Humanitarian Aid
Since its inception, the Madison-Camagüey Sister City Association (MCSCA) has strived to gather and deliver humanitarian assistance to the people of Camagüey.
In partnership with the Wisconsin Medical Project (WMP), we have assisted in the shipment of several 40-foot containers destined for Camaguey’s Pediatrics Hospital, and our members have traveled under WMP license to deliver donations to a number of public health institutions in Camaguey.
In 2001, MCSCA took on the sponsorship of the venerable and famed Camagüey Municipal Concert Band and began a community-wide effort to find instruments and music supplies in order to rehabilitate the Band, which had fallen on hard times. It is a classic brass and wind instrument band, founded in 1919, and winner of many national awards. With our continued assistance, they have made much progress and can be seen performing at various events in the city, whether at official ceremonies, religious parades or at the historic Parque Agramonte on a Sunday afternoon.
Since 2004, we have enjoyed a relationship with the Ballet de Camagüey. The only city other than Havana to have its own ballet company, Camagüey is especially proud of this accomplishment, so we were inspired to work with them and to assist them in finding materials and other supplies difficult or very costly to obtain in Cuba. More recently, MCSCA has provided assistance in the efforts to repair badly-damaged Ballet campus buildings from Hurricanes Ike and Paloma, which devastated the area in 2008.
You can join us in these continuing efforts by becoming a member of the Association or by making your donation. All donations are tax deductible and are fully dedicated toward humanitarian assistance.