STEP BY STEP, BRICK BY BRICK

by Roy Anselmo Jaluag, Rotaract Club of San Antonio de Padua

Last October 24, 2022, the Rotary Club of Bagumbayan Manila, the Rotary Club of Manila Supreme 198, the Rotaract Club of Manila Supreme 198, and the Rotaract Club of San Antonio de Padua together with, the Rotaract Club of DLSU-Manila and the Rotaract Club of Manila Metro, and in Partnership with the Local Government Unit of Malibay, Pasay City conducted Patak Para sa Polio 2022.

This collaboration was geared towards three goals namely: An Awareness Campaign Regarding the Polio Disease; A Mission to Vaccinate Kids Around the Area of Malibay, Pasay City; and lastly, A Celebration of Rotary’s Effort and Campaign in Eradicating the Disease.

Kids around 6 years old and below were administered the vaccine by both the volunteer Rotarians and Rotaractors. Before the administration volunteers were brief in administering the vaccine. After the vaccination, kids were given toys and candies for their participation and bravery.

The Philippines was the first country to launch the Polio Eradication Campaign in 1979 and with the last reported case in 1993. Today there are only two countries where Polio is an endemic disease, namely Afghanistan and Pakistan. Together we can eradicate Polio; it is with Rotary’s mission and dedication that around 430 million have been vaccinated against the disease in around 39 countries.