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Typhoo Tea and Rotary aim to eradicate polio

Typhoo Tea, the second largest tea manufacturer in the UK is joining forces with Purple4Polio in aid of the Rotary’s nationwide campaign to “End Polio Now”. Co-hosting tea parties up and down the country, Purple4Polio, Typhoo Tea and Tiptree Jam will be raising awareness of the need to rid the world of polio and their progress achieved to date.

Taking place on International Women’s Day on 8 March 2017, Typhoo Tea will be present at the Rotary London headquarters in Regent’s Park where the main tea party will be hosted. Opened by TV Presenter Konnie Huq, celebrity guest speakers will include Jane Garvey of BBC Radio 4’s ‘Woman’s Hour’ and Purple4Polio Ambassador and broadcaster, Julia Roberts.

Rotary Clubs across Britain and Ireland plan to host simultaneous Purple4Polio Tea Parties to celebrate their dramatic success to date in the ongoing campaign, beginning at the quintessentially British tea-time of 4pm.Typhoo Tea is one of the main supporters of the Rotary Purple4Polio Tea Parties and providing tea and branded disposable mugs for all of these events to celebrate Rotary’s tremendous efforts in its End Polio Now campaign.

The Rotary polio campaign is particularly relevant to women and dates back to 1985 and the ambitious promise Rotarians made to the mothers of the world that polio would be eradicated and their children would no longer suffer from the life threatening and crippling disease. That promise is on the brink of being fulfilled, with just 37 polio cases in three countries in 2016. There are real hopes that 2017 will see the last case of polio worldwide.

Typhoo Tea was launched in the UK in 1903 and through continuous innovation remains a category leader and established household name. Somnath Saha, CEO, of Typhoo Tea, says: “Uniting communities to help eradicate polio is essential and we’re proud to be a part of helping achieve this. Working closely with Purple4Polio nationwide, we’re hoping our charitable tea parties will bring people together to cross the finishing line and end polio now”.

“We want to celebrate our immense achievement so far and remind everyone we are so close now to Rotary’s goal of a polio free world, says Eve Conway, the President of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland With just 37 cases worldwide last year, it’s absolutely vital we push this last step. We truly are on the brink of an historic milestone and this year we could see the last case of polio worldwide.”

In addition, Wilkin & Sons Ltd. (Tiptree Jam) has given 52,000 specially branded jars of plum and greengage Purple4Polio jam to Rotarians across Britain and Ireland. They will be encouraged to use the jam to raise awareness of the Purple4Polio campaign and to fill the empty jars with coins. The aim is to raise up to £1 million, and with matching funding through Rotary, this £1 million will become £3 million.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Typhoo Tea .