Sandra is a highly valued Client Support Project Manager in our South Florida office . Sandra has been with us for almost a year, but the South Florida team has known her for several years, as she was a key administrator for our installation partner, FIS, before she transitioned to her current role with CBI. She has been part of the CBI extended family for over 10 years. Sandra( along with her husband Sheldon and daughter Nia) is the only member of her immediate family living in the U.S. All other immediate family – parent, siblings ( and spouses) aunts and uncles and 1^st cousins all live in Jamaica.

Category 5 Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica on October 28 and absolutely devastated the country. The Southwestern part of the island, where all her family resides, was affected the most by the catastrophic effects of the storm. As of this writing there is still no electricity or water in most parts of the island. There have been 45 deaths reported so far, with thousands having lost their homes and jobs. Hotels, schools retail stores and many vital businesses are now closed and are likely to be closed permanently due the extensive damage to property and loss. This has caused massive job loss and disrupted all food and supply chain services to the island. Most of Sandra’s family members work in the hospitality or tourism fields, so the working adults have lost their jobs, some temporarily, others permanently. The family members who are retired no longer have access to social services because their government simply does not have the bandwidth to address normal day-to-day programs whilst the country is in such crisis. The children have nowhere to go, as the schools in SW Jamaica are not open and will not be open for the foreseeable future.

Her father, siblings, uncles and Aunts and cousins have all lost their homes, 17 homes in total, so all contents – furnishings, appliances, clothing, and all personal items were utterly destroyed. Right now, the families have found temporary shelter, but there is no power or water as of this writing. Food and supplies are increasingly scarce, and the prices of all goods has tripled and even quadrupled in many cases. There are 45 family members, 25 adults and 20 children between the ages of 2-18, who have been displaced from their homes. There very biggest challenge right now is food and personal care items. Food has become extremely difficult to locate and purchase.

Hurricane Melissa Relief by CBI

By Live Love Serve Foundation

Hurricane Melissa Relief by CBI

Company-wide fundraising effort for Hurricane Melissa relief in Jamaica.

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