Hurricane Melissa Relief Fund

Thank you for your generous support of GlobalGiving’s Hurricane Melissa Relief Fund.

As the second strongest Atlantic storm to ever make landfall in the Caribbean, Hurricane Melissa has had devastating impacts. Your donations have already begun to deliver life-saving food, water, shelter, medical care, and vital assistance to communities across Jamaica, Haiti, and Cuba. 

As GlobalGiving partner, I-SEEED Youths Limited in Jamaica shared, 

“The devastation we’ve witnessed firsthand is far beyond what is being shown in the media; seeing it in person brings a painful reality. [GlobalGiving’s] spirit of solidarity is a light in the midst of darkness. Every bit of collaboration now makes an immeasurable difference.”

Within the first six days of Hurricane Melissa’s landfall, your donations helped fund seven new grants to trusted, community-led partners who are providing care, relief, and support on the ground in the Caribbean. Here are a few of the vital efforts you have made possible:

• I-SEEED Youths Limitedis a Jamaican nonprofit  focused on promoting youth empowerment, enhancing access to education, and building sustainable livelihoods through agricultural initiatives. After assessing local community needs, the team is now providing warm meals, clean water, and basic hygiene supplies to the hardest-hit families, as well as mapping safe zones for community kitchens and temporary shelters. In the long-term, I-SEEED plans to support rebuilding and recovery efforts, including the restoration of livelihoods and working farms across the region.

• First Hand Aid provides medical care and support to individuals living with disabilities and chronic illnesses in Cuba, and has been known to respond in times of crises on the island. First Hand Aid is already mobilizing its first waves of emergency goods and medicine to communities in Cuba, including nearly 1,000 pounds of medicine, clothes, food, and essential supplies. 

• Concorde Haïtienne de Sécurité Alimentaire et Nutritionnelle (CHSAN)is a Haitian nonprofit focusedon improving food security and combating malnutrition in the Grand’Anse region. CHSAN regularly provides food packages and clean drinking water to families at acute risk due to gang violence, supplies quality seeds to support Haitian farmers, and assess child malnutrition through targeted feeding programs. In its initial relief efforts, CHSAN is distributing clean water and food to families affected by Hurricane Melissa.   

Your support of the GlobalGiving Hurricane Melissa Relief Fundbolsters community-led responses like these. With countries such as Haiti and Cuba experiencing pre-existing crises of conflict and hunger, support throughout the duration of recovery remains urgent and necessary. As one partner shared in conversation with GlobalGiving: 

We thank you again for your quick, imperative support. Your solidarity means the world, and in the words of Tracey-Ann, is truly a light for us all. 

With  gratitude,

Alli + The GlobalGiving Team

Find here a full list of the grantees:

• I-SEEED Youths Limited
• First Hand Aid
• Concorde Haïtienne de Sécurité Alimentaire et Nutritionnelle (CHSAN)
• Caribbean Climate-Smart Accelerator  
• Blue Atlas 
• Eastern Caribbean Alliance for Diversity and Equality (ECADE) 
• White River Marine Association