Supporting Healthcare
To date our support for organizations in the healthcare field has been focussed on those organizations involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS. In 2008 we donated CAD$5,000 to Black C.A.P – a Toronto based registered charity, and CAD$5,000 to C.A.R.E Barbados – a registered charity located in Barbados; and in 2009, CAD$10,000 to UWI HARP – The University of the West Indies HIV/AIDS Response Program.
Black C.A.P is a Toronto based registered charity formed in 1987. Its mission is to reduce the spread of HIV infection within Black communities and to enhance the quality of life of Black people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS.
C.A.R.E Barbados is a registered charity formed in 1998 in Barbados. It is “committed to being the voice of the HIV/AIDS community by educating, rehabilitating, motivating and networking persons living with HIV/AIDS, to reassure self respect, improve the quality of life and make valuable contributions to society by minimizing the impact of HIV/AIDS on the wider society.”
The mission of UWI HARP is ‘to build and harness capacity within the University in order to contribute maximally to the national, regional and international effort to control the HIV/AIDS epidemic and to mitigate the impact of the epidemic on the university itself and on the wider society.’ Established in August of 2001, UWI HARP (The University of the West Indies HIV/AIDS Response Program) has a branch and UWI HARP Chair on each of the University of the West Indies’ three campuses. Membership of UWI HARP includes staff and students from across the region and includes non-campus territories, as well as invited members from government and non-governmental organizations.
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados’ only general hospital is now over 40 years old and like all hospitals has ongoing needs for facility and equipment upgrading. Barbados Ball Canada Aid will now be directing its efforts to assist in the provision of quality healthcare to Barbadians in Barbados and Canada by supporting the Queen Elizabeth Hospital as well as a Toronto area hospital in their areas of greatest need.
You can assist our efforts to support healthcare for Barbadians by supporting the Annual Barbados Charity Ball. Attend the Ball on June 12th and encourage family, friends and acquaintances to join you. Or, as a corporate citizen help us by providing corporate sponsorship, donating prizes or auction items, or purchasing tables.
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