<div>My friend and coworker Mickel James is facing one of his biggest life challenges.
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<div>On a quiet afternoon in August, Mickel’s partner Ladana, their children and nephew were all injured by a reckless taxi driver who smashed into them while they walked in their community of Marverly in St. Andrew, Jamaica.
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<div>They are all fortunate to have survived, but now the family faces significant and overwhelming challenges.
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<div>Ladana, 10-year-old Mickayla, and 13-year-old Jesse, though recently discharged from the Kingston Public Hospital and Bustamante Children’s Hospital, require ongoing medical treatment and therapy. 
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<div>Mickel, who doesn’t own his own vehicle, has had to rent and book cars to transport all three family members around Kingston across different medical facilities.
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<div>Young Jesse has been having the hardest fight. Jesse, a bright student of Pembroke Hall High School and a <a href="https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/09/20/trying-to-cope/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">promising Manning Cup Schoolboy Football player</a> is painfully adjusting to his new life with a disability. The life he envisioned for himself was taken away, and at 13 years old, he’s being forced to paint a new picture.
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<div>We are grateful for their progress, but the road to full physical and mental wellness will be long and hard.
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<div>The ongoing medical expenses for Jesse include weekly follow-up treatments, transportation costs, medicines, physical therapy, mental health counselling, the major costs of a prosthetic leg, and other related costs.
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<div>To help alleviate some of the emotional and financial burdens Mickel and his family are experiencing, we invite your kind donations to support Jesse’s rehabilitation costs and other essential needs.
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<div>Your support is appreciated.
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Help Jesse Learn to Walk Again After This Tragic Accident

Help Jesse Learn to Walk Again After This Tragic Accident

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