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Kidney Caribbean is a non-profit organization committed to addressing the growing burden of kidney disease across the English-speaking Caribbean. While cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and chronic respiratory disease are widely recognized, kidney disease remains underrepresented despite its close connection to diabetes and hypertension and its high cost of treatment.
  • Promotion of early testing and screening
  • Advocacy for improved kidney care and transplant support
  • Regional collaboration across Caribbean nations

Vision Statement

A Caribbean society where every citizen has equitable access to kidney health education, prevention, and care-empowered by collaboration, innovation and compassion.

Mission Statement

To educate Caribbean communities about kidney disease, empower those affected with practical tools and compassionate support, and advocate for equitable care so every person with kidney disease can live with dignity, hope, and opportunity.

Objectives

Education

  • Promote public education and stigma reduction about kidney disease and ESKF.
  • Generate accurate and useful information on kidney disease.

Psychosocial wellbeing/Mental Health:

  • Provide peer support, counselling, and resilience workshops to 200 participants annually.
  • Promote early testing.
  • Encourage a healthy life style to reduce the probability and possibility of developing End Stage Renal (Kidney) Failure.
  • Recognise and reward caregivers of patients with End Stage Renal (Kidney) Failure.

Psychosocial wellbeing/Mental Health:

  • Lobby Government for Legislation to allow the use of cadavers in Kidney transplant.
  • Promote Transplantation as the preferred option to treat ESKF, ensuring that transplantations are increased by 100% over the next two years.

Our Pillars of Impact

Strategy Plan

Networking patients and families with support and medical care while educating people about kidney care.

Collaborate

Working together with individuals, organizations, and communities to design and deliver kidney health initiatives.

Coordinate

Ensuring all moving parts-from volunteers to events to messaging-are aligned and working in sync.

Cooperate

Fostering a spirit of unity and mutual respect, where everyone contributes and benefits.

Area of Influence

BRITHISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

BARBADOS

GUYANA

ST.VINCENT & GRENADINES

ST. LUCIA

ST. KITTS & NEVIS

GRENADA

DOMINICA

ANTIGUA & BARBUDA

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

BAHAMAS

JAMAICA