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.
Virtue Foundation co-hosted this notable annual event, which featured speakers ranging from former Secretaries of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Madeleine Albright to executives from Apple, Salesforce, P&G among others.
Together with Seneca Women and iCivics, Virtue Foundation co-hosted an event to engage Justice Sonia Sotomayor in a conversation on finding purpose and passion in life.
Dr. Joan LaRovere speaks at Fast Forward Women’s Innovation Forum about Virtue Foundation, it’s work, and the importance of supporting education for girls, especially in areas of STEM (science, technology, engineering, math).
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.
Virtue Foundation partnered with Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe to host a discussion on the newly minted book, Fast Forward: How Women Can Achieve Power and Purpose, written by Ambassador Melanne Verveer and Kim Azzarelli.
In May 2015, Virtue Foundation supported the Dr. Hawa Abdi Foundation. Operating in Somalia, this Foundation seeks to create access to basic human rights in Somalia through projects on four fronts: Agriculture, Education, Healthcare, and WASH, a sanitation and clean water project. The organization hopes to generate socially empowered and environmentally responsible communities in Somalia,…
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.
On March 13th, 2014, a Women’s Health and Endometriosis Event was held in at the Academy of Sciences in Vienna to honor Women’s Health and Endometriosis Day.
On February 14th, 2014, the Austrian members of the Virtue Foundation’s Medical Team convened at the Medical University of Vienna Clinic to present the work they carried out during the 2013 Virtue Foundation Medical Mission to Ghana.