Trinidad and Tobago partners with Caribbean Airlines to support Children’s Medical Travel

Trinidad and Tobago: Prime Minister Kamala Persad - Bissessar in the Parliament session held on Monday, October 19,2026 formally announced this recent new development in the Children's Life Fund Initiative. This partnership between Children’s Life Fund Authority and Caribbean Airlines will act as a boon for the children and families in need of it as it helps to reduce the travel expenses for kids who require 24/7 medical assistance due to their health conditions.

The main purpose of introducing the fund is to ensure that the children are provided with all the required medical supplies and travel support in light of the ailment and illness of kids travelling to foreign nations for major and critical medical treatments.

This fund also directly impacts the budgeting done by families of these kids. With reduced travel expenses, the families can now try to bridge the financial gaps and bridges by making sure that they can buy the life-saving drugs or treatments for their kids.

To provide easy, smooth, comfortable and safe travel experience, the Caribbean Airlines directly partners with Children’s Life Fund Authority to organize and manage all the logistic movements which includes wheelchairs for those who cannot walk, oxygen cylinders for those who cannot survive without it, IV drips for those in need and all other heavy medical monitors and checking machines for the needy patients.

Both the parties namely Children’s Life Fund Travel Authority and Caribbean Airlines by the means of Children’s Life Saving Fund have promised to act upon covering the travel expenses for the child with ongoing medical treatment along with one more person to take care of the child which can be either of the parent or a guardian to make sure that the child does not face any kind of inconvenience because of travelling.