Cancer Society Receives Proceeds from Walk for the Cure 2025

April 22nd, 2026    |   Related To: CIBC Caribbean

As the Walk for the Cure team begins preparation for this year’s event, the 2025 edition wrapped up with the presentation of the money raised to the Trinidad and Tobago Cancer Society.

Making the presentation of TT$50,000, recently at the Maraval offices of CIBC Caribbean’s Trinidad Operating Company, was the bank’s Head of Country, Mahadeo Sebarath, left, to Chairman of the Trinidad and Tobago Cancer Society, Robert Dumas.

Prostate cancer remains one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths among men in the Caribbean, including Trinidad and Tobago. Statistics reveal that men in the region are at a higher risk, with one in seven likely to develop prostate cancer in their lifetime. In Trinidad and Tobago specifically, prostate cancer accounts for nearly 40 per cent of cancer cases among men, highlighting the critical need for early detection and awareness initiatives. According to the Cancer Society, more than 200 men have benefitted from the screening programme and educational initiatives raising awareness about the importance of early detection through regular screening.

Walk for the Cure is a regional event which began as part of the celebrations to mark the bank’s 10th anniversary in 2012. It takes place across the bank’s 10-member footprint. In Trinidad, the event takes the form of a Walk and a 5K race which sees some of the country’s best road runners clocking personal bests and even breaking national records.

The funds generated from the event are used primarily to assist with the purchase and maintenance of equipment used in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer patients.

About CIBC Caribbean

CIBC Caribbean is a relationship bank offering a full range of market leading financial services through our Corporate Banking, Personal and Business Banking and Private Wealth segments. We are located in ten (10) countries around the Caribbean, providing banking services through approximately 2,700 employees in 41 branches and offices. We are one of the largest regionally listed financial services
institutions in the English-speaking Caribbean, with US$13 billion in assets and market capitalization of US$1.7 billion. We also have a representative office in Hong Kong that provides business development and relationship management for our fund administration. The face of banking is changing throughout the world, and CIBC Caribbean intends to lead these changes with the expertise, integrity and knowledge gained from banking in the Caribbean since 1836.