Karibamerica is a non-profit organization with a 501(C) 3 status, dedicated to address disparities in the health care system affecting cancer-stricken individuals and families within ethnic minorities with respect to cultural diversity in the Florida and the Georgia area.
Karibamerica works together with national and community partners, implementing global, integrated and culturally sensitive services to ethnic minorities through patient navigation, to ensure maximum and sustainable impact of its interventions at family and community level.
Our Vision is to see every native or immigrant individual and family stricken or affected by cancer within minority communities develop successful coping strategies to stay positive and confident in their fate by promoting awareness through education, support group, prevention, and detection.
Our programs and Outreach:
- Karib4Kids/Teens
- Karib4Singles
- Karib4Moms
- Karib4Dads
- Karib4Elder
- Karib4US-Vets
- Karib4Orphans
Karib Outreach/In-House Activities
- “Nell’s Mammo Bras” a program designed to help underserved woman in our community, and abroad who are unable to afford reconstructive breast surgery after total or partial mastectomy. We understand a woman’s confidence also lies in her outer appearance, so to help her with her self image, and confidence while going through the changes in her life, we will help her with a special filled in bra to match her previous size.
- “Media Campaign, Radio, TV Shows” A series of radio shows, and appearances geared toward informing the much older individuals, and families in our community who tends to listen more to popular radio stations in their native language due to English being their third language, to get the happenings in health care, there we also have specialist to speak cancer issues, and the help that’s available through our partners in the community.
- “Awareness Events, Shows” a series of events, health fairs, geared toward informing and educating the community of services that are available through our partners in the health care system, so everyone know where to get the help they need when cancer strike.
- “Dance/Singing Activities” a series of activities geared toward keeping the body in good shape while having fun. It’s target is more towards the youth in our community, and abroad.
- “Food and Toy Distributions” keeping a smile on a child’s face is our goal, until our orphanage is up, and in operation we want to help other organizations in the community by partnering with them throughout the whole year in the distribution of toys.
- “Nutrition/Fitness Activities” programs that can help individuals, and their families understand the importance of proper nutrition in preventing cancer disease, and to keep an alkaline body versus an acidic one.
- “Promotion of preventive care and Screening” partnering with other health care professionals, not for profit org, and businesses in distribution, screening for cancer in our community.
- “Cancer Support” a very important program that can help mentor affected individuals deal with the changes that comes with the diagnosis on a one on one level.
- “Cancer Walks” We want to inform the community, the importance of walking, not only to promote health, but also to continue the fight on behalf of those who are still fighting and those who have lost their battle to cancer.
- “School Programs” this program will help student dealing with the stress of having a parent at home affected by cancer. Counseling will be provided to help the child in his/her academic life while going through this new challenges according to their age.
- “Wholistic programs” a program that can help individuals and their families, understand the role of meditation, faith, prayer in their life while going through new challenges, and how to stay balance so a more enjoyable life is possible in spite of the diagnosis.
- “Specialized Medical Translation Services (SMTS)” a program that can help individuals, and families with translation of diagnosis from the doctor to patient when English language is a barrier.