Two New Angels
TCCF has taken on the responsiblity for helping with the surgury of two new angels. For more information please check the link below.
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The Guardians
TCCF Boat Cruise
TCCF is hosting its 6th Annual Boat Cruise. View flyer for more information regarding location and contact persons.
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Caribbean Flava Garage Sale
Come and Support a great event. A charity garage sale being held to help critically ill children.
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Family Picnic
Caribbean Flava Family Picnic being held to raise funds to help critically ill children. Dancing, Fashion Show, Singing and lots more.
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At the start of the new millenium, a group of concerned people within the Caribbean community in canada opted to try a new approach to the overwhelming requests the community was getting to help critically ill children from the Caribbean attain crucial medical care at Canadian hospitals.
There's such a demand because most Caribbean nations do not have the resources to offer treatments and/or cures for a variety of ailments, including cancer -- treatments we take for granted in Canada. Prior to the advent of The Caribbean Children Foundation (TCCF) in 2000, the community would be called upon through the local media to rally behind ailing children being brought to Canada for medical care. This usually meant hurriedly-organised events to raise the required funds to pay for the treatment needed. Months would pass before the necessary money would be raised - which meant months of prolonged suffering for the children.
Our mission in establishing TCCF was simple: to raise funds on an ongoing basis so that when such a need was identified, the money would be there to ensure immediate treatment. We strongly believe that money should never be a barrier between a child and good health. As parents ourselves, we also believe that the last thing a parent should be worried about, when looking after a sick child, is money. In the years since, TCCF has worked primarily with the world renowned Toronto Hospital for Sick Children to ensure suffering children from the Caribbean get the care they desperately need. We're happy to say that with the exception of one, who passed on even after receiving treatment, there are dozens of happy children and relieved parents all over the Caribbean going about relatively normal lives today because TCCF was there to help them.
However, the only way TCCF has been able to fulfill its mandate is through the generosity of businesses, organisations and individuals who have embraced our charity. As a registered Canadian Charity, TCCF is governed by the strictest financial rules. as well, every single TCCF member is a volunteer. There is no paid staff, and our overhead costs are otherwise met. Our work is important. The people we stand for are the future. As we continue our mission, we ask you to please join us in being Guardians for our little Angels.