Who We Are
Established as a not-for-profit corporation and registered as a charitable organization in August 2013, Barbados Canada Foundation raises funds:
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To advance education by providing publicly available scholarships, bursaries and other forms of financial assistance to students of Barbadian heritage to be used for post-secondary education.
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To promote health by providing medical equipment and supplies to hospitals and public health facilities in Barbados for the public's benefit and use.
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To gift funds to qualified donees as defined in subsection 149.1 (1) of the Income Tax Act (Canada).
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To undertake activities ancillary and incidental to the above-mentioned charitable purposes.
What We Do
We manage the BCF Scholarships Program, which grants scholarships to students of Barbadian heritage pursuing post-secondary education at Canadian universities or colleges.
We support healthcare initiatives through:​
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Donations of medical equipment and supplies to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados, and
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Donations to other Canadian registered charities.
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We support other humanitarian causes, such as disaster relief.
To date, we have contributed a total of $779,967 to our Education, Healthcare, and Disaster Relief causes as follows:
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Granted 111 scholarships for a total of $407,000.
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Donated 31 pieces of medical equipment costing $252,215 to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados.
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Donated $75,000 to The SickKids Foundation – SickKids Caribbean Initiative.
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Donated $22,000 to Camp Jumoke for its summer camp for kids with sickle cell anemia.
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Donated $11,742 in support of Breast Cancer, Alzheimer's disease and Covid-19.
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Donated $12,000 for disaster relief to Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica, St, Vincent and Grenada after hurricanes Irma, Maria and Beryl.
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Operated entirely by volunteers, we are committed to contributing the maximum amount of each donation received to the charitable causes we support.
