Our Mission

Inca Cares empowers women in underprivileged communities to improve their lives through access to education, clean water, and basic medical care. We seek out communities where our team can have a positive impact on the lives of women and children.

Our History

In 2002 we joined forced with Friends of Lead-Free Children in the Dominican Republic to help distribute vitamin supplements that would prevent pregnant women from passing on lead contamination in their bodies to their unborn babies. This is the oldest running program of its kind in the Dominican Republic. After that first trip, we recognized a need for basic medical care and supplies to help these underserved communities year-round. Over the past 20 years Inca Cares in collaboration with Friends of Lead-Free Children and other local public health organizations deliver prenatal vitamins and other medications to women and children year-round. In addition, every spring, approximately 40 medical professionals from different specialties from Mercy College of NY join us for a hands on 5-day healthcare mission where we serve over 1,000 children and pregnant women.