Rotary Club of May Pen

Women of Rotary: Changing the world through service.

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

💔 44 million lives lost — and HIV is still not over.

HIV remains one of the world’s biggest health challenges.

*Here’s what you should know:*

🦠 HIV is a virus that attacks the body’s immune system and is spread from body fluids of an infected person.

🤒 Symptoms of HIV vary, some may have flu-like illness including fever, headache, rash and sore throat.

⚠️ AIDS occurs at the most advanced stage of HIV infection.

🌍 About 40.8 million people worldwide are living with HIV.

⚕️ While there’s no cure, HIV can be prevented and treated.

*Reduce the risk of HIV by:*

🛡️ Using condoms

🩸 Testing for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections

✂️ Choosing medical male circumcision

💉 Getting safe help if you inject and use drugs

💊 Taking pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medicine as an additional prevention option

This World AIDS Day, let’s raise awareness of HIV and support access to prevention, treatment, and care for all.

Learn more about HIV and AIDS ➡️ bit.ly/43LX1SB

Here’s to the men who lead with respect, rise with integrity and uplift others with kindness. Happy International Men’s Day to all the men across the world.

Breast cancer awareness campaign post. Ever survivor believes they could. Yes they did. One battle, one victory at a time. Faith. Fight. Finish strong.

Professor William Aiken, district governor for Rotary International District 7020, is calling on Rotarians and other community leaders to shift their focus from short-term projects to a more strategic, long-term approach to service in order to create a lasting legacy of transformation within their communities.

Read more: https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20251024/governor-urges-rotarians-build-legacy-create-lasting-change

Tree Planting as a Heroic Act to celebrate National Heroes Day on October 20, 2025.

Planting trees is a simple yet powerful act of heroism. Each tree planted helps combat climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide, providing oxygen, and supporting biodiversity. Tree planters restore damaged ecosystems, prevent soil erosion, and create shade and beauty for future generations. Though small in action, planting a tree is a lasting gift to the planet an act of quiet courage and care that protects life on Earth.

According to WHO, Polio is a highly infectious viral disease that mainly affects children under 5 years old. It invades the nerves system and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours.

As we celebrate World Polio Day today October 24, 2025,here are some key facts :

💉Polio can be prevented through vaccination.
🦠As long as one child remains infected, children everywhere are at risk.
🏥Thanks to global vaccination efforts via Rotary Clubs and other world health services wild poliovirus cases have dropped by over 99% since 1988.
🌎Polio free world means no child will face lifelong paralysis again.

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