National Immunization Day: 7 February 2010

2 Gouttes pour une vie:

Le Gouvernement Indien avait organise une enorme publicite autour de la journee de vaccination nationale prevue le 7 Fevrier 2010. Dans tout le coins et recoins des villes, villages ou petit hameau des posters avaient ete placarde invitant les parents a faire vacciner leurs enfants contre la Polio dans les centres prevus a cet effet.

2 Drops for one life:

The Indian government had adopted a well planned advertising campaign all other India. There were posters in every town, village or in the smallest hamlet, encouraging every parent to bring their young children to the vaccination centers to be vaccinated against polio.

Tot le 7 fevrier, nos amis rotariens du Club de Dhanbad nous ont rejoint et nous, les Rotariens des USA et de Maurice, avons ete rapidement divise en 2 groupes et chaque groupe avait pour "mission" de visiter 5 a 6 centres de vaccination eparpilles dans la region. Nous avions comme tache de donner 2 gouttes du vaccin contre la polio aux enfants de moins de 5 ans.

On the 7th of February, the US/Mauritius team of Rotarians were divided in two groups as there were many mobile centres installed all over Dhanbad surroundings and each group was allocated to visit at least 5 or 6 of them, to “vaccinate” children under the age of 5 by giving them two drops of the vaccine, thus immunizing them against polio.

Nous sommes montes a bord de voitures gracieusement mis a notre disposition par nos amis rotariens de Danhbad. Les voitures etaient reconnaissable de loin et attire les regards. Nous avons roule vers des centres se trouvant dans des villages tres retires. Les routes etaient souvent peu carossable et tres etroites. Ils nous arrives meme a avoir a faire une partie du chemin a pied pour rejoindre les centres ...... Les villages visites etaient notamment Govindpur, Angonbari in Katraas, Baliyapur, Baghmara, Tetulmari, Tundi, Nirsa, Taupchanchi, Hirapur and Bhuyifor …

We were driven in cars, bearing posters on the NID and which went through the narrow lanes of the remote villages; even then some streets were so narrow that cars found difficulty to move, therefore the passengers were dropped as near to the mobile centre as possible and then they had to walk to reach the mobile centres….. The villages we visited were, amongst others, Govindpur, Angonbari in Katraas, Baliyapur, Baghmara, Tetulmari, Tundi, Nirsa, Taupchanchi, Hirapur and Bhuyifor …