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On August 4th, 2020, a violent blast rocked Beirut. It killed close to 200 people, injured thousands, and displaced hundreds of thousands more. In addition to the many lives lost and traumatized, the property damage is estimated at US $10-15 billion.

The Rotary Club have recently been actively supporting the Beirut Karantina Hospital Campaign. This campaign aims to raise funds to rebuild the hospital that was devastated in the 2020 explosion.

The club continues to support the Polio Plus campaign. In the past we have joined forces with other Rotary Clubs in the area to plant a large number of purple crocuses around the parish.

The flowers are to commemorate the Rotary Polio Plus campaign to eradicate polio. The purple flowers are symbolic of the purple dye dabbed on a child’s finger when they are immunized. Rotary clubs worldwide have been involved in the immunisation since 1985 and cases worldwide have dropped dramatically.

The programme started in 1987 when the disease was prevalent in 122 countries. We remain hopeful that in the next few years we will have completed eradicated this terrible disease

You can read more about Rotary's Polio Plus Campaign here