"No one talks about Jamaica poverty issues"??That's a lie,funny .I think more wanted to embarrass and stigmatized Jamaica than anything..The world knows about Jamaicas poverty issues .That never been a secret.
I just left Jamaica and I want to say that it is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been to. It's important to tip and treat everyone with respect because they are working really hard.
Americans don't realize that Jamaicans don't even profit off the own land .. outsiders knew the wealth and made a way to strip the black people of their inheritance.
@@thegraceofalady3629 are you saying blacks should be wealthy because of their skin color? No because of building boats and ships, manufacturing phones and cars, raising chicken and cattle, catching fish?
Don't be fooled, things aren't that bad. These ppl just need to work and stop looking for handouts. Fruits and vegetables a spoil a country suh why them deh town a cry? The crime is out of control but the life of the average Jamaican is good.
@@nellaroxanne826 To be fair, nobody can deny there is a global crisis with the cost of living around the world. I have no doubt that the less well off in Jamaica, must be feeling it quite hard. If you say the average Jamaican has a good life, then that pleases me and long may it continue.
If we as jamaican and brown people start eating from the land we don't have to worry about buying food from no body, when you buy the yam and other plants and veggies cut the head dem off and replant dem outside your house
She said that tomato is 500 dollars per pound, does she knew that she can buy 1 lb of tomatoes, if she'd no garden, get some flower pot.put some soil in the pots and damp the dirt and squeeze out the tomato seeds cover with soil then use the rest of the tomato for dinner. Water the soil every three days and months later she'd tomatoes. Shespeaks again of buying bread, geez one pound of flower can give her three big bread.
dem a import American nasty pesticide faren apple, faren grapes and nasty package food instead of exporting good quality jamaican food abroad. Its all backward.
I couldn't have said better my self my friend. The land is very furtile. Jamaica is a tropical island, meaning you can grow things all year round. I am in Canada where the summer is very short and in that time i grow almost all the vegetables i need in my backyard. Check out my chennel Prosperous Garden where i teach a thing or two. Tomatoes is easy to grow. plant them in pot if you don't have lawn space. God Bless Jamaica.
This was informative. I didn't know the minimum wage in Jamaica was beyond low. I didn't know the amount paid for electricity. This hits hard. Aside from what I've already said, I'm speechless, sad and angry.
The way how this world is going, the poor must protect them selves by establishing a sense of community. For example, When Jamaica brings back the farming to MOST of the land, they may have to swap food instead of selling it, in order to survive. One can swap Irish potatoes with the farmer who has cabbage. Another farmer swaps seasoning with meat or yam or cocoa..swap fruits etc...what ever. Because we must recognise..no man is an island. We all need each other. Food may well become the currency ..world wide. Never say never. Expect anything in this world.
We definitely have to go back to the tribal way of life on our own terms, not wait to be forced by desperation....time to get serious with planting.....we at Tribal Tea Talk assess the World Food Crisis with an International Relations outlook here as well: th-cam.com/video/BGAMmpLChpg/w-d-xo.html
Well said. I totally agree with you. Food will soon be a form of wealth. How I wish we could employ the idea of agriculture and community where we collectively grow the food we need. Its become very clear that we need to be self sufficient.
@@anjee.3261just trying to let some people see that we are not the worst and that we can give a LITTLE bit of thanks some of the time for our country,after all God is here to.
Exactly They are saying we should ALL farm. Farming is expensive and you still ave to pay bills and eat meanwhile you waiting to reap.. Farming is not easy and most crops take Atleast 4 months Before you can reap others up to a year. If your relying on farming you better have a back up plan in place cause you gon need it while you waiting on the crops
@@kymthecocksmith3690 No dam accountability. Black folks kill me!! Stop spending your money on Gucci and bull. Don’t tell me them things ant in Jam down. We complain and complain then when someone give you the solution you don’t want to hear it. Well then STARVE!!. Or go FARM!!
I'm American and my husband is Jamaican who currently is still living in Jamaica yeah it's pretty bad i seen how they live personally and all i can say is I'm thankful and grateful for what i do have i could not imagine living the way my husband has to live. it made me more appreciative about the smallest things in life when you go and experience things like this for yourself...I pray things get better for anybody that's going through hard and rough times right now.
