A Diaspora Hurricane Response • Jamaica Hurricane Relief

Jamaica Hurricane Relief: Jamaica Needs Your Support!

6 days ago
by Ambassador Curtis A. Ward
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Written by Ambassador Curtis A. Ward

 

Jamaica Hurricane Relief

A joint effort by Jamaicans and American friends supporting Jamaica

Jamaica Needs Your Support!

We need your support to provide hurricane relief to the people of Treasure Beach, and the Pedro Plains area, in the parish of St Elizabeth, Jamaica, which is among the most devastated areas of Jamaica as a result of hurricane Melissa (a category 5 hurricane—the largest in recorded history to hit the island– which ravaged the country.

 Ambassador Curtis Ward (former ambassador of Jamaica to the United Nations), a Jamaican and Caribbean diaspora leader, has teamed with Scott Silverman (an American friend supporting Jamaica) in response to the devastation of some 80% of Jamaica by hurricane Melissa. Together we have launched a relief effort which will include sending a container of desperately needed items to assist Jamaicans who suffered great losses from the hurricane. This catastrophic hurricane has left hundreds of thousands of desperate Jamaicans without basic necessities.

WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT!

We are collaborating with Partners of Good Shepherd Jamaica, Inc., (POGS), a 501(c)(3) organization registered in the State of Maryland to facilitate cash donations to assist us in this relief effort. 

How to contribute:

By Check —please make check payable to:

Partners of Good Shepherd Jamaica, Inc.

(Note —Hurricane relief), and mail to:

Partners of Good Shepherd Jamaica, c/o Curtis Ward, 3704 Mystic Court, Olney, MD 20832.

Zelle contributions: 301-412-3914 

For List of Relief Supplies — Click here

On the ground in Jamaica, we are collaborating with Breds Treasure Beach Foundation, a certified charitable organization located in Treasure Beach with safe storage and distribution capacities. Breds has a stellar record of relief distribution and is recognized as an organization of high competency and integrity.

We look forward to your support.

Time is of the essence.

For further information contact:

Ambassador Curtis Ward:

Tel.:+1-240-863-4131 (also WhatsApp number)

Email: Attycward@gmail.com

 

About the author

Ambassador Curtis A. Ward

Ambassador Curtis A. Ward is a former Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the United Nations with Special Responsibility for Security Council Affairs (1999-2002) serving on the UN Security Council for two years. He served three years as Expert Adviser to the UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee. He is an Attorney-at-Law and International Consultant with extensive knowledge and experience in national and international legal and policy frameworks for effective implementation of United Nations (UN) and other international anti-terrorism mandates; the legal and administrative requirements to effectively implement and enforce anti-money laundering and countering financing of terrorism (AML/CFT); extensive knowledge of the legal and regulatory requirements for effective implementation and enforcement of United Nations multilateral and U.S.-imposed unilateral sanctions; and the imperatives for Rule of Law and governance. He is a geopolitical and international security analyst, and a human rights, democracy, and anticorruption advocate.

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