Seven days after Hurricane Melissa, a record-shattering Category 5 hurricane with 185 mph winds, ravaged north-western, southern, and western Jamaica on October 28, the Jamaican Government has launched a portal to mobilise global aid in support of the country’s relief efforts.
The portal (https://supportjamaica.gov.jm), coordinates volunteers, reports incidents, and channels donations, focusing on devastated areas in the parishes of St. Elizabeth, Manchester, Trelawny, Hanover, Westmoreland, and St James, where homes, crops, and infrastructure lie in ruins.
The relief effort is being amplified in West Africa by High Commissioner Lincoln G. Downer, Jamaica’s envoy to Nigeria, Rwanda, Ghana, and Permanent Representative to the ECOWAS Commission, from Abuja, the Nigerian capital. He has called for financial donations via this official portal.
According to the High Commissioner, “Jamaica has entered the relief and recovery phase in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa… Jamaicans are a resilient people. We will build back better and stronger.”
For queries or further information, please contact the Jamaican High Commission in Abuja at admin-jhcnig@mfaft.gov.jm
