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Jamaica has received a shipment of humanitarian and essential supplies to support citizens affected by the passage of category-five Hurricane Melissa.
The delivery is the result of a coordinated effort involving the European Union (EU), France, the Netherlands, United Nations (UN) agencies, the French and Dutch Navies stationed in the Caribbean and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA).
The relief items include water purification equipment, 500 shelter tool kits, 1,000 tarpaulins, 500 cleaning kits, 500 kitchen sets, 2,500 jerrycans, 1,000 buckets, 1,000 blankets and 1,500 mosquito nets.
In her remarks aboard the vessel at the Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL) in Kingston on Monday (November 3), Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, expressed gratitude for the supplies on behalf of the Government.
