There is a particular atmosphere that settles on a nation after a storm — a mixture of exhaustion, grit, and determination. It hangs in the air like the dust after a building has been stripped back to its bones. And in that moment, when the landscape feels both wounded and full of potential, the arrival of helping hands becomes more than symbolic. It becomes architectural.
This week, a contingent of 41 highly trained defence-force engineers from Guyana departed their homeland and arrived in Jamaica to support our ongoing post-hurricane reconstruction efforts. Their presence is a reminder that in the Caribbean, resilience is never a solitary pursuit; it is a shared craft.
