Virtue Foundation returns to Ghana for 2018 Surgical and Medical Mission
From October 22nd to October 29th, 2018, a team of Virtue Foundation volunteers returned to Ghana for its annual Surgical and Medical Mission to Ghana.
From October 22nd to October 29th, 2018, a team of Virtue Foundation volunteers returned to Ghana for its annual Surgical and Medical Mission to Ghana.
As part of the Institute for Innovation and Philanthropy in Ghana, Virtue Foundation returned to Ghana for it’s annual Surgical and Medical Mission.
Latif is a six-year-old boy who was severely burned and scarred after walking into the flames of an open cooking fire when he was 8 months old. Virtue Foundation is transporting Latif to Austria for surgery and rehabilitation.
In rural Ghana, people face several barriers when trying to access proper healthcare in a timely manner: transport is only but one of these barriers.
As part of the Institute for Innovation and Philanthropy in Ghana, this annual project seeks to address health needs by carrying out targeted medical interventions in underserved communities and skills transfer to local staff in areas of greatest need by organizing and executing medical missions.
Since 2009, Virtue Foundation has been traveling to the East Sissala District, Ghana to carry out medical and surgical interventions as part the Foundation’s 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.
On October 30th, 2015, The Hospital of Wolfsberg, Austria is hosting a seminar, at which doctors Kazem Nouri, Martin Langer, and Maurus Demmel will be speaking regarding their involvement with the Virtue Foundation.
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.
In preparation for the March 2015 ‘Paari Gbeile Festival’ in Tumu, Ghana, the students of the Virtue Educational Club of Tumu Senior Technical School participated in a community clean-up campaign for the second year in a row. In addition to their school and other public grounds, the Virtue Educational Club also helped to clean up…