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JAM | Nov 13, 2025

Dominican Republic delivers 628 tons of humanitarian aid to support Jamaica’s recovery

Toriann Ellis

Toriann Ellis / Our Today

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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith, speaking at the official handover on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, where Jamaica received a shipment of humanitarian aid from the Dominican Republic.

Jamaica has received a shipment of humanitarian aid from the Dominican Republic to support ongoing recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Melissa.

The official handover took place on Wednesday, November 12, in Kingston, where Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Senator Kamina Johnson Smith received the donation on behalf of the government and people of Jamaica.

Manuel Duran, Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to Jamaica, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith, and other representatives at the official handover on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, where Jamaica received a shipment of humanitarian aid from the Dominican Republic.
Hurricane relief supplies distributed by His Excellency Manuel Duran, Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to Jamaica.

The aid facilitated by Manuel Duran, Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to Jamaica, includes food rations, mattresses, mosquito nets, blankets, bed linens and medicines.

To date, the Dominican Republic has sent over 628 tons of relief supplies across multiple shipments, with support from its Navy and Air Force, to assist communities hardest hit by the hurricane.

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bed linens blankets Dominican Republic food rations His Excellency Manuel Duran humanitarian aid Hurricane Melissa Hurricane Melissa relief mattresses medicines mosquito nets Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith

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