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Links
& Downloads....
Below are some links for
additional information on the various topics on
this website. Each link will open in a new window
so it will be easier to return to this page. At
the bottom of the page are links to download
various materials for presentations to groups.
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| Information
about the Polio virus and eradication efforts... |
| New! |
From HUMANOSPHERE: Charting global health and the
fight against poverty. Before Bill Gates became a
polio warrior, there was Ezra and the Rotarians
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Rotary Foundation "Polio Plus" information |
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UNICEF "Eradicating Polio" |
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World Health Organization article
about the 2002 "NID" in west Africa |
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The US Centers For
Disease Control publication on polio (Adobe
PDF document) |
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| Perspectives
from others... |
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Penny Legate's blog on KIRO-TV.COM
about her many trips to Ethiopia. Not only great
stories but wonderful video clips from the trips. |
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Puget Sound Business article
about the Polio Plus trip in 2002 |
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Photos of the Fistula Hospital and Cheshire Home taken in 2001 by
Whitney Tilson of Tilson Funds, a "Motley Fool"
investment website guest columnist |
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Whitney's
article "A Little Perspective" from the
April 17, 2001 issue of "The Motley Fool" |
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Excerpt from
11/3/02 issue of
"South County Journal Online" about the trip. |
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| Information
about the Fistula Hospital in Addis Ababa... |
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The Fistula Foundation home page |
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Home page of the AHOPE
For Children organization |
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W.H.O. page
with photos of the Fistula Hospital |
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"Alone and ashamed" New York
Times Op-Ed column by Nicholas Kristof (PDF file) |
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"The Fistula Project" photo
essay by Shaleece Haas |
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| Information
about the Cheshire Home just outside Addis
Ababa... |
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Home page of the Cheshire
Services of Ethiopia organization |
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A page about the Cheshire Home on
EnableAfrica.net |
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| Information
about Addis Ababa and Ethiopia... |
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A tour site about Ethiopia -
modest but useful info |
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"Virtual Tourist" page about
Ethiopia |
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| Other
miscellaneous links... |
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Ghion Hotel in Addis Ababa
(where the group will stay on the 2008 trip) |
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Denny Wilford's Just
Two Drops home page about his foundation and
efforts to deliver a hydrotherapy unit to the
Cheshire Home in Addis Ababa. |
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Rotary District 5030 home
page |
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| Downloads... |
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These links are Powerpoint
presentations, Adobe PDF files and other materials
for your own review and for presentations about
the trip to other groups. The photo "Zip" files
containing both the small "thumbnails" and larger
versions used on this website.
Generally the easiest way to save these files on
your computer is to right click on the
link, choose "Save target as..." from the
popup menu and then select a place on your
computer to save the file. You should then be able
to open the file on your PC.
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| Rotary International "Eradicate
Polio" slideshow presentation (PDF file, ~670
KB) |
| Rotary International "Polio
Plus" brochure (PDF file, ~2.5 MB, a big
file!) |
| CDC information
on the polio virus and the disease (PDF file,
~1.5 MB) |
| "Zip" file of photos
from "Addis
Ababa" page (~.9 MB) |
| "Zip" file of photos
from "AIDS
Orphanage" page (~1.8 MB) |
| "Zip" file of photos
from "Cheshire
Home" page (~1 MB) |
| "Zip" file
of photos from "Fistula
Hospital" page (~.8 MB) |
| "Zip" file of photos
from "Immunizations"
page (~1 MB) |
| "Zip" file of photos
from "NID
Kickoff" page (~.3 MB) |
| "Zip" file of photos
from "Rotarians"
page (~.5 MB) |
| "Zip" file of photos
from "Rotary
Village" page (~.8 MB) |
