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September 17, 2015

Update

Ghana Surgical and Medical Mission Returns to Tumu in November 2015

The Virtue Foundation and its volunteers are planning a return to Tumu, Ghana to continue supporting local staff and patients at Tumu District Hospital. This year’s Ghana Surgical and Medical mission is slated to take place in late November 2015, and will include volunteers from a variety of medical specialties.

August 3, 2015

Update

Virtue Foundation Continues to Support Judicial and Trial Advocacy Training in Kenya

Virtue Foundation again supported the Lawyers without Borders “Support Through Trial Advocacy Training (STTAT)” program in Nairobi, Kenya. This year, judges, prosecutors, lawyers, and wildlife officers were among the participants involved.

May 10, 2015

Update

Virtue Foundation supports the Dr. Hawa Abdi Foundation in Somalia

In May 2015, Virtue Foundation supported the Dr. Hawa Abdi Foundation. Operating in Somalia, this Foundation seeks to create access … Read More

May 7, 2015

Update

Teaching and Surgical Mission to Mongolia 2015

In May of 2015, the Virtue Foundation and a team of 31 surgeons, nurses, and medical volunteers traveled to Mongolia for the annual Surgical and Teaching Mission to Mongolia.

April 15, 2015

Event

Tribute to Justice Sandra Day O’Connor

Virtue Foundation in partnership with Seneca Women hosts an event in Washington DC with U.S. Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and a special tribute to Justice O'Connor.

April 14, 2015

Event

VF Co-Sponsors 2015 Women and Justice Conference in Washington, DC

As part of it’s ongoing partnership with the Avon Global center for Women and Justice, Virtue Foundation co-sponsored the 2015 Avon Global Center’s Fifth Annual Women and Justice Conference in Washington, DC.

March 28, 2015

Update

Virtue Foundation supports MSMI, Medical Students Making Impact, in 2015 Project

In late March of 2015, Virtue Foundation again supported Medical Students Making Impacts. Coming from the Global Health Student Organization of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, MSMI mobilizes medical students to provide healthcare in underserved areas.

March 14, 2015

Update

Virtue Educational Club’s 2nd Annual Clean-Up Campaign in Tumu

In preparation for the March 2015 ‘Paari Gbeile Festival’ in Tumu, Ghana, the students of the Virtue Educational Club of … Read More

January 21, 2015

Event

VF Participates on Panel on Partnerships for Good at Davos

Representatives from the Virtue Foundation participated in a discussion on Partnerships for Good at Davos on January 22, 2015. Dr. Ebby Elahi, VF Director of Global Health and International Programming, presented the significant progress on the VF Data Mapping Initiative and had the opportunity to share the latest iteration of the mapping project to a panel of global development leaders, including Muhammad Yunus.

January 15, 2015

Update

Ghana Surgical and Medical Mission team organizes medication donation to Tumu District Hospital

In January of 2015, several Virtue Foundation volunteer surgeons from Vienna, Austria collected a donation of medications and supplies to be sent to Tumu District Hospital, Ghana.