From Miami to Montego Bay, Jamaican women step forward in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa

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…

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