The Chil­dren’s Life Fund Au­thor­i­ty (CLFA) has an­nounced the ap­point­ment of a new Board of Man­age­ment for a three-year term, ef­fec­tive 24th Oc­to­ber 2025. The Board will be chaired by Dr. Kevon Din­di­al.

Dr. Din­di­al is a Con­sul­tant Pae­di­atric Haema­tol­o­gist/On­col­o­gist at the Er­ic Williams Med­ical Sci­ences Com­plex. He holds an MBBS and DM in Pae­di­atrics from The Uni­ver­si­ty of the West In­dies, St Au­gus­tine. He com­plet­ed a clin­i­cal fel­low­ship in pae­di­atric haema­tol­ogy/on­col­o­gy at the Hos­pi­tal for Sick Chil­dren, Cana­da, and is board-cer­ti­fied by the Roy­al Col­lege of Physi­cians and Sur­geons of Cana­da.

Dr. Din­di­al serves as co-lead physi­cian for the Sick­Kids-Caribbean Ini­tia­tive in Trinidad and To­ba­go, a Coun­cil Mem­ber of the Med­ical Board of Trinidad and To­ba­go, and a mem­ber of the Na­tion­al Can­cer Con­trol Co­or­di­nat­ing Com­mit­tee.

In his state­ment fol­low­ing the ap­point­ment, Dr. Din­di­al said it was an ho­n­our to lead the CLFA’s Board of Man­age­ment. He ex­pressed com­mit­ment to ad­vanc­ing the or­gan­i­sa­tion’s man­date and en­sur­ing that chil­dren with com­plex med­ical con­di­tions have ac­cess to ad­vanced med­ical treat­ment.

Oth­er mem­bers of the Board of Man­age­ment are Stephanie Toolsie, Afeisha Petal Samp­son, Di­anne Bak­er-Hen­ry, Matthew Al­la­har, Dr. Ra­jin­dra Parag, and Nabi­la Greene.

The new Board will guide the CLFA’s strate­gic pri­or­i­ties, strength­en part­ner­ships, and work to en­sure that chil­dren and fam­i­lies con­tin­ue to re­ceive sup­port. The group’s com­bined ex­pe­ri­ence and knowl­edge are ex­pect­ed to con­tribute to the or­gan­i­sa­tion’s on­go­ing ef­forts to pro­vide ac­cess to med­ical care for chil­dren re­quir­ing treat­ment not avail­able lo­cal­ly.

Chief Ex­ec­u­tive Of­fi­cer Ver­nes­sar Cum­mings wel­comed the new Board and said she looks for­ward to work­ing with its mem­bers to ad­vance the or­gan­i­sa­tion’s mis­sion.

The CLFA’s work has been sup­port­ed by re­cent amend­ments to the Chil­dren’s Life Fund Act, which were as­sent­ed to on 11th Ju­ly 2025. These amend­ments have ex­pand­ed the or­gan­i­sa­tion’s man­date and strength­ened its abil­i­ty to de­liv­er med­ical as­sis­tance to chil­dren in need across Trinidad and To­ba­go.