Your donations are crucial to meet the urgent needs of the Treasure Beach community. By contributing, you will directly support the recovery efforts; homes flattened, roads blocked, crops destroyed, infrastructure decimated. Support efforts to rebuild the Treasure Beach community.

On July 3, 2024, the passage of Hurricane Beryl along the south coast of Jamaica devastated many communities in the parish of St. Elizabeth. While other parts of Jamaica have suffered less impact, the greater Treasure Beach area and environs have experienced the full impact of this powerful Category 4 hurricane. Days later, this tight-knit community known for fishing, farming, and community tourism is still without electricity, water and communication services with no definitive timeline for the resumption of these essential needs.

Many residents have lost roofs, making their homes uninhabitable—especially as the rains continue. Yet, the community is resilient and determined to build back even stronger. We’ve got the spirit and will, but we need your support. In order to ensure equity and transparency, a committee of residents from each area of the community has come together to assess need, distribute aid, and provide much needed record keeping of donations and expenditures. This network was activated for maximum impact and efficacy after the Hurricane Ivan disaster 20 years ago.

Donations from outside Jamaica can be made via the American Friends of Jamaica, Inc., a registered 501c(3) non-profit.

To donate in Jamaica, contact Brianne Stewart (brianne1000@msn.com or 876-285-3423) or Shantay Pringle (shantaypringle1@gmail.com or 976-315-6247)

Breds has partnered with The Treasure Beach Womens Group Benevolent Society, the Hillsborough County Osteopathic Society (HCOS/The Ministry of Health and Wellness, and Minister Floyd Green to establish a full time medical clinic in Treasure Beach – the Treasure Beach Health Clinic (TBHC). This clinic will provide much needed day-to-day medical services for residents who would otherwise have to travel as far as Black River, Santa Cruz and Mandeville (40 – 60 minutes away) depending on treatment needed. The clinic will also provide a facility to host medical service trips organized by local and overseas medical teams. With the assistance of Minister of Parliament Floyd Green and support from the Ministry of Education, the partners identified the teacher’s cottage that adjoins the Sandy Bank Primary School as an ideal location to house this full time facility. Kenneth Brown senior engineer of the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation has drawn plans and for the expansion and upgrading. Due to the economic implications of COVID-19 the project will be broken into two phases with the total cost of the expansion being approximately USD$145,000.00.

A total of 200 computer tablets have been donated to schools since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Funds were raised through donations from Treasure Beach stakeholders, repeat guests, villa owners and friends of the area. These tablets were distributed to Newell High School, Sandy Bank Primary, and Pedro Plains Primary School.