SERVING THE NEEDY CARIBBEAN MEDICAL MISSION
Caribbean Medical Mission was founded in 1996 by a small group of medical and non-medical professionals. We have since grown tremendously with CMM providing services to the African diaspora in the Americas, various islands in the Caribbean as well as countries in Central and South America. The group includes a diversity of professionals, including physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, clergy, businessmen, educators and others who volunteer their time and service to provide medical care to the needy. In addition to general medical and pediatric care, we provide specialized care in Ophthalmology, Gynecology, General Surgery, Dentistry and Mental Health. Countries served over the many years include Jamaica, Haiti, Belize, Grenada, Dominica, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Guyana, and Ghana in collaboration with GAMA (Ghana Association for Medical Aid). Each year we support financially a separate medical mission to Guyana sponsored by a group of Guyanese physicians and Nurses.
CMM provides free health care and supplies to disadvantaged communities. We sponsor mammograms for women at risk and have distributed over the years thousands of dollars worth of medication, medical services, medical equipment, eyeglasses and clothing to the people of the Caribbean. The patients are offered education on healthy lifestyle, healthy diet, exercise, and all the simple measures that make a positive difference in addition to taking their medication.
Besides providing free care, education about lifestyle changes becomes part and parcel of our work. We teach locals about healthy eating, exercise and all the simple measures that make a difference in addition to taking meds.
Mission trips are costly. Our fundraising activities underwrite all our expenses and all money collected goes straight to our benevolent endeavors. No one receives a salary. Locally CMM has a yearly Health Fair in New Jersey. The Health Fair is organized in collaboration with other healthcare and community organizations or as solely a CMM sponsored event.