Follow Ramesh's Journey

I want to start off by thanking Rotary Zone Institute Chairman Deepak Kapur for allowing me to attend the Rotary Zone 5 & 6A Institute. It was a pleasure to meet so many committed, caring, and generous Rotarians who are working so hard towards making our world a cleaner, healthier, safer place to live. After saying goodbye to Lokesh Gupta, Manager of the Indian National Polioplus Committee, Nima and I headed towards Moradabad via taxi for the Sub-National Immunization Day which will occur tomorrow.

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Today I visited with Dr. Bob Scott and his wife Ann before attending a number of meetings. Dr. Scott is the Chairman of the Rotary International PolioPlus Committee and past Chairman of the Trustees of the Rotary Foundation. We first met in May 2006 at the Rotary District 5010 Conference in Juneau, Alaska. I had attended that conference with Dr. Allon Reddoch from the Rotary Club of Whitehorse. Dr. Scott was very pleased to hear about the success of the Cycle to Walk campaign. Rotarians around the world – all 1.2 million of them – have always been known for their generosity towards both local and global humanitarian service projects.

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This morning Nima and I departed Delhi around 8am destined for the Rotary Zones 5 & 6A Institute in Agra, which is located in the state of Uttar Pradesh. We spent 6 hours driving through streets littered with garbage, beggars, wandering cows, cars, buses, motorbikes, cyclists, and pedestrians going every which way.

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I have safely arrived in Delhi, India after spending the last 35 hours waiting either on a plane or in an airport. I’m ecstatic to be here and to meet some of the people who have been working so hard to make India polio free. After clearing immigration and customs, I was welcomed by Mr. Stanley Samuel who is in charge of Logistics and Operations with the Indian National Polio Plus Committee. Stanley took me from the airport to the Rotary office, and on they way, he pointed out a banner hanging over a busy street that was promoting the recent Immunization Day that took place on November 9. One of Stanley’s responsibilities is to ensure the promotion of Rotary Immunization Days.

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Today I am travelling to India – my birth country – to work with Rotary International and help them in the crusade against polio.  Polio paralyzed my legs for life 28 years ago, but cases of the disease have dropped 99 per cent since then. It’s an exciting time in world history and everyone has a choice to be a part of it. Rotarians around the world – 1.3 million of them, from 33,000 clubs and 200 countries and geographical locations –continue to demonstrate their leadership and commitment towards a polio-free world.

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An article from The Telegram in St. John’s, Newfoundland.

Flanked by police cars and followed by children on bikes, Ramesh Ferris rolled down New Gower Street today completing a journey hand-cycling across Canada to raise awareness about polio.

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