A large part of what Jamaicans consume is grown there, the problem is there is a generation gap between the older farmers and the younger ones if any. Majority of farmers in Jamaica from observation are above 50 and that group is getting smaller. This is a international problem, younger generations aren't interested in farming and the world will see the outcome. Land is also accessible in Jamaica in the rural areas, around 70% of the land in Jamaica is unaccounted for, most of that being in the rural areas, this generation is just not interested
When the lady with red hair was thanking all those countries, I rolled my eyes 🙄. Jamaica makes 7 billionU.S. dollars in tourism every year. All those countries hold stock in major resorts and cruise ships. Also they get tax breaks for openings up businesses. While the locals pay 15% sales tax and foreign investors that own all the resorts pay hardly anything. Jamaica needs to take its economy back from all those foreigners mooching on them. But that’s the same story for every impoverished nation most of the time.
@@uchoobe1876 Obviously it's a error. If we made anywhere that much. All our economic problems would be gone. No one county earns nowhere that much from a single Industry.
The jamaican population is getting minimal benefits from tourism all the profits goes to foreign investors the government is not for the people the people need a government care about their welfare and then they solve most of the problems
Grow you own or certain things. I’m a 60s baby and at 10 -11 years old, I had my own garden on a small parcel of land in Spanish Town. I could give my mother, cousins, friends, things like bok chow, Callao,okra, corn, yam etc… I grew up poor, although I had people way poorer than me, who still did things to survive, like go crab hunting, burning coal , picking fruits to sell etc. Some Jamaicans have gotten so lazy, especially the young ones. Even if some of them get work, they don’t want it. I see fruits (mango, apple, guinep, plum),dropping off tree and people don’t want it. Growing up, the fruit couldn’t drop on the ground, because we would pick it as soon as it ripe. I have a family member who I visit earlier this year and her coconut tree was so laden with coconut, that it couldn’t even grow new coconut. I picked some and when I asked her why she didn’t pick them and sell them, she said she didn’t have anyone to pick them. Mark you, one coconut is JA$250 each. She would rather call and ask for a US$100 every minute, instead of selling the coconut or raise some chicken in the coop she have in the back yard. This is just crazy.They want waffle, pancake, bacon (American food). Some Jamaicans don’t want to eat traditional food, like ackee,callalo , porridge, fried dumpling etc.. I cook my traditional food every week, because for one it’s more nutritious and cleaner and you know what you’re cooking, rather than eating at restaurant. Cheaper too. Bottom line is that some of us get too lazy and then complain. You can’t depend on Politicians to give you everything. Turn you hand and make fashion. Again I know people are poor, but as long as you have a piece of land and healthy, you can be somewhat self sustainable. For example she have all that coconut on the tree and can make coconut drops, coconut oil, grater cake, eat it right off the tree,sell it , but no people want to just sit and complain. Faith without work is dead. Some of them ever hear about birth control. You know you can’t take care all these kids, then go to clinic and get birth control. I’ve always helped people as much as I can , especially if they’re trying to help themselves, but I start to see how lazy some Jamaicans have become. Example I have a friend who started a chicken farm, start selling to the schools. He had 12 employees and each time he goes to deliver and come back, a few pounds of chicken is missing from the freezer. He pays the employees, give them chicken plus the foot for free. He got fed up, shut it down and now 12 people out of work.Another guy I know have a few acres of land, wanted to build a food processing plant. He cleared the land, and dropped some of the material. People stole the most of the material and he scrapped the project. Can you imagine how many people that could have employed. We can be our worst enemy.
Them a destroy themselves and don't see it my mother was growing fruits and vegetables in her community in portmore.she said she and her husband clean up the area and started planting he's from Ocho Rios so he's good with gardening she said after awhile people in the community started getting angry about it! How can you be angry that there is free food in the community for anyone to pick and eat, something is wrong with this world I swear ..
Tbull Peace I agree with you 💯 percent. I'm newly retired here just 3mths and I've noticed that people in the community don't even have a kitchen garden to sustain their basic provision like Scallion tomatoes peppers garlic onions and some greens Squash just crops that's easy to maintain and every minute they come ask for $50 smh
@@casandrajohnsonberry7071 That’s call laziness. These people are extremely dependent and not independent. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Some Jamaican mentality are completely wrong. I see the young men smoking weed and drinking rum before they even eat breakfast. We have become a set of lazy people who are slowly loosing our culture. What people fail to understand is Anything come too easy never last.
This is crazy. We have so much land. I was deported back home and I've been farming since I got here. There are so many wild trees and animals around. Laziness=poverty.
I moved to the Caribbean during covid specifically St.Lucia.....from the UK....AND LET ME TELL YOU....The price of food went up everyday in the stores MASSY every other day I went back and it went up by 1 or 2 dollars. I quickly learned that i was spending 300 UK pound for a MONTHS food. This was my trial run for becoming an expat. I was shocked by the NON EXISTENT ECONOMY on the island but also the Caribbean Region...as it was covid and lockdown the local markets etc was limited etc and that is 90% of the peoples livelihood which was taken away and I literally could see the poverty..... I predicted #Famine to come real soon. I had to get my family back home to send a Barell from the UK with food and basic stuff that these islands import and charge the islanders x10 the price #RIDICULOUS.....After 6 months I decided enough was enough by the time i left I had spent £15K just on food and accommodation in 8 months ONLY......HOW....WHY.....THESE GOVRNEMNTS ARE ABDLY RUN...NEED TO HAVE BETTER TRADE AND MIGRATION DRALS WITH THEIR SO CALLED TIES...UK CANADA AND USA...MOAT ARE IN COMMONWEALTH BUT CANNOT ACCESS WORKING VISA OR EVEN TOURIST VISA TO THE UK #RACIALBIAS....YET HAVE HE TOURISM INDUSTRY BLEED THE COUNTRIES AND ISLANDS DRY.....#NEOCOLONIALISM. I STUDIED CARIBBEAN STUDIES AND SOCIAL POLICY IN THE UK ...AND THE GOVERNMENT DIDNT TRY TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY CREDENTIALS TO POSSIBLY COMING TO THE ISLAND AND FINDING AND SETTING UP NEW JOBS AND BRINGING NEW IDEAS TO MOVE THE ISLAND FORWARD...INSTEAS THEY MESS YOU AROUND....SEND YOU FROM.PILLAR TO POST AND ACTIALLY STEAL YOUR INFORMATION AND IDEAS AND USE THEM AS YOUR OWN.....YES .....THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED (EXPORT ST LUCIA) ... ITS A SHAME .... I LEARNED VERY QUICKLY THAT IF YOU DONT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO GO BUY AS HOUSE CAR AND BUSINESS AND HAVE AT LEAST 5 YEARS OF FUNDS TO MAINTAIN IT ...I wouldn't bother because the people won't help and just want to are tour money to feed themselves.... and its too remote incase of emergencies such as covid or hurricanes etc....you 9hrs away no real help and are FXxxxD..... These islands need to get this Sh!t together REAL QUICK, Build Real & Self Sustainable Jobs & Economies & Start thinking forward more than Heavily Deoendent industries like tourism... give access to the locals to buy land their homes and build independent businesses etc.... There is ENOUGH for everyone. I could go on but you get my point #letsmakeithappen
Interesting. What is rent like? Covid really messed up a lot of places. Not just the islands. Went to south africa and people were hurting really bad with economy shut down. Maybe a bigger island is better. Don't want to be stuck in a Canada or some cold country due to lockdowns. Maybe next stint you get a place with a big plot to grow
I always assumed the problem with island economies was largely a lack of valuable natural resources. And many of them can't rely on tourism as much as, say, Maui. So they have no bargaining power to import products more cheaply, I guess? Not to mention the rampant corruption in various governmental institutions. I know after the Haiti earthquake in 2010 a lot of supplies and aid that were brought into the country were mismanaged or stolen.
The problem is the Caribbean islands are consumers of everything and producers of almost nothing. The food you mentioned islands importing can be grown in the Caribbean, instead of to organise and farm we prefer to complain about cost of living. We're at the mercy of imports, we need to develop more self sufficiency via agriculture.
This is what I don't understand, how / why are people not growing their own food, in a country like Jamaica. My grandad used to, before he moved to England.
I was thinking the same thing. So many dirt all around especially in the country and most of them get up and stand around looking. Try get some seeds and plant something to sell and feed themselves.
@@eerie_blur Friend, anywhere you live you can plant. I prove that 7 years ago when I was living in Brooklyn in a one room studio apartment. (Look up Brooklyn housing). There was no land around the building to grow anything, so I grow on the roof. I had to buy soil at the hardware and find old buckets in people's garbage to grow my vegetables