Today we feature a photo gallery from an issue of the Rotarian on the dangerous work of health workers. The mission of the Rotary Foundation is to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education and the alleviation of poverty. 

In 1998, thousands of families in Sierra Leone fled their homes as the Revolutionary United Front executed its campaign of terror against civilians. Despite the chaos, health workers and volunteers carried out national immunization days as planned. Polio immunization teams searched for refugees along the nation’s roadways and in the jungles. Risking their lives as heavy artillery resonated nearby, they continued on, determined to provide life-saving drops of vaccine to every child they could find. Today, Sierra Leone is polio-free. Read more