Tag: polio

Rotary and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation extending fundraising partnership to eradicate polio

Stuart Mitchell

Rotary and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are renewing their longstanding partnership to end polio, announcing a joint commitment of up to $450 million to support the global polio eradication effort. “We’ve made tremendous progress, but the world is facing multiple pandemics, and vaccine hesitancy is on the rise. Recent polio outbreaks in Malawi and Mozambique, plus detection of poliovirus in Israel, the UK, and the United States prove that if polio exists anywhere, it threatens children everywhere,” said Ian Riseley, chair of the Rotary Foundation and Past President…

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Narrative VR experience focuses on Rotary International’s work to eradicate polio

Stuart Mitchell

Don’t Panic has teamed up with Rotary International, the global network of leaders dedicated to humanitarian issues, to create a new immersive VR experience, named One Small Act. As one of the first examples of narrative storytelling in VR, the experience highlights the impact rotary International is making around the world, focusing on its work to eradicate polio. One Small Act will act as collateral to increase donations to worthy causes. It was created in partnership with Google. It depicts a young girl growing up in Bosnia. Initial calm and…

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