CARI­COM gov­ern­ments are prepar­ing to send hu­man­i­tar­i­an aid to Cu­ba fol­low­ing a de­ci­sion an­nounced by CARI­COM chair­man Dr Ter­rance Drew at the 50th Reg­u­lar Meet­ing of the Con­fer­ence of Heads of Gov­ern­ment in St Kitts and Nevis from 24 to 27 Feb­ru­ary 2026.

The CARI­COM Sec­re­tari­at in George­town, Guyana is co­or­di­nat­ing the ef­fort. Mem­ber states will fund the pur­chase of sup­plies, in­clud­ing pow­dered milk, ba­by for­mu­la, non-per­ish­able food items such as beans, flour, rice and canned goods, as well as med­ical sup­plies, so­lar pan­els, bat­ter­ies and wa­ter tanks.

The Gov­ern­ment of Mex­i­co has iden­ti­fied sup­pli­ers and will fa­cil­i­tate de­liv­ery to the port of de­par­ture, while al­so pro­vid­ing free ship­ment to Cu­ba.