Thirty-seven-year-old Gaileisha Jones feared the worst after being diagnosed with cancer while pregnant. The St Elizabeth mother, however, is now breathing a quiet sigh of relief after safely delivering her baby boy.

But six months on, she says a new battle has taken hold — securing stable housing for her children after a string of devastating setbacks.

Jones first came to public attention last year when her heartbreaking story of survival emerged. Then pregnant and newly diagnosed with cervical cancer, she was also grieving her mother’s death, struggling to care for her children, and trying to rebuild after Hurricane Melissa flattened her home in White Hill, St Elizabeth, leaving the family displaced and vulnerable.