ASSISTANCE TO ISOLATED COMMUNITIES
The Office of Disaster Preparedness
and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is continuing the delivery of relief supplies
to affected and isolated communities. Operations to airlift food
to communities in St. Andrew, St. Thomas, Portland begun yesterday and
is continuing. This is being done through a collaborative effort
between the Jamaica Defence Force, the Ministry of Labour and Social Security
(MLSS), Jamaica Red Cross, Salvation Army and the ODPEM.
The following communities are on schedule to receive assistance commencing from 5:00 a.m. today.
St. Andrew
- Westphalia
- St. Peter's
- Content Gap
St. Thomas
- Cedar Valley
- Trinityville
- Hagley Gap
- Penlyne Castle