Polio survivor Ramesh Ferris, who was adopted from India by Canadian parents in 1982, is on a mission to eradicate polio worldwide. 
Ferris met his biological mother in 2002 when he visited the orphanage where he once lived.
He realized the polio survivors there did not receive medical
attention and supports and were forced to crawl on the ground
and pad their knees with cut-up pieces of tire.
The 28-year-old began his Cycle To Walk journey in Vancouver, crossing Canada and ending in Newfoundland.
Ramesh travels 400 kilometres every 10 days on his 27 speed hand cycle. He consumes 5,000 calories a day to keep up his energy.
Money raised will be used to help rehabilitate polio victims and supply them with supports, educate people about immunizations and go towards Rotary International's PolioPlus immunization program.
More than 10 million children will be paralyzed over the next 40 years if the disease is not eradicated.
Although there is no cure for polio, a vaccine has been available since 1955. Polio remains an epidemic in Nigeria, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. For more information go to cycletowalk.com.
