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Refugee camp
Cooking, cleaning and other housekeeping activities taking place at a temporary shelter, set up in Kingston after earthquake and fire in Kingston.
Bamboo River District, Morant Bay
"Flood victims: Hyacinth McCalla and her children are caught at lunch in the Morant Bay School yesterday. She and her children sought refuge in the school when their house at Bamboo Rover was flooded."
Flood victim
"Children left homeless by this week's flood rains enjoy a healthy lunch provided by the Red Cross on Friday at the National Stadium where they are temporarily housed. The Stadium is being used to accommodate over 400 victims of the Gilda storm…
Flood victims
Prime Minister Michael Manley, George Headlam and others touring a shelter following flood rains.
Flood victims
"It's chow time: It is mealtime at the Cokesview Primary Relief Centre in Waterworks, Westmoreland, and despite their despair, the members of this family find time to relax. More than 20 families affected by the recent flood rains are housed at this…
Flood victims
"Where are we going to sleep tonight? A group of citizens from the McGregor Gully area ask. As a result of flooding they were unable to enter their homes which were under water last night."
Flood victims
"The homeless couple: Charlton Mitchell, 30, and his common-law-wife Yvonne Grant, 19, with their 20-month-old son, Cleveland. They lost their two-apartment timber house during the September 18 downpour when the raging Pen Gully overflowed its banks…
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Mobile record shack in Downtown, Kingston
"Pop music can be very moving at times. But downtown at South Parade it's been given a new twist.The board shacks from which records and other items…