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Hurricane Melissa
The Love & Life Foundation is on the ground and in the air in Jamaica, bringing critical aid and support to the devastated country of Jamaica. From the air, the picture of the widespread devastation came into a sobering focus..
Black River – where Hurricane Melissa, packing 185 mph winds, made landfall on Tuesday is one of the most devastated areas. In partnership with MEDIC Corps’, SpaceX, Footprint Project and the Jamaican Defense Force we’re deploying solar generators and StarLink units to provide critical communication to these cut off areas, emergency rescue services, the Jamaican Task Force and other relief agencies.
Landing at hospitals destroyed by Hurricane Melissa, teams set them up with a StarLink to restore critical communication, as well as doing an overview of the damage and an extensive assessment of the medical needs. The data is relayed and the necessary items are quickly delivered by land or air to the hospitals and clinics. These efforts have been crucial in restoring vital communication links in areas where traditional infrastructure (cell towers, power grids) was destroyed by the Category 5 storm.
This is an ongoing mission, please check back for updates.
OCTOBER 2025
Wideman, founder of the Love and Light Foundation and CEO of the Wideman Company, coordinated aircraft logistics for the evacuations of more than 1,400 residents from the Southeast Bahamas as Hurricane Melissa bore down on the region. His foundation and their partners are now providing post-storm relief for Jamaica, delivering Starlink units and other power supplies.
Our Projects
With both the frequency and intensity of natural disasters on the rise around the globe, there’s an urgent need for organizations like ours to respond and help impacted communities recover. With your help, when a natural disaster strikes, we’ll arrive early and stay late to address the immediate and long-term needs of affected-communities. Please join us with a partnership or interest to volunteer.
Communication
The deployment of Starlink communication pads via the collaborative disaster response efforts of the Love & Life Foundation, Medic Corps & SpaceX have yielded an extraordinarily positive impact in disaster response scenarios.
Housing
Mobilizing shelter via Shiftpods was the fundamental focus of our original Love & Life Foundation missions. With 750 donated, we were able to house over 5,000 people. Our goal is to see no family or individual without shelter or a temporary home.
Restoration
What started as an initial drop off of supplies has turned into a large scale operation to rebuild these broken communities from the ground up with continued relief, temporary housing, communication / power and spiritual support.