WESTMORELAND, Jamaica—Close to 1,000 people in Westmoreland benefited from a two-day medical and humanitarian outreach mission led by the Jamaica Nurses’ Association of Florida, which ended on June 18 in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland.

The initiative, held under the banner of the 11th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference, brought together a team of doctors, nurses, dentists and student volunteers from across the United States to provide free medical screenings, medication, and essential supplies to residents, students and community members in the parish.

According to Dr Beverlin Allen, immediate past president of the association and coordinator of the mission, the outreach was organised in direct response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa.