St. John’s, Antigua: Wednesday, January 17, 2024: Just two weeks into January and CalvinAir Helicopters is already continuing its commitment in providing medical emergency evacuation service as mandated by its Chairman, Ambassador Calvin Ayre. Ayre, a businessman and philanthropist, is also the Founder of the Calvin Ayre Foundation, which funds the cost for the emergency […]
This was initially published at Antigua Observer The Sir Lester Bird Medical Center proudly announces the successful completion of a recompression chamber operation team training by a cohort of eight dedicated healthcare professionals. The rigorous training, sponsored by the Calvin Ayre Foundation, was designed to enhance their abilities in managing recompression chambers and encompassed comprehensive […]
St. John’s, Antigua: Tuesday, September 26, 2023: The Calvin Ayre Foundation (CAF) has again come to the aid of another accident survivor, Andy Edwards, whose world almost came to a crashing halt after his bus collided with a truck on Thursday, May 4th, on the Sir Sydney Walling Highway. According to media reports, the truck […]
St. John’s, Antigua: Monday, April 17th, 2023: After performing the emergency medical evacuation of an Old Road resident, just over a month ago, CalvinAir Helicopters was once again taking the exact half-hour flight route to Guadeloupe for the same purpose. On this occasion, the patient on board was 32-year-old Ruan Roberts, a local entrepreneur and […]
St. John’s, Antigua: Monday, March 06, 2023: A 53-year-old, Old Road fisherman is currently undergoing hyperbaric treatment for decompression sickness at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (University Hospital Center) in Guadeloupe, after being medically evacuated to the neighbouring island by CalvinAir Helicopters. According to the patient’s wife, Skeeter, her husband Clive Pelle, returned from “sea” last […]
This article was initially posted in Antigua Observer Newspaper by Samantha Simon. The search for missing Willikies teen Shamar Harrigan was yesterday joined by helicopters scouring Antigua’s east coast from the air. The Calvin Ayre Foundation (CAF) volunteered the use of CalvinAir Helicopters, manned by experienced search and rescue pilots, to assist with locating the […]
St. John’s, Antigua: Wednesday, August 24, 2022: The family of 71-year-old Gweneth George of Bolans, is breathing a little easier, after a medical emergency demanded that their loved one be airlifted to Barbados’, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, for specialized attention over the weekend. Thanks to the Calvin Ayre Foundation (CAF), which funded the US$31,500 flight, George […]
St. John’s, Antigua: Monday, August 9, 2021: A visibly-moved Laurie Pelle, accompanied by Social Activist, Mary John, accepted a symbolic donation check of EC$88,450 from the Calvin Ayre Foundation (CAF) on behalf of his sister, Cathya Pelle, who fell from the second floor of the abandoned building, formerly known as the Miami Supermarket on All […]
St. John’s, Antigua: Tuesday, July 20, 2021: A 41 year-old Codrington man, who was medevac’d by CalvinAir Helicopters (CAH) after developing serious medical complications, is recovering well at the Sir Lester Bird Mount St John’s Medical Centre (SLBMSJMC). The distressed patient was airlifted on Sunday 18, after doctors on the sister isle concluded that his […]
St. John’s, Antigua: Friday, June 4, 2021: A Barbudan teen is now doing much better, after experiencing a medical emergency on the sister isle on Thursday, June 3. Fourteen year-old Patrice Jeffrey and her mom, Ionie Jeffrey, spent a tiring 24-hours at the Hanna Thomas Hospital, where the teen’s condition was considered serious enough for […]
This post originally appeared on https://antiguanewsroom.com/, and we republished with permission. After sustaining multiple fractures to her left leg and arm in a major vehicular accident, Leidy Paola Galvis Salazar, is counting her lucky stars and thanking some caring and benevolent people for supporting her family’s GoFundMe efforts to airlift her to Columbia for urgent medical […]
This post originally appeared on https://antiguanewsroom.com/, and we republished with permission. The Calvin Ayre Foundation (CAF), through the National Office of Disaster Services (NODS), has made a financial commitment of EC$540,000 (US$200,000) to assist residents of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, who are currently being affected by the La Soufriere volcanic eruption. The announcement was made […]
St. John’s, Antigua: Thursday, April 8, 2021: A young mother is breathing a sigh of relief after a frightening experience that resulted in CalvinAir Helicopters (CAH) having to provide medical emergency airlift of her one year-old daughter from Barbuda, to the Mount St John’s Medical Centre (MSJMC). Makeda Philip, 20, who resides in Barbuda, describes […]
St. John’s, Antigua: Monday, December 07, 2020: The torrential downpour on Monday, November 9th, led to significant island-wide flooding and millions of dollars in damages to public infrastructure and personal properties. The Calvin Ayre Foundation (CAF) has again committed to providing financial relief in response to the urgent need of the community, to the tune […]
St. John’s, Antigua – Thursday, July 9, 2020: Local contractor Vernon Challenger of Challenger’s Enterprises Ltd. has been awarded the contract for the first phase of the Wa’omoni Cottages, Barbuda Hurricane relief project. The project is being funded by the Calvin Ayre Foundation, in partnership with The Prince’s Foundation. The two Foundations announced the partnership in January, […]
May 16, 2020: A 42-year-old Barbudan man was airlifted to Mount St. John’s Medical Centre on Wednesday by Calvinair Helicopters after suddenly falling ill at work. The construction worker at the Peace, Love and Happiness (PLH) development was tended to by on-site paramedics who determined he needed urgent additional attention. “There is no dedicated aircraft to […]
The Calvin Ayre Foundation is celebrating the rebirth of a family-run small business in the Philippines following a devastating fire. Roland Tatel is a 52-year-old resident of Manila who for years had run a convenience store with the help of his wife Florence. The pair have six kids of their own – three in college, […]
In the fall of 2017, Hurricane Irma blew a path of destruction through the Caribbean that literally flattened the island of Barbuda, destroying 90% of the island’s structures and leaving the majority of the island’s 2,000 residents homeless. The Calvin Ayre Foundation did its part to aid the Barbudan relief effort, including a pledge […]
The Calvin Ayre Foundation (CAF) did its part to help make this Christmas a little more festive for residents of the hurricane-ravaged island of Barbuda. On September 6, 2017, Hurricane Irma slammed into Barbuda, and its Category 5 combination of 300km/hour winds and torrential rain destroyed 95% of the island’s structures and left the vast majority […]
With the devastation left by Hurricane Irma, Calvin Ayre Foundation continued to reach out to those who are in need. A family stranded in Dominica where roads, houses and crops were totally ravaged by the hurricane, were rescued. The family of eight were evacuated by the Calvin Ayre Foundation from the poor situation the town […]
Founder Calvin Ayre, a citizen and long term resident of Antigua & Barbuda, is calling on the online gambling industry and the Bitcoin community to dig deep to help the people of the island of Barbuda, which was flattened by Hurricane Irma. The Calvin Ayre Foundation is currently working with the local government to coordinate relief efforts, including bringing […]
All inspiring stories start with a solid foundation. The Calvin Ayre Foundation has been helping re-build a community in the Philippines by teaching children how to become students again through its $8000 worth of renovation project of typhoon-damaged classrooms. The foundation representatives graced the turn over ceremony at the Mondragon I Central School, located in […]
The Calvin Ayre Foundation recently paid another visit to the residents of Barangay Chitongco, a town in the municipality of Mondragon in the Philippine province of Northern Samar. The town is battered by an average of three major typhoons annually, damaging homes and livelihood. The team was a witness to this devastation when it visited […]
The Calvin Ayre Foundation recently undertook a project to lighten the load and brighten the spirits of the 3,600 residents of Barangay Chitongco, a town in the municipality of Mondragon in the Philippine province of Northern Samar. The town is battered by an average of three major typhoons per year, including December 2015’s Typhoon Nona, […]
They say that it takes a village to raise a child but it takes a team to give the children and other victims of Super Typhoon Yolanda a reason to smile again. Last November 21 and 22, the Sitio San Vicente in Barangay Lo-ong, Concepcion, Iloilo City became the center of medical mission and massive […]
The Calvin Ayre Foundation steps in to help a family whose house and two family members were tragically devastated by fire. One of our priorities at the Calvin Ayre Foundation is to develop a sense of solidarity with the people and help them overcome many of the hardships they might face. In May of 2006, […]
The Calvin Ayre Foundation supports the South Helping the South Hurricane Katrina Relief Benefit. We were in Miami, Florida to support the “South Helping the South Katrina Relief Benefit.” The event was kicked off by a silent and live auction, and the items up for bid included a Bodog Home Poker Table & Chip Set. […]