Posted by Badara Dafé, Rotary Club of Dakar Soleil, Senegal
Polio is a very coercive and disabling disease. But as a polio survivor, I’ve been able to draw extra motivation from the disabilities the disease left me with. It gave me a taste for effort and hard work. I was able to turn what seemed like a threat into an opportunity.
District Grants from the Rotary Foundation are available to clubs in District 9800, provided they qualify each year. An important requirement for qualification is that a club is represented at an annual Rotary Foundation Grants Seminar.
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