Canadian Medical Assistance Teams

CMAT is a volunteer-run, donor-driven registered charitable organization based in Brantford, Ontario. Through its medical relief and development projects, CMAT has earned a reputation as an important partner agency of the United Nations and World Health Organization, and is accredited in Sphere Minimum Standards for Humanitarian Relief.

CMAT seeks to improve the health and welfare of families affected by disaster both in Canada and in developing countries around the world. Being a small, nimble, and young organization, CMAT volunteers have been some of the first to arrive at the scene of recent global emergencies including: the Indian Ocean Tsunami in Indonesia, 2004; Hurricane Katrina, Gulf Coast, USA, 2005; earthquakes in Pakistan, in 2005, Sichuan, China in 2008 and Chile in February, 2010 as well as flooding in Bangladesh in 2007.

Most recently, CMAT spent six months providing medical and surgical aid to well over 10,000 patients who were injured in the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti. We currently have primary health care teams responding to the floods in Pakistan where monsoon rains have displaced nearly 20 million people, and continue to provide medical care and purified water for displaced people in the interior of Sindh province.

On behalf of CMAT Volunteers and the recipients of our medical care, we appreciate your support for CMAT's projects, which help people rebuild their lives after disaster. CMAT is proud of its successes in helping the most vulnerable victims of disaster regain their lives.

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