Jamaica Consul General, Food For The Poor and Miramar join forces to help Melissa-impacted island amid relief efforts

Several South Florida organizations continue to send much-needed endorsement to the Caribbean islands that bore the brunt of Hurricane Melissa s winds The City of Miramar the Consul General of Jamaica and Food For The Poor have joined forces to launch a humanitarian relief effort Their officers announcement is expected late Thursday morning Please donate to us We are able to buy locally in Jamaica which will speed up the ability to get things commented Food for the Poor President and CEO Ed Raine The nonprofit is not the only one stepping in to help Major relief efforts are ongoing in Doral where the Global Empowerment Mission has been hard at work all week rounding up supplies to send to the island Kimberly Bentley GEMs Director of Urgency Response spoke with News from St Elizabeth Parish in western Jamaica We arrived prior to the storm so we could get all the paperwork and clearances in order so that way we could hit the ground running The airports just opened up so now that that s taken care of on Thursday we can go into the field and be sure that impacted areas have access declared Kimberly Bentley GEMs Director of Exigency Response The GEM gang has set up a warehouse that is now ready to receive critical supplies like food water generators batteries and radios We ve got three cargo planes coming in and as of next week we also have containers coming in consistently declared Bentley It s not only supplies but it s hope in a box so I think that gives certain morale knowing that they aren t forgotten and there is help on the way Miramar authorities and representatives from Food For The Poor will provide more details about the donations the city will be accepting at a news conference scheduled for a m on Thursday For more information on Melissa donations to GEM click here For information on locality volunteering at GEM click here