A volunteer medical team traveled to Ghana to provide complex surgeries, clinical training, and essential supplies across northern facilities. The mission strengthened partnerships, expanded capacity for local providers, and supported ongoing efforts that will continue to grow through 2026 and future programs.
Virtue Foundation closed 2023 with our annual Surgical and Teaching Mission to Ghana with a multidisciplinary team of 14 volunteer doctors, surgeons, and nurses, from the U.S., Austria, and Ghana.
In April 2023, Virtue Foundation Austria hosted a congress in the Austrian Chamber of Medicine in Klagenfurt.
The Virtue Foundation concluded its 2022 healthcare initiatives with a mission to Ghana. In November, with the largest team to date – 15 doctors, surgeons, nurses, and volunteers – from the United States and Austria began the holiday season to serve communities in the underserved northwest region, including Tumu and Wa, with healthcare and educational initiatives.
Virtue Foundation has always been dedicated to three core areas: healthcare, education, and women’s empowerment. During this year’s trip to Ghana, the Virtue Foundation team was very excited about the opportunity to also work towards an educational initiative, supporting the renovation of the Tutco Demonstration Basic School.
After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual Virtue Foundation Surgical and Teaching Mission to Mongolia resumed in May of 2022.
Virtue Foundation is working to assist with immediate relief in the U.S., Mongolia, and Ghana. Also, through its Data Mapping Initiative, the Foundation is making available critical information on healthcare facilities and NGOs in low income counties providing a pathway to assistance.
After a fruitful initial collaboration in August 2019, Virtue Foundation and The Okoa Project came together again in January 2002 to continue its partnership and work in the Upper West Region of Ghana.
As part of the annual Surgical and Medical Mission to Ghana, groups of healthcare volunteers aim to provide high-level, specialized care to those in underserved communities and also teach local medical providers how to continue to provide this care once the Virtue Foundation teams have gone.
In late August 2019, Virtue Foundation co-founder and intensive care specialist Dr. Joan LaRovere returned to Ghana with a group of volunteers to lay groundwork for the expansion of the Foundation’s multifaceted work in the country.