#support jamaica

[4ft10tvlandfangirl]

It's been a week since Hurricane Melissa struck and on top of thousands of people not having shelter, some aquifers are full and the groundwater levels have risen so much there is even more flooding (groundwater mounding). This is the water level in parts of Manchester parish:

I've never prayed this hard against rain in my life but we (including DR, Haiti & Cuba) can't take any more. Wish we could unsubscribe from hurricane/rainy season because we're in serious trouble if rain continues. It's raining as I type 😭

Mi seriously ah bawl enuh. Finally broke down a couple days ago and now mi bawl every minute. Every new body they recover (34 dead so far), every new picture, every harrowing story of survival, even the people coming together to distribute aid & relief like in Darliston, Westmoreland:

Every raas ting good or bad have me in tears.

The eastern sections have gone back to work to keep the economy going but the survivor's guilt is strong and a lot of us are not okay mentally as we still haven't gotten through to all our family. Or we have but they've lost everything with how badly the western sections were affected. Many places are unrecognisable.

Plans for national volunteer days were announced but it will take time as many communities are still completely cut off. Please keep us in your thoughts, keep sharing the relief drives as you see them and if you are able, please donate.

In addition to the Support Jamaica government site I'd like to add Food For The Poor Jamaica. They're a really good charity and our beloved Sean Paul is working with them matching donations up to US 50k. The Jamaican Embassy in Washington DC is also organising with drop off points depending on your state if you live in the US.

Thanks again to everyone checking in and sharing on our behalf.

[findersfeeders]

I know I’m not Jamaican like Jamaicans call Jamaican but damn me proud mon.

Vybz Kartel adopted 90 kids with disabilities and is providing for their entire lifetime of shelter, supplies and education. Spice has been building houses for families one at a time, straight rolling up with trucks loaded with cement and steel as well as food and water. Any standing resort has become a resource center, providing amenities and food to aid workers who distribute them to worst hit places.

But still the devastation continues with raging rivers and landslides wiping out whole neighborhoods. I refuse to show photos because the Western condition is to assume it wasn’t *that* built up before. But much of Jamaica’s infrastructure is like that in the US or UK. Paved roads like you would drive on to work are chewed up and washed away by raging waters. Houses just like what you may live in, fully gone. I mean gone. I mean there is no foundation or wreckage to be seen. Washed away. Whole communities are isolated because of this. Most of the island still doesn’t have power and to boot there has been a high incidence of mosquito-borne diseases. People without shelter and power for fans and things are likely to get really sick. It’s so hard.

It’s so much to fathom it all. That the Jamaican government is giving grants $400k to people who have lost their homes. That they have a $24 billion dollar bind to rebuild Jamaica in case of emergency. That they planned for utter devastation and it’s still more than they can handle.

Please don’t forget about Jamaica. Whether you realize or not, you (yes you) have been blessed in some way by the gifts of Jamaica. Gifts bestowed and never with war! Never with violence. Jamaica has its problems like any human nation, but it is fundamentally a nation of love and unity. Please donate what you can. Fifty cents, a dollar. jamaica needs the world.

Supportjamaica.gov.jm