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Healthy Caribbean Coalition Inc

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Aging Agriculture Children Citizenship and Governance Climate Change Coorporate Accountability Development Education Environment Human Rights Indigenous Peoples Media Social Development Sustainable Development Trade and Development Volunteerism Women Youth Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Advocacy and outreach Capacity building Human rights of women Indigenous women Information and communication technologies Men and boys Policy advice Women and health Social Development: Aging Indigenous issues Information and Communications Technologies Poverty Social policy Youth Sustainable Development: Agriculture Capacity-building Climate change Education Finance Gender equality Health Information for decision-making and participation International cooperation for an enabling environment International law Partnerships Sustainable development of SIDS
Geographic scope:	Regional Latin America and Caribbean
Country of activity:	Barbados Guyana Bahamas Dominican Republic Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Dominica Haiti Jamaica Saint Kitts and Nevis Antigua and Barbuda Saint Lucia Trinidad and Tobago Belize
Millennium Development Goals:	Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Promote gender equality and empower women Reduce child mortality Improve maternal health Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	Mission: The mission of the HCC is to harness the power of civil society, in collaboration with government, private enterprise, academia, and international partners, as appropriate, in the development and implementation of plans for the prevention and management of chronic diseases among Caribbean people. Vision: The reduction of death and disability from chronic diseases among people in the Caribbean. Values or Guiding principles The HCC arose out of the 2007 Declaration of Heads of Government of CARICOM on Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs). The HCC carries out its mission with the minimum of structure and bureaucracy; guided by the themes of action, inclusivity, simplicity and flexibility. It is an inclusive Caribbean civil society network providing opportunity for civil society organisations (CSOs) and public, private organizations both nationally and regionally, and their members, with core values of transparency and integrity to come together in response to the pandemic of NCDs. It is a network that upholds and pursues the strongest democratic principles and it gives significant consideration to equity issues, favouring the more vulnerable and disadvantaged. It provides encouragement towards the exchange of experience and knowledge through the provision of an environment that enhances personal and professional development that empowers people. The HCC works closely with regional and international leaders in NCD prevention to leverage the power of civil society by strengthening and supporting our membership in the implementation of programmes aimed and reducing the morbidity and mortality associated with NCDs. The HCC is in Official Relations with PAHO; we have an MOU with the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA); and an MOU with International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC). Objectives: In December 2012 the HCC finalised the 2012-2016 Strategic Plan, with strategic priority areas of Advocacy; Enhancing Communication; Capacity Building; and Promoting mHealth and eHealth. The strategic objectives are to: 1. Contribute and participate in all aspects of advocacy as a tool for influencing positive change around NCDs through mobilisation of Caribbean people and the creation of a mass movement aimed at responding to the NCDs; 2. Develop effective methods of communication for and among members of the Coalition and the people of the Region; 3. Build capacity among health NGOs and civil society in the Region; and 4. Promote eHealth and mHealth to contribute to NCD public education campaigns and programmes. These four strategic priority areas reflect that the HCC is a regional alliance with the expressed purpose of adding value to civil society in the Caribbean, and empowering people, specifically in the response to NCDs. It further reflects the HCC’s mandate to encourage and foster the execution of NCD projects and programmes in-country, undertaken and led by local civil society organisations. The HCC will be developing our 2017-2021 strategic plan this year.
Year established:	2008
Year of registration:	2012
Organizational structure:	The HCC is a regional organisation with the Secretariat located in Barbados. The Secretariat is fully funded by Sagicor Life Inc. for a period of 6 years (2012- 2018). Our core staff consists of a President (volunteer), a full-time Executive Director, a part time Information Technology Manager, a part time Social Media Content Creator, and long term volunteers in the following areas: mobile Health, e Health and social media, social media content, and public relations and marketing. We have specialist technical advisors in the following areas: Trade Policy and Alcohol Policy. The HCC is governed by a Board of Directors - all passionate experts in the field of NCD prevention based throughout the Caribbean. The Board is elected every two years at the biennial General Assembly. The Board meets quarterly. Sir Trevor Hassell, Chairman of the Board, has worked in this field for the past 40 years and continues to contribute significantly to the progress of NCD prevention in the region. Sir George Alleyne, Director Emeritus of PAHO and Patron of the HCC, and Special Advisor to the HCC Dr. James Hospedales, Executive Director Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), both provide significant high-level support to the HCC. The HCC has five categories of members: 1. Organization Member (Caribbean Health NGO), being a chronic non-communicable disease (NCD) Caribbean based non-governmental health organization; 2. Individual Member (Caribbean), being an individual located in the Caribbean and involved in responding to chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs); 3. Associate member (Caribbean), being a Not-for-profit organization, including voluntary associations, foundations, civic groups, professional associations, universities, unions, and other similar types of entities not intended to generate a profit for their owners, based in the Caribbean region; 4. Supporting member (Caribbean), being For-profit organizations that include corporations, partnerships, proprietorships, and others intended to generate financial gain for their owners, based in the Caribbean Region; and 5. Supporting member (International), being an individual, health NGO, Not-for-profit or For-profit organization, based outside of the Caribbean Region. Our network connects CSOs and individuals with an expressed interest in addressing NCDs in the Caribbean. The HCC has a demonstrated track record of creating and building strategic collaborations and engaging CSOs around the issue of chronic diseases. We are committed to a whole of society approach which engages a multiple diverse key stakeholders around priority NCD issues, creating shared visions and growing strong partnerships to realize collective goals. Participatory approaches underpin all of our activities to ensure that our membership - civil society, are at the core, driving the strategic focus of the HCC. The HCC communicates regularly with our membership of 300 plus organisations and individuals. Our relationship with our members is highly interactive with ongoing sharing of ongoing organisational activities to facilitate wide regional and global dissemination of good practices, awareness building and cross-fertilization. The HCC has shown itself, since the inception, to be an organisation capable of executing several projects with varied budgets, strong volunteer support, high level of accountability, and well-documented, significant positive outcomes.
Number and type of members:	The HCC has five (5) membership categories: Membership of the HCC presently consists of more than 50 Caribbean-based health NGOs and over 65 not-for-profit organisations. We have in excess of 300 individual members based in the Caribbean and across the globe. Regional Health NGOs include but are not limited to: AGWADEC - Saint Martin, Guadeloupe, A Healthy and Happy Caribbean, Antigua diabetes association, Bahamas diabetes association, Barbados Cancer society, Barbados Cancer Support Services, Barbados Diabetes Association, Barbados Family Planning Association, Belize Cancer Society, Belize Diabetes Association Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre, Cancer Institute of Guyana, Cancer Society of the Bahamas, Cayman Islands Cancer Society , Caribbean Cardiac Society, Caribbean Endocrine Society, Chest & Heart Association of TRT, CHORES, Diabetes Association of Jamaica , Diabetes Association of TRT, Dominica Cancer Society, Dominica Diabetes Association, FHADIMAC - Haiti Diabetes, Family Health Ministries Haiti, Grenada Diabetes Association Grenada Heart Foundation, Grenada Cancer Society, Guyana Chest Society, Guyana Diabetic Association Groupe de Support Contre Le Cancer Haiti, Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados, Heart Foundation of Jamaica, InterAmerican Heart Foundation, Jamaica Cancer Society, Montserrat Diabetes association , NCPAAD, Barbados, Pink Ribbon, Suriname, Positive Foundation St. Maarten, Reach for Recovery, SKN, Sir Victor Sassoon (Bahamas) Heart Foundation, BAH, St Lucia Diabetes & Hypertension Association, St. Lucia Cancer Society,St Lucia Heart, Lung & Blood Association, St. Martin Cancer Foundation, Kelaha Projects St. Martin, Trinidad and Tobago Cancer Society, Trinidad and Tobago Heart Foundation.
Affiliation with NGO networks:	Member of NCD Alliance and World Heart Federation.
Funding structure:	Grants from Governments Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations Donations and grants from domestic sources Foreign and international grants

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