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Wesrok helps out hurricane victims
November 18, 2025
Country-reggae singer Wesrok joined the scores of Jamaicans who have been rushing to render aid to communities in western Jamaica suffering from the damage of Hurricane Melissa.
Recently, the singer deployed a small army of volunteers, distributing more than 600 packages of non-perishable food, tarpaulins, canned goods and toiletries to people in St Elizabeth, Westmoreland and Hanover. These parishes suffered extensive damage from the Category 5 hurricane which smashed into the island on October 28.
"With the level of devastation I have been seeing on social media, I knew I couldn't continue to live peacefully if I didn't reach out to my fellow Jamaicans out west. I had to dig deep in my pocket with help from close friends. Our effort was entirely based on love, as we made the necessary sacrifice, food for ourselves to give to the needy," Wesrok said. Wesrok hails from Swamp Lane in Bog Walk, St Catherine, and doesn't have any relatives out west, but the need of the people and their suffering moved him deeply.
Donning his trademark cowboy hat, Wesrok led a team from his Wesrok Downtown Youth Foundation and ventured into a brown hellscape of downed trees, shattered light posts, smashed homes and damaged roads, populated by people who have been made homeless and near destitute.
"The need will remain great so this is just the first of my humanitarian efforts from our foundation to aid our people. It was heartbreaking. When we were driving through, people were saying they want food, some even held up signs saying they needed help, food, anything," he said.
The Wesrok Downtown Youth Foundation has been operating for more than 10 years, but this the first time that the volunteers have faced a disaster of this magnitude.
St Elizabeth, Jamaica's main agricultural source for many years, was hardest hit. Santa Cruz and Black River, its leading commercial centres, were wrecked, while farms, homes, roads and businesses were damaged.
"The devastation was mind-boggling; we have a lot of work to do," Wesrok observed.
