Virtue Foundation returns to Mongolia for 8th Annual Surgical and Teaching to Mongolia
For the last eight years, Virtue Foundation has traveled to Mongolia for it’s annual Virtue Foundation Surgical and Teaching Mission to Mongolia.
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Virtue Foundation Returns to Tumu as part of the Ghana Surgical and Medical Mission
During an initial needs assessment in Ghana, Virtue Foundation volunteers identified that some of the main reasons for this discrepancy was an unmet need for women’s health doctors and specialized equipment.
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2013 Lawyers Without Borders Kenya Trial Advocacy Training
We are continuing our long-term commitment to Women Judges in the Pipeline by supporting the sixth annual LWOB Trial Advocacy Training in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Virtue Foundation volunteers implement dental mission in Caluco, El Salvador
A team of dentists and dental assistants led by Dr. Shane Nazeri and Dr. Michael Reshad traveled to Caluco, El Salvador to provide critical dental care and educational opportunities to local professionals on the ground. In collaboration with FUSADES and the local Mayor’s office of Caluco, the team was able to treat more than 40…
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Virtue Foundation Institute for Innovation and Philanthropy in Ghana renews Ghana Supreme Court Clerkship Program scholarships for 2012 – 2013
Virtue Foundation Institute for Innovation and Philanthropy in Ghana, in partnership with the Office of the Honorable Chief Justice of the Republic of Ghana and the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice at Fordham Law School, renewed scholarships for promising young women lawyers chosen to clerk for the Supreme Court of Ghana. Enam Antonio…
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Virtue Foundation sponsors Lawyers Without Borders Trial Advocacy Training in Nairobi, Kenya
Lawyers Without Borders implemented its fifth annual Kenyan Trial Advocacy Program in Nairobi, Kenya. The training team, sponsored by the Virtue Foundation, trained 14 trainers and 82 participant lawyers and judges from 8 cities in Kenya on trial skills and on issues of violence against women and corruption. Specifically, the program’s objectives were to increase…
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Virtue Foundation sponsors team of 24 medical professionals and obtains more than $900,000.00 USD worth of equipment and supplies to implement fourth surgical teaching mission in Ulaanbaatar and Khovd, Mongolia
In May 2012, a team of 24 volunteer surgeons, residents, nurses, medical students and support staff joined Virtue Foundation’s Director of International Programming and Global Health Dr. Ebby Elahi and Co-Founder and Vice President Dr. Joan LaRovere to perform free, essential surgical care and to train local surgeons toward sustainable advancements in surgical healthcare delivery…
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Ghana Supreme Court Clerkship Workshop
Virtue Foundation offers legal writing and research skills training workshop for Ghanaian Supreme Court law clerks. On June 7, 2012, Ghana’s Supreme Court law clerks attended a Virtue Foundation online legal writing and research workshop. The three female clerks met with Virtue Foundation volunteer legal experts to discuss legal writing style and research tips as…
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Virtue Foundation offers legal writing and research skills training workshop for Ghanaian law clerks
Today, Ghana’s Supreme Court clerks learned many of the finer points of writing and research from legal experts at a Virtue Foundation online workshop. The clerks met with Virtue Foundation volunteers and staff to discuss legal writing style and research tips as part of an ongoing research paper project. All participants considered the session a…
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Hunts Point Middle Schools Complete Second Year of Virtue Foundation Digital Storytelling Initiative
HUNTS POINT, BRONX⎯The Hunts Point Alliance for Children collaborated with seventh and eighth graders at two local middle schools, MS 424 and Saint Ignatius School, to complete the year long Virtue Foundation Digital Storytelling Initiative that examines how students can impact their communities. During the year, the students participated in digital storytelling workshops and learned…
