HURRICANE MELISSA DONATIONS ARE NOT JUST ABOUT WHAT IS NEEDED MOST

IT'S ALSO ABOUT WHAT'S STILL NEEDED, WHERE IT'S STILL NEEDED,

AND WHO STILL NEEDS IT!

Because of course, any items you can help with from the Amazon registry are needed by the victims or by the construction crews (who are often members of the local community and survivors as well) or community service suppliers (such as rural health clinics and rural schools) helping them get their lives back.

However the universal core items list above is a great and highly impactful start to help the children and families currently in pitch black every night get back their ability to:

• see in the dark as electricity has yet to be restored to many rural residential areas even if some of the main roads have been reconnected as business corridors & local drivers of the economy 

• repel the aggressive aedes aegypti mosquito native to Jamaica that bites even in the daytime and carries dengue fever, Zika virus, chikungunya, etc.

• charge critical devices needed for communication, information, and medical use

• avoid dehydration and malnutrition before further relief can get to them

• regain a sense of hope and safety!

Over half of Jamaica was under an involuntary total blackout and radio silence after category 5 Hurricane Melissa - the strongest storm worldwide of 2025 and the 2nd strongest tropical cyclone in Atlantic recorded history - crushed the western half of this Caribbean island October 28, 2025.  

Many rural communities are still without any electricity nor reliable source of potable (safe to drink) water, and many lost their entire home or their entire roof and all the belongings in the home along with it.  The goverment is repairing infrastructure but there are hundreds of thousands who will not get help if the land their home was on is not theirs... and the government is not going to be able to replace everyone's homes, furniture, medicines, kitchenware, toiletries, baby supplies, personal protective equipment (PPE) for those rebuilding their own home and others in their communities, and other personal and legal effects.  

Other needs include help with the costs of replacing legal documents such as birth certificates, national identification cards, tax identification cards, passports, marriage certificates and divorce decrees, and the transportation from rural areas still missing road sections due to landslides into government offices in urban centres to get it all done.  Without these documents virtually all government services are unavailable to those in critical need of them.

Most importantly, every month after the hurricane brings us another month closer to the next hurricane season: people need not just replacement of everything lost or damaged but better items, better homes that can withstand the next major hurricane, better hurricane preparation in advance.  The recovery as well as the preparation is a need that will be strong for at least the first 3 years after Hurricane Melissa and the momentum must not be lost as time passes!

Your order via the registry automatically goes to Montego Bay via freight forwarder shipments 2x weekly from a Florida, United States of America facility.  The registry and distribution of donated items are managed by Jamaican-owned and operated, locally registered charity Project Pickney Power.  

So you literally don't have to move from your phone or computer to get the help directly into the hands of the people of St. James.  Just a few clicks from the comfort of wherever you are, and you're done.  You don't even have to memorize the shipping address because buying from the registry ensures the correct address is built into your shipment - seamless and as fast as possible.