moving mountains to touch lives in ghana and south sudan

Moving Mountains to Touch Lives by EradicatingGuinea Worm Disease in Ghana and South Sudan

Drill Rig Hits Water in Village

Long Wait for Water is Over!

Inspired by Being with the Kids

Challenging Trips to Villages!

“You Got to Love Me to Come This Far” in Do Meabra!

Rotarians are Moving Mountains to Touch Lives!• Teach Service

• Set Example

• Inspire

• Vision

• Partners

• Passionate

• Action

Watertown, NY Rotary’s Gift of Banner to New Ghana Club

It All Started with a Well…

Tamale Rotarians Key to Team• Polio Work Built Reputation• Each Humanitarian Grant Fit into Next• Set Goals of Guinea Worm Eradication by

Providing Clean Water• Inspired by Joe Mumuni & René Dogbe• Built Friendships & Goodwill• Willing to Use Dynamite

Guinea Worm Parasitestaken from Kids in Ghana

Unsafe Water Harbor Diseases

Get Water to 4,136 Sick People was Overwhelming in 2006

Vision & Team Came TogetherWatertown, NY Rotary Clubs

Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada Rotary Club

Rocky Mount, VA USA Club

Old Montréal Club in Québec, Canada

Lebanon, New Hampshire RC

Tamale Club in Ghana

DedicatedRotarians

Vision

Rotary Wells Are Highly Desired

Repair Wells & Boreholes

Many People Worked as Team

Why Not End Disease in World?

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

2,733

1,692

1,028

484113

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Number of People with Guinea WormBy Year

Ghana South Sudan

Guinea Worm Cases By Year

Country 2011 2012 2013 2014

South Sudan 1,030 521 1133

Chad 10 10 14 3

Mali 12 7 11 0

Ethiopia 8 4 70

Sudan 0 0 3 0

Ghana 0 0 0 0

Eastern Equatoria is target state in South Sudan. Year-to-date is through March 2014.

Kids Are Healthy and Smiling…

Before: In Clinic

After: In School

“Can You Help with Neglected Disease called Buruli Ulcer?”

Learning about Buruli Ulcer

• Building New Team • Easier to Cure if Detected Early• Uncertain Cause: Water or Soil• Neglected Tropical Flesh Eating Disease• Treated with Two Antibiotics Early On• May Have to Amputate Arm or Leg• Want to Raise Awareness

What Have We Done Lately?

• Surveillance to Find People Early• Educated Community about Diseases• Trained 123 Health Professionals• Trained 163 Community Health

Worker Volunteers• Transformed Lives of People with Right

Care and Prevention of Disability• Provide water to 54,255 people

We are Touching Anita’s Life

Before

After

Serwaa Before & After Antibiotic Treatment and First Skin Graft

Dream Big Next Five Years• Use Your Imagination for the Possible• End Polio & Guinea Worm from World!• Lead Your District to Dream Big!• Hope Transforms and Enables• Dreams Thrive Best with Teamwork• Next Disease is Buruli Ulcer• Let’s Do It Together!

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