Today, we’re asking you to support families impacted by the devastation of Hurricane Melissa. For $35 you can bring a family an emergency food package and support them through the coming weeks.
Help Families Impacted by Hurricane Melissa!
A Category 5 Storm
Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on October 28th. The category five storm, called, “the world’s strongest storm so far this year,” left at least 96 people dead in Jamaica and Haiti.
In Jamaica, over 100,000 homes were damaged or destroyed. The UN estimates 36,000 people need emergency food support. In Cuba, over 700,000 people were evacuated from high-impact areas, and are in need of food, water and shelter.
Flooding and landslides continue to cause damage in these already-fragile places.
Today, you can help bring emergency food supplies to 2,500 families in Cuba and 2,860 families in Jamaica. These families live in the hardest-hit areas of the country and have huge needs.
Your gift of any amount will help a family rebuild their lives.
What’s in a Food Pack?
Cuba
Our partner is delivering food packs to 2,500 families, containing 15 lbs of rice, 5 bags of Gleaners soup, 1L of oil and 10 lbs of beans.Jamaica
Our partner is delivering food packs to 2,860 families, containing: rice, cornmeal, called proteins and cooking oil.$35 Feeds a Family
For just $35 you can feed a family in Jamaica or Cuba. Thank you for responding with love in a crisis.Our Response in Jamaica
Jamaica has a mountainous landscape, which has made logistics challenging. The government has been very active in clearing roads and getting services back, but the progress has been very slow.
Alongside our partners, we are responding with over 60 churches and ministry partners in 63 communities in highly impacted areas. Hubs have been outfitted with supplies so they can be distributed more easily, significantly cutting down travel times to the more rural communities.
Supplies being distributed include a mixture of food and hygiene kits. 7,000 food and hygiene packs have been distributed to families so far. Most of the products included in these packs have been bought in Jamaica to support the local economy, but some supplies have also been brought in on containers.
We will continue distributing food and hygiene packs, along with cleaning supplies and building materials, alongside our partners.
Thank you for helping these families impacted by the hurricane!
Our Response in Cuba
Our global worker in Cuba has given food packs to their entire network of pastors and church partners to distribute to families in need. Many locations have major road blockages due to flooding from overflowing rivers and hurricane rains. The only way to get to many homes is on foot, so our global worker has called in many volunteers to help reach families in need!
In Cuba, families were already facing huge food insecurities and government rationing. They could buy food from local bodegas, but could only purchase a set amount per week. Many were already eating boiled roots for their breakfast.
Thanks to your generosity, families now have enough food to help them as they rebuild.
