Donation boxes towered over Michelle Williamson as she walked through the Global Empowerment Mission’s warehouse. She pointed to crates stacked ceiling-high with donations bound for Jamaica in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa.
“[This] is not a one time event… We need to keep [support] going, especially with diseases and water contamination. It’s just gonna get worse before it gets better,” said Williamson, President of the Jamaican Women of Florida, a local nonprofit dedicated to empowering Jamaican women in Florida.
Since making landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 storm on Oct. 28, at least 90,000 people have been displaced, according to a report from the Center for Disaster Philanthropy…