World Marrow Fund Diversity Program NEW

Patient Care & Support via Caribbean Bone Marrow Registry

The Caribbean Basin has the unique distinction of a myriad of different cultures and ethnicities melded together by historical and geographic factors to yield a mosaic of physical and genetic features. As a result of this mixture, individuals descended from this gene pool have a distinct genetic makeup. This makes it difficult to find a match for those stricken with hematological and auto-immune diseases, in need of a stem cell/bone marrow transplant. http://caribbeanmarrow.org/

There is 39 million registered donors in worldwide registries. The likelihood of finding a match varies, from 77 percent in Caucasians, Latino 45 percent, Asians 40 percent, African descent 25 percent, and Mixed 20 percent.

World Marrow Fund Diversity Program, encourages individuals from underrepresented groups to go to their local registries to register as potential donors.
Patient care & support via the Caribbean Bone Marrow Registry
Scholarships for the children of deceased patients
Orphanage in Suriname