<div>Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 catastrophe, is hitting Jamaica right now, threatening homes, livelihoods, and lives. Many families, especially those living in board houses and unfit shelters, have nowhere safe to turn. This campaign aims to provide emergency aid, food, clothing, toiletries, and shelter materials to children, seniors, and vulnerable families after the storm.


</div>


<div><br />


</div>


<div>This isn’t new to me. I was a child when Hurricane Gilbert hit in 1986, and my parents opened our crowded home of ten people to six families who had lost everything. I remember the devastation, the famine, the destruction, the flooding, and the fish in the streets after the water rose. Those memories have never left me; they are the reason I am so deeply passionate about helping others and taking action now when my country needs it most.


</div>


<div><br />


</div>


<div>Now, with Hurricane Melissa bearing down as a Category 5, I can’t stand by and watch families lose everything again. We need to act proactively, especially for the elderly and children who are most at risk.


</div>


<div><br />


</div>


<div>That’s why I’ve started this campaign, because we can’t afford to wait until it’s too late. With your help, I’ll be sending a container of essential supplies to Jamaica and personally traveling there to help distribute food, clothing, and other relief materials directly to those in need.


</div>


<div><br />


</div>


<div>Our goal is to raise $50,000, which will go toward:


</div>


<div>• Food supplies for families and children in shelters


</div>


<div>• Clothing and toiletries for those who have lost everything


</div>


<div>• Basic shelter materials for damaged or unsafe homes


</div>


<div>• Shipping and on-the-ground distribution costs


</div>


<div><br />


</div>


<div>This cause is deeply personal to me, not just because I have lived through it, but because those memories shaped who I am and why I refuse to stand by while my people suffer again.


</div>


<div><br />


</div>


<div>Please donate, share, and encourage others to join this effort. Together, we can bring hope, healing, and relief to Jamaica when it is needed most.


</div>

Anonymous

Emelia Salonen

Adrian Brown

Lynn Stutts

Mohamed Elkhatib

Yeulonda Petty

Flavio Aragao

Lisa Diaz

Angela Rossi

Jewell Wilkey

Wendy Sweeney

Sean Lagomarsino

Charles Hopkins

REPEKA Repeka Kula

Dominc Joseph Weinhart

Aaron Kessler-Barci

Tanya Roussy

Gerald Cannon

Donate Now: Emergency Relief for Hurricane Melissa - CAT 5

platform

Platform is iOS

Android

Adyen Google Pay Development Audience

$opt_dummy_attribute

English only

Deprecate Stripe Legacy

dyn_template_ids

Adyen V6 Bene Transfer & MyMoney Campaign Organizers - test01

Bene transfer V6 and AdyenV6MyMoney Campaign Organizers - production

OneTrust next-app audience

fundCountryCode

NextDoor Share Option Users

Fundraisers with Reactions feature capability

fundCurrencyCode

US + Non-charity COs Only

locale

fund country is US and user language is English

personId

comms-internal-person-ids

Enhanced Story Experience Users

Suggested Goal Experience Users

user language is English and fund country: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

Poster share - new funds eligible (newest 9/18)

Streaming widgets beta user

paymentProcessor

3DS payment method

user language is English and fundCountry: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

GoFundMe Employees

ipAddress

Mark Rieth IP Address

Version 9.2.0 and above

Fund is in English speaking country

desktop

Android v12.11.0 and above

Platform is Android

paymentMethodType

checkoutType

Payment method type group to be vaulted on success

admin pr kit prod

EUR Donation Upsell

Share Text generation Skip Fundraiser

(prod) new funds eligible for amp12 (UGC gallery)

fintrac_cad_idv_form_v2 audience

paymentProcessorAccountId

fallback mode accounts

proCampaignId

p2p legacy startfundraising page

be_supporter_comments_enabled_supported_funds

AMP24 New Funds Only PROD (DO NOT MODIFY)

countryCode

charityId

UKCharities

Federated Search Internal Testing

route.pathname community

US Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks Feature Audience

Supporter Comments Eligible Funds

International Only

fundId

braze fundraiser group 

Payment Identity Transfers ATO Risk Check (Targeted) - Production

Fundraiser Saved Payment Method Rate Limit Bypass (Production)

leaderboard-partner-id-audience-givepanel

Version 9.2.1 and above

AUD Donation Upsell audience

fundraiserCountryCode is US/EN

Active Fundraiser - Smart Default Cadence

DAF Internal

Vault on success card payment method

Platform is iOS v11.0.0 and above

Desktop users

Person ids

United States (US) users

allow yuno fundraisers for test

Mexico country code

Posters INTL

NPO Profile Opted-In

iOS at or above 12.4.0

non-US recurring donors

Canada Campaign Owner Group

Fundraiser Without Meta Link

Scheduler payment tester gorup

charityCommunityId

Charities allow to be claimed unclaimed (PRD)

Canada (CA) users

currencyCode

UC Tipping v20250115 International

pymk_production_xplr_fe_team

Android at or above 12.2.0

Profile photo entry point audience

smart goals (fundraiser/manage) on test01

Activity Tracking v1 Beta Testing

writePath

Stream Notification

start gfm intl allowed locales

Platform is iOS v11.2.0 and above

prod_ach_audience

AI Chatbot Audience

amp13 only new funds (prod) (anyword auto)

UC Flow Enabled (Prod)

Payment Identity Beneficiary Verification - Production

shared notification bell audience

Custom users

ach frontend audience

Android v11.0.0 and above

Users Receiving Payments Paused Notifications

smart goals test01

Manage Coach - US English Organizers Only + new funds only

Team EGG - IP Address list

Fundraiser Without Instagram Deep Link

Native 11.4.0 and above

UC Tipping v20250107

Users Receiving Braze KYC Validation Failed

Native 11.3.0 and above

Influencer - Prod

US fundraisers and US users

userEmail

template_id

userId

fundUrl

isCharityCo

email

appVersion

shouldBucketIntoExperiment

partnerId

donationCadence

isActiveFundraiser

isPartner

isMobile

npoProfileOptIn

fundIsLinkedWithMeta

hasSessionDonation

isCampaignOwner

fundHasInstagramDeepLink

Native 11.4.0 and higher

New funds eligible - Video Sharing (PROD)

GB Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks V3 Rollout Audience

Thank you V3 testing whitelist

isRecurringFriendly

Is Recurring Friendly

Excluded funds - Video Sharing

Logged In Users

CH Donation Upsell audience

Android v10.6.0 and above

userCurrencyCode

Localized Currency

v11.5.0 and above

testAudience

pathname

Survicate

appVersion is at or above 12.8.0

Non-charity fund

isChallengeFundraiser

challenge-fundraisers

Payment Identity Launch Verification - Production

New funds eligible - Posters v2

CAD Donation Upsell Audience

Braze Email Tester

NPO Profile Opted-Out

iOS App Version

hasKnownDonors

PYMK has donors

iOS v12.3.0 and above

Donate Now: Emergency Relief for Hurricane Melissa - CAT 5

Still $46,076 to go. Help us build momentum.