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Hear the perspective of an enterprise-innovation tasked senior executive of a 157-year-old, $35M P/A WA social-enterprise, utilising over 3000 staff and volunteers to service more than 61,000 vulnerable members of our community each year. That’s ‘serious business’ in anyone’s language, and no doubt filled with insights for all – how do they do it, and how will it need to be done in the future as demand and competition grows?
St. Vincent de Paul Society is a long-standing and now primarily self-funded, social impact focused enterprise. But it didn't begin like that – learn about its ongoing business evolution and the value others could derive from it.
Rotary Means Business WA is a Fellowship of Rotary International. It is a vibrant, valuable and productive business Fellowship that enhances B2B and B2C commerce between and for Rotarians in business, and also provides an avenue to help strategically scale up members' good works at their Rotary Club. Its ethos is based on the principles of the Rotary Four Way Test which talks about honesty, fairness, friendship and benefit to all concerned.
New wild poliovirus isolates reported this week:
AFP cases: 0
Environment: 2
Others: 0
New cVDPV isolates reported this week:
AFP cases 40
Environment: 3
Others: 4
Headlines:-
This year, the polio programme is focusing on reaching zero-dose children (children who are either un- or under-immunized), in identified ‘consequential geographies’.
But what exactly are consequential geographies, and why are they so vital to the global effort to eradicate polio? In this explanatory video, long-time polio eradicator and Director for polio eradication at WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region, Dr Hamid Jafari, explains more.
Summary of new polioviruses this week:
· Afghanistan: two WPV1 positive environmental samples
· Algeria: one cVDPV2 positive environmental sample
· Cameroon: one cVDPV2 case
· Chad: two cVDPV2 cases
· DR Congo: 16 cVDPV1 cases and 19 cVDPV2 cases
· Nigeria: one cVDPV2 case
· Somalia: one cVDPV2 case
· Zambia: two cVDPV2 positive environmental samples
Afghanistan:
No wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases were reported this week. There are two cases in 2022.
Two WPV1 positive environmental samples were reported in Nangarhar.
Pakistan:
No wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases were reported this week. There are 20 cases in 2022.
Mozambique:
No wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) case was reported this week. There are eight cases reported in 2022. Reporting of these new cases within a short time span indicates that intensified surveillance efforts are working in the province.
No cases of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1 (cVDPV1) were reported this week. There are 18 cases in 2022.
No case of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) was reported this week. The number of cases in 2022 remains four.
Officially reported WPV1 and cVDPV cases as of 10 January Wild poliovirus (WPV) Total global WPV1 cases in 2022: 30 (compared with 5 for the same period in 2021) Total global WPV1 cases in 2021: 6 Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV) cases
Total global cVDPV cases in 2022: 654 (compared with 590 for the same period in 2021) Total global cVDPV cases in 2021: 698
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Escalating Flood Crisis
RAWCS is responding to the unfolding, escalating flood crisis by maintaining our National Flood Appeal through the Rotary Australia Relief Fund (RARF) and by opening Rotary Australia Benevolent Society (RABS) projects specific to each flood affected area (these areas could grow as flood waters move downstream).
Funds raised to date have been directed through local Rotary Clubs to providing $500 Rotary Relief Vouchers to those whose homes are uninhabitable and require immediate assistance. This is the preferred option of RAWCS and is the most appropriate use of donated funds in assisting the flood affected communities.
RAWCS is seeking the support of Districts & local Rotary Clubs to assist in the distribution of these relief vouchers within the affected communities.
To provide the full benefit to these floods affected communities RAWCS is seeking financial donations from Rotary Districts, Clubs, individuals, businesses and public to support these projects using the RAWCS website project search and donate directly to the individual project using the on-line donation link https://rawcs.org.au/disasters/
RAWCS flood projects
Project No: 47 2021-22 National Floods Appeal (Rotary Australia Relief Fund RARF)
To raise funding to provide financial assistance to all communities in the impacted flood affected areas. Donations to this project are tax deductible. Distribution of these funds is not to specific regions.
Project No: 32 2022-23 Central West New South Wales communities flood relief funds distribution (Rotary Australia Benevolent Society RABS)
To distribute donated funds to people affected by the floods in Central West New South Wales communities. Donations to this project are tax deductible and are for distribution specifically to the Central West New South Wales region.
Project No: 31 2022-23 Victoria and Border communities flood relief fund distribution (RABS)
To distribute donated funds to people affected by the floods in Victoria and Border communities. Donations to this project are tax deductible and are for distribution specifically to the Victoria and border communities.
Project No: 54 2021-22 NSW - Queensland Flood Relief Fund Distribution (RABS)
To distribute donated funds to people affected by the floods in New South Wales and Queensland. Predominately for the Northern NSW flood affected regions.
Regards
Hank de Smit PDG
District Chair 9455
RAWCS
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