Mandeville, Jamaica…Nigel Coke Tuesday, October 28, 2025, will long be remembered by all Jamaicans, but more so the people in the western part of the Island, who felt the brunt of Hurricane Mellisa, which made landfall as a category 5 hurricane packing winds up to 185 mph. Amidst the challenges ...
November 9, 2025 | Mandeville, Jamaica | Nigel Coke and Libna Stevens, Inter-American Division News The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) has been strengthening and mobilizing its volunteer network in Jamaica to support communities affected by Hurricane Melissa, which swept through the western parishes and caused loss of life ...
Mandeville, Jamaica…Nigel Coke The Jamaica Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists is very grateful for the kind support of the Adventist-Layperson Service and Industries (ASi) Inter-American Division, for their multilayered support in aiding the recovery process in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 Hurricane that struck a devastating blow ...
ADRA Jamaica, the humanitarian arm of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Jamaica, has been actively providing aid to those in need before and in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, which swept through the western parishes of Jamaica, causing fatalities and destruction. Prior to the landfall of the hurricane, ADRA Jamaica ...
The Black River Adventist Church, located in the capital of St Elizabeth, stands roofless and flooded after Hurricane Melissa tore through the area on October 28, damaging trees and property across one of the hardest-hit regions in western Jamaica. The scale of destruction left behind by Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica ...
By Nigel Coke | Mandeville, Jamaica The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Jamaica, the humanitarian arm of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, has been actively responding to the needs of Jamaicans affected by Hurricane Mellissa, which swept through the western parishes, leaving behind loss of life and widespread destruction. Before ...
November 3, 2025 | Montego Bay, Jamaica | Libna Stevens, Inter-American Division News The scale of destruction left behind by Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica “cannot be captured by the English word disaster,” said Pastor Glen Samuels, president of the West Jamaica Conference, as he surveyed the wreckage across the island’s ...
