As Hurricane Melissa pounded Jamaica this week with sustained winds up to 185 miles per hour, the Virgin Islands joined the region in preparing to provide relief to the people affected by the widespread devastation left in the storm’s wake.
This evening from 7 p.m., the local efforts will gather steam when the Association of Jamaican Residents (BVI) hosts a townhall meeting at the New Testament Church of God Church Hall in Baughers Bay to discuss the VI response.
Kelton Edwards, one of many Jamaicans living in the VI, was glad to hear of such an event.
“That’s great; that’s good,” he told the Beacon on Tuesday afternoon. “I mean, lots of persons here might not be able to go home, but they’ll be able to contribute to their family or in general to the country getting back up together. … We have to do what we can to help out the country.”
Mitsy Ellis-Simpson, who was born in Jamaica and raised in the VI, agreed.
