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Jamaicans mark first Independence Day since Hurricane Melissa

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Clayton, who lives in London but has family in Jamaica, says he will always be there to support them.

“In terms of being a part of diaspora and helping back home, for me personally, it comes in the sense of, if family out there need anything, you try and help, you try and send food over,” the 19-year-old says.

“If they need money for certain things, you try and send money over.”

Supporting family is not a new concept to those part of the Jamaican diaspora, though.

He says even before the hurricane, they would fill barrels with food, goods and clothes to send across.

“It was something we were doing before the hurricane, after the hurricane and we’re going to continue to do for years to come, it’s just a tradition,” he explains.

And one which fellow British Jamaican Shaniyaa Holness-Mckenzie can relate to.

“You appreciate that maybe there’s things that are here that you can’t get over there and there’s opportunities that are here that you might not be able to get over there,” she says.

Holness-Mckenzie, 29, says she now regularly donates to a charity that helps people in Jamaica in temporary accommodation following the hurricane.

“As someone in the diaspora, I think the best thing that I can do is making sure that people are still aware that the problem isn’t over,” she says.

“It isn’t completely fixed. There are people who still need support.”



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