We… IMVF are…
A Non-Governmental Development Organization (NGDO) that performs Humanitarian Actions, Cooperation and Education for the economic, cultural and social Development, conducts scientific studies and research in various fields of knowledge, and fosters and disseminates the culture of Portuguese-Speaking countries.
We believe that innovation in the key-areas of Education, Health, Food Security are critical for fostering hope in a better future for the people we work with.
We act as facilitators in creating Decentralized Cooperation Networks with the municipalities of Community of Portuguese Language Countries, promoting the exchange of knowledge and experience between them and thus improving the livelihood of the populations, while respecting nature.
We work daily with diligence, accuracy and ethics to build a more just and inclusive sustainable future for thousands of people.
Health for All…
SINCE 1988, we at IMVF have been developing a broad program of reinforcement of the health sector in Sao Tome and Principe. With the support of the European Union, the Portuguese Cooperation, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the Portuguese Directorate General for Health and in narrow partnership with the Government of Sao Tome and Principe, the program Health for All has put in place, during the last 25 years, a progressive and constantly growing strategy of capacity building and development of the health sector in the country.
The efforts made have already allowed the transition from an ineffective health service to a decentralized health service that presently reaches all the territory and the national population, having in its core the introduction of an integrated set of services that ensures primary, preventive and specialized healthcare.
The fruits of the above mentioned partnership are clear, and Sao Tome and Principe is today one of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa with the best health indicators, when compared with other countries of the same region.
