Committees

Caribbean Community Health Support Group

Mission:

To promote healthy living within the Caribbean Community in British Columbia through links with established health organizations.

Membership:

The Health Support Group consists of not more than nine members at any given time. Group members have a wide variety of backgrounds to bring input from a cross section of the community and are invited by the existing group or BCOCCA.

Accountability:

The Health Support Group functions as a self administering group under the auspices of British Columbia Organization of Caribbean Cultural Associations (BCOCCA) with the group leader – (Program Coordinator) providing frequent updates on its activities to BCOCCA.

Purpose & Objective:

1) The group provides health programs and information on health topics via the Internet regarding:

Diseases and treatment modalities involving the heart, blood vessels, respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, liver, pancreas, kidney, inflammation, infection, immunity, reproductive organs, breast, endocrine glands, tumors, collagen, bone, skin, eye and ear; also

Disorders of fluid and electrolyte balance, blood, nutrition, metabolism and the central nervous system

2) Information on the elements of disease and disorder prevention such as:

- Physical fitness and core training
- Relaxation techniques
- Eating and drinking properly including diet supplementation
- Inspirational strategies
- Elimination of toxins from the body
- Inflammation control
- Mental Exercises; and
- Specific disease prevention
- By facilitating educational sessions (such as forums and webinars), but members do not themselves teach unless qualified to do so.

Group:

Finderson Alves 604-375-3457 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Donna Carter-Wellington 778-885-7696 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Grafton Rouse 604-583-2428 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Maureen Simon 604-362-4890 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Neville Thomas 604-274-6550 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Winston Fagan 604-521-0799

Barbary Humphrey 604 591 9153

Meetings:

The group meets at least once a month at a time and place agreeable to the group
The group leader sets the agenda with input from the group members
Minutes are circulated electronically to group members and to the board of BCOCCA
The group may invite guests or non-members to attend meetings as it sees fit

Finances:

The group researches its own avenues of financing the program
Funds granted or donated are deposited in a BCOCCA account established for the group
The group makes plans collectively and makes decisions by general consensus including:

(a) The allocation of funds, ie. Budgeting

(b) Dispersion of funds, ie. spending