‘We need water and food’: Miami aid group says Jamaica is desperate for more help

Tons of donations packed and shipped from Miami have been arriving in Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa devastated much of the island, leaving at least 32 dead and over a million people desperate for food and water.

But it’s not enough.

“It’s a Hurricane Maria, an Irma and a Dorian all compounded,” said Michael Capponi, the CEO of Miami-based disaster relief nonprofit Global Empowerment Mission (GEM), while in Kingston. “The destruction looks like some parts in Gaza today.”…

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