History

Melky Jean, Carma’s founder, was once disconnected from the social-ills of her native country, Haiti. Like so many other descendants of the Haitian diaspora, she was not in touch with the reality of life, faced by the over 8 million citizens whom statistics report survive off of an estimated $1 a day.

After her move to Miami in 2006, and viewing the local news report showing footage of Haitians on board a boat leaping into the ocean attempting to swim ashore for what they perceived to be a better life in the United States, Melky with the inspiration of her brother Wyclef Jean was moved to do something.

Other missions scheduled in the near future include transporting dentist and physicians to donate their time and resources to provide health care treatment and needed immunizations, delivery of clothing, food, and the building of homes for entire families.