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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.

November 20, 2014

Update

Virtue Foundation partners with Wolfram Alpha to unveil new data map

Together with Wolfram Alpha, Virtue Foundation has taken the next steps in bringing the Data Mapping for Sustainable Development Initiative to fruition. As part of this Initiative, Virtue Foundation and Wolfram Alpha have developed a multi-layered, relational map of Ghana.

November 5, 2014

Event

Networking Event in Austria – VF Healthcare Initiative in Ghana

On Friday, November 7th, 2014, the Virtue Foundation Ghana Team will again share their experiences from last year’s Women’s Health Mission to Ghana at LKH Wolfsberg Hospital in Austria.

July 5, 2014

Update

Lawyers without Borders Kenya Trial Advocacy Training

Virtue Foundation has again supported the training of judges and lawyers in Kenya as part of the Trial Advocacy Training program in collaboration with Lawyers without Borders. This year’s group contained an entire judicial training team who worked with 50 Kenyan Judges, training on issues such as corruption, money laundering and terrorism.

May 15, 2014

Update

Mongolia Healthcare Initiative: Surgical and Teaching Mission 2014

The Virtue Foundation has returned from it’s sixth Surgical and Teaching Mission in Mongolia. This year, the mission team travelled to Mongolia in two groups, a smaller team in April, and a larger team in May.

March 23, 2014

Update

Medical Students Making Impacts: US/Mexico Border and Rural Health + Obstetrics/Gynecology in the Dominican Republic

In March of 2014, the Virtue Foundation helped to support and sponsor Medical Students Making Impacts (MSMI) for programming that seeks to improve and expand healthcare in underprivileged communities.