It started with one woman who remembered
Michelle Ramundo was born and raised in Jamaica. Her mother sold food at a local school, and when children came to her hungry without money, she fed them anyway, sometimes for weeks and even months without payment. She never allowed a child to go hungry simply because their family could not afford a meal.
Years later, building a life in Delaware, Michelle could not put that down. She founded Rise Again Jamaica Incorporated to carry her mother's compassion further, into something that could feed children long after any one person's kindness runs out. The organization was incorporated in Delaware and recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) public charity effective January 21, 2026.
How Chatsworth found us
The relationship with Chatsworth Primary and Infant School began with Floyd Foster, our coordinator in Jamaica and a Mount Salem native. He saw what the school was facing after Hurricane Melissa and introduced Michelle to the principal, Mr. Lesga Miller. Michelle visited, saw the conditions for herself, and decided this could not be a one time visit.
The first mission, May 2026
The team walked into Chatsworth Primary and Infant School in Maroon Town, St. James with food packages and drinking water, enough for students to carry home to their households, not just eat at their desks. On the same visit we sponsored graduation packages for seven students so their families would not have to choose between rent and their child's milestone.
We went back. On September 7, 2026 the team returned to Chatsworth with back to school supplies, and reached Giddy Hall Primary and Infant School in St. Elizabeth the same day, more than 150 students in all.
That is the shape of this work. One school. One family. One child who eats tomorrow because someone decided they should.
Where we are going
Food insecurity among school aged children is our first priority. Our long term goal is sustainable school lunch programs built through partnerships with schools, local farmers, community resources, donors and businesses, so that children keep eating long after any single visit ends.
We are early, and we are honest about that. Every supporter who joins now is helping build something that should still be feeding children in ten years.