year. Sunday the world.
October 21 is the celebra-
st
tion of World Polio Day and Poliomyelitis is a highly in-
therefor they are organiz- fectious disease that most
ing a 5 KM walk/run in ben- commonly affects chil-
efit of Ending Polio in Aruba. dren under the age of 5.
Most people know it as po-
The Rotaract Club of Aruba liovirus. The virus is spread
is sponsored by the Rotary person to person, typically
Club of Aruba and is part through contaminated wa-
of District 7030 of Rotary In- ter. It can attack the ner-
ternational. Rotaract origi- vous system, and in some
nally began as a Rotary In- instances, lead to paralysis.
ternational youth program Although there is no cure,
in 1968 and has grown into there is a safe and effec-
a major Rotary-sponsored tive vaccine – one which
organization of over 9,030 Rotary and our partners
clubs spread around the use to immunize over 2.5
world and 207,690 mem- billion children worldwide.
bers. It is a service, leader-
ship and community ser- The funds collected for this
vice organization for young event will be donated to
men and women. Rotaract help Aruba in all ways to whole family and all for a Only three countries remain
focuses on the develop- be Polio free. The event will good cause. Facts: endemic.
ment of young adults as take place at Plaza Nikki Polio mainly affects chil-
leaders in their communi- Habibe on Sunday Octo- For more information visit dren under age 5. We’ve reduced cases by
ties and workplaces. Clubs ber 21st 2018. Registration the Facebook page END There is no cure, but polio 99.9% since 1988.
around the world also take starts at 4 PM. Come and POLIO NOW Fun Walk/Run is preventable with a vac- Until we end polio forever,
part in international service join this walk/run with the by Rotary Club of Aruba cine. every child is at risk. q

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ORANJESTAD – Did you know ….. Aruba Today has a
Facebook page and website. We would love to welcome
you to our online community!

The cover picture of the Facebook page will show an-
other picture of a local photographer every couple of
months. We love culture and like to support our local tal-
ents, therefore Aruba Today chooses to be a platform for
showcasing art. Photographer Armando Goedgedrag
took the new cover picture of Aruba Today’s Facebook
page, following the former local talents that shot the cov-
er picture: Michael-Anthony Fowler and Anuar Habibe.

Armando’s goal is to create awareness about Aruban
nature, especially with the youth and therefore he visits
schools and he is member of Korteweg, an organization
of young artists aiming to bring art under the attention of
the public. A short recap: he is an artist, film maker, body
boarder and surfer, nature lover and nature protector. q