Hurricane Melissa Shows Why Everyday Caribbean Workers Need Financial Protection

Hurricane Melissa Shows Why Everyday Caribbean Workers Need Financial Protection

By: Chalsey Gill Anthony, Environmental Communicator, on behalf of Caribbean Policy Development Centre (CPDC)   When Hurricane Melissa ripped across the Caribbean just a few days ago, it damaged roads and power lines and disrupted the way thousands of people earn a living. In Jamaica, entire sections of St. Elizabeth, the country’s “breadbasket”, were flooded, threatening food supplies far beyond the parish itself. At one point, more than three-…

Holding Little Hands Through The Storm Of Hurricane Melissa: Restoring Hope For Caribbean Children

By Teacher Kishma Isaac News Americas, BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, Mon. Nov. 3, 2025: The images from Hurricane Melissa are seared into our bones. Houses overturned like broken toys, trees stripped to their ribs, roofs peeled back to reveal sleeping rooms exposed to rain and wind, and Caribbean children with wide eyes clutching soft blankets that no longer smell like home. Mothers, fathers, and grandparents walk with hollow faces and tear-streaked ch…