SURVIVAL ARK FOUNDATION - Key Persons

Mrs. Virginia Francoise Larue was born at Anse Royale, Mahe, Seychelles, on 28 th December 1959. She completed her primary and secondary studies at Anse Boileau and at Regina Mundi Convent School respectively were she completed her O' levels. She joined the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs in December 1977 but was recruited in 1979 to join the Nursing profession. Graduated in General Nursing in 1983 and Midwifery in 1984. Then she was seconded to the Ministry of Education and Culture to work as a Nurse for the National Youth Service but was transferred in 1988 to work as Delegate for relations in the Ministry of Education. Mrs. Larue attended Short course on "Methods and techniques of Youth work" organized jointly by the Commonwealth Youth Program Africa center and the Ministry of Education Information and Youth in 1987. Probation Services Course organize by the Ministry of Internal Affairs In 1992 Mrs. Larue was taken to work with a newly form Ministry, of Local Government as Liaison officer to the District councils. She attended a course in public relations and communications skills organized by the Ministry of Local Government, Youth and Sports -and a series of short Courses in Managing People, Leadership, Supervisory Skills Development, Team Building organized by Seychelles Institute of Management. She obtained a Certificate in Personnel Management - Seychelles Institute of Management. She attend various workshops on environment and training on the Management of Community Services and Development for District Administrators and upper level managers facilitated by Dr. Nachman Sharon from the school of Social work University of Haifa Israel in collaboration with Ministry of Local Government Youth & Sports in June1995. Atelier - Stratégies de gestion de l'environnement - Programme conjoint Université du Québec a Montréal et le Division de L'environnement - Seychelles février / mars 1996 In1996 Mrs Larue attended an International course on Planning and Management of the urban environment conducted at National Institute of Public Administration, in tan, Malaysia. She completed diploma in French Language from SIM in --and a diplome de langue Française from the Alliance Française des Seychelles. In 1998 she was promoted to work as district Administrator in the Bel Ombre district. In 2000 Mrs. Larue was promoted as the Director for National consumers Forum, sole Consumer organisation in Seychelles. There she was exposed to international workshops and conferences on consumer matters: Advocacy Skills Workshop on Women's Right, ACRA, Ghana organized by multi-disciplinary African Women's Health Network (MAWHN). July to August 2000Conference on Consumer Reports on Medicines held in Sigtuna, Kilen Sweden. Mrs. Larue joined the Department of Defence in March 2011 and to date is responsible to Staff Welfare in the military. In Nov.2012, she attended Training workshop on Planning Effective campaigns and communication Materials to implement the National Gender Policy and Plan of Action. Child protection Course- Bujumbura -Burundi in November 2013 Security Sector Reform Course Peace & Conflict studies School, Karen, Kenya in April 2014.