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Ivonne Rodríguez-Wiewall, Direct Relief’s Executive Advisor to the Caribbean, along with Luis David Rodriguez, Direct Relief’s Emergency Response Manager for the Caribbean & Latin America, have arrived in Jamaica along with several of their colleagues ahead of a couple of shipments on the way from Direct Relief.
Direct Relief Is the 4th largest charity organization in the U.S.
From their warehouse in Santa Barbara, California, Direct Relief will send a chartered aircraft with medication and medical supplies to Kingston with an expected time of arrival on November 8th.
Direct Relief is a humanitarian non-profit organization based in California whose mission is to improve health care and access to health care for people impacted by poverty and disasters.
Direct Relief’s Ivonne Rodriguez said that early assessment shows that the need for Direct Relief in Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa is intense. She stated, “From our
experience, the primary cause of death is not the hurricane itself but the aftermath due to the lack of access to health care services.”
Direct Relief has already allocated $US250,000 just to the logistics and preparedness to respond to Jamaica’s Hurricane Melissa relief efforts.
