October 24, 2012 is again World Polio Day ←(click it). In our lives there have been three persons we worked with, that had Polio.
Our boss in Italy had Polio as a young boy, but he grew
out of it and managed a normal life.
In Mernda, Victoria in Australia at one of
the Campbell Soup mushroom plants, I worked with Tony, the harvest manager, in
June of 1988 and he walked still on crutches, however FAST! It amazed me how
driven this young man was and he had a great work ethic, despite him having had
polio and never completely getting out of it. I certainly did admire his
dedication.
Let me now introduce you again to John H.G. Soe from
Jakarta, Indonesia with his incredible Polio related story... ‘Nobody’s child,
everybody’s man’ as published in the Jakarta Post ←(click it). You will find the link of last year's blog-post about him, below this post. You also can click on the hyperlink above, but if you need to use a translator, that will not work... so for that you better read my post below.
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| http://www.endpolio.org/ Both of us are proud of what Rotary has done so far. Husband Pieter is a Rotarian since 36 years and he was the President of the Dutch Rotary Club of Venray, in 1978. Do you have anyone that suffered Polio? |
Related clickable links:
{World Polio Day - Nobody's child everybody's man - Jakarta Post} | my post about Polio, 2011
Polio Eradication
Polio survivors share a wealth of insight | interesting insights from the above mentioned friend...
{Like Princess Diana, I also Tried to Tackle the Leprosy Stigma} | post about how John H G Soe has been helpful in obtaining a Grant from Rotary International for helping Leprosy victims.
