Help is on the way for farming communities in the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa.

This as non-profit group, United Way Jamaica launches the Restoration and Rehabilitation Fund, pledging an initial 1.5 million Jamaican dollars to bring support and long-term recovery to farmers.

Several persons in the sector, especially those in the western parts of the island, have been left reeling from the impacts of the Category 5 hurricane.

Crops are either utterly destroyed or waterlogged.

Many animals have been lost.

United Way of Jamaica Officer, Kerry-lee Lynch, told IRIE FM News that the Fund will deliver critical resources, including equipment, livestock feed and financial aid to help farmers rebuild, among other forms of assistance.

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