Following its highly successful humanitarian mission in Tonga, Virtue Foundation is proud to once again announce the deployment of a medical expedition to Phnom Penh, Cambodia from November 19th until December 4th, 2004. Led by Dr. Ebby Elahi, a team of specially trained physicians will provide much-needed oculoplastic, orbital, and reconstructive surgical care to a…
By WARREN HOGE NY Times Published September 13, 2004 John C. Danforth, the American ambassador to the United Nations, says he is actively trying to create a new forum for leaders of the world’s faiths to involve themselves in resolving the conflicts in a world of terror. The focus of the U.N. has been to…
Virtue Foundation’s Third Annual Multidisciplinary Symposium commemorating the anniversary of September 11 will feature a long list of distinguished speakers and panelists. Featuring: Kate Adie, Chief Correspondent of the BBC Ken Bacon, President of Refugees International Mark Malloch Brown, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme John Chambers, Managing Director of Standard & Poor’s Professor David Cole,…
Featuring: Dr. Michael T. Clark, Executive Director, U.S.-India Business Council Andy Dimitri, Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Information Technology Division, CSFB Tarun Khanna, Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School Teresa McGonagle, Senior Vice President and Global Practice Leader, JPMorgan Chase Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General Dept. of Comm. & Public Info., United Nations As…
New York, NY – May 24, 2004 – On Tuesday, May 25th at 7:30 p.m., Virtue Foundation, in collaboration with The Nour Foundation, will present a distinguished panel of economic experts at The Rockefeller University’s Caspary Auditorium to discuss “The Implications of Outsourcing: The Economics of Globalization.” With the presidential elections steadily approaching in November,…
By Joseph Salim As technology continues to progress and access to the Internet proliferates worldwide, traditional barriers, such as time and distance, have been overcome by the fluid interaction and exchange of diverse civilizations and cultures. The confluence of access and information has led to the emergence of an interconnected global village, in which events…
Featuring: Ken Bacon, President Refugees International Ameerah Haq, Deputy Assistant Administrator and Deputy Director Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, UNDP George Rupp, President and CEO, The International Rescue Committee Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General, Dept of Comm. & Public Information With an introduction by Caroline Baron, Founder, FilmAid International With nearly a quarter of the world’s…
New York, NY – February 15, 2004 – On Tuesday, February 16 at 7:30 p.m., the Virtue Foundation, in collaboration with The International Rescue Committee, Refugees International, and FilmAid International, will present an all-star panel at The Rockefeller University’s Caspary Auditorium to discuss “The Plight of Refugees in Post-Conflict Development: Rebuilding Shattered Hopes and Dreams.”…
Featuring: Nicholas De Torrente, Executive Director, Medecins Sans Frontieres, United States Dr. Ebby Elahi, Director, Mount Sinai-NYU, Hospital Eye Care Services Dr. Desmond Johns, Director, UN AIDS, New York Office Ambassador Kishore Mahbubani, Permanent Representative of Singapore to the UN Dr. Christopher Murray, Director, Harvard University, Global Health Initiative Dr. Agostino Paganini, UNICEF, Team Leader,…
New York, NY – On Thursday, January 22nd at 7:30 p.m., Virtue Foundation, in collaboration with The Nour Foundation, will present a panel discussion at the Rockefeller University’s Caspary Auditorium entitled “Searching for a Window of Hope: Overcoming Poverty, Hunger, and Disease in the 21st Century.” Faced with the stark reality that at the turn…