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August 23, 2025

Virgin Heart Foundation Urges Imo State Government to Prioritize Child Safety Amid Concerns of Baby Factory Incidents.

The Virgin Heart Foundation has called on the Imo State Government, under the leadership of Governor Hope Uzodinma, to intensify efforts towards ensuring the safety and protection of children across the state. This follows the retrieval of a newborn delivered by a mentally unstable woman at a roadside block industry in Akabo, Ikeduru Local Government Area. Executive Director of the…

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August 9, 2025

EMPOWERING YOUNG FEMALE LEADERS WITHIN SHRINKING CIVIC SPACE.

Virgin Heart Foundation, in collaboration with Spaces for Change under the Action Group on Civic Space Project, convened a landmark conference aimed at strengthening civic space through the organization and training of over 200 female students drawn from tertiary institutions across Imo State. The conference — the first of its kind in the state — served as an eye-opener for…

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August 7, 2025

NGO Decries Prevalence of Female Genital Mutilation in Imo State, Inaugurates FGM Survivors Network.

Virgin Heart Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) based in Imo State, has expressed deep concern over the alarming prevalence of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the state. The Foundation is calling on the Imo State Government and the Ministry of Justice to ensure the full enforcement of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Law particularly Section 9—and the state’s domesticated…

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May 27, 2025

CHILDREN’S DAY 2025

VIRGIN HEART FOUNDATION CALLS FOR MORE PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR IMO CHILDREN. As Imo State marks Children’s Day 2025, we are once again reminded of the immense value, dreams, and potential our children carry. It is a day meant to celebrate the joy of childhood, the right to safety, education, and health, and to reaffirm our collective responsibility to nurture the…

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March 8, 2025

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2025

#Accelerate Action. Today is International Women’s Day under the campaign theme “Accelerate Action.” This campaign theme emphasizes the urgent need to take decisive steps toward achieving gender equality, addressing the slow pace of progress, and empowering women and girls worldwide. The 2025 theme, Accelerate Action calls for rapid advancements in gender equality. It focuses on recognizing strategies and tools that…

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December 8, 2024

VHF Established an FGM Survivors Network, conduct medical outreach and empower them with skills to drive change in the 20 communities.

VHF trained and sensitized sixty Network of Female Genital Mutilation Survivors in Imo State. They were identified due to their experiences and stories. These women were trained on advocacy and communication skills to enable them create various Networks of Survivors in their respective communities and hold reflective Dialogues on ENDFGM .

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December 8, 2024

2-day Orientation and engagement with traditional birth attendants, patent medicine dealers and community health workers on elimination of medicalization of FGM

Virgin Heart Foundation empowered through training the Traditional Birth Attendants TBAs, Health Workers and Patent Medical Dealers from 20 Communities towards ending Female Genital Mutilation in Imo State. The TBAs and Health workers was identified through a research carried out by UNICEF and WHO as perpetrators of FGM. Medicalisation of Female Genital Mutilation is a practice of FGM by Health…

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