Help us meet Rotary's US$200 Million Challenge
See Bill Gates speak to Rotarian leaders
Watch as Microsoft founder Bill Gates addresses Rotarians at the 2011 RI Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
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In 2007 and 2009, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation recognized Rotary’s leadership in the polio eradication effort with challenge grants of $100 million and $255 million.
Grant funds are spent on immunization and other polio eradication activities. Rotary’s challenge aims to raise $200 million in matching funds by 30 June 2012, and every Rotary club is asked to help by organizing an annual public fundraising event. The $555 million generated will be a vital catalyst to help achieve Rotary’s top priority.