Ocallaghan asks for help in fight against polio in sudan

UNICEF ambassador and Irish rugby star Donncha O’Callaghan has appealed to Irish families to join with SuperValu, Dunnes Stores and other leading outlets in Meath and elsewhere in supporting UNICEF in its efforts currently underway aimed at eliminating polio in conflict-torn South Sudan.

There, UNICEF, in partnership with banana importers Fyffes, is attempting to replicate the outcome achieved in Nigeria last year where vaccinations were administered to over one million children thereby helping to eradicate the deadly virus in that country.

Recently returned from a fact-finding mission to the region, O’Callaghan asked Irish shoppers to switch their normal banana-buying pattern away from the loose variety to ready-packed bags branded with the ‘Freddy Fyffes’ motif.

By doing so, O’Callaghan said, consumers will automatically support UNICEF by funding the cost of one life-saving vaccination that will be administered to children living in known polio hotspots and in hardest-to-reach areas of South Sudan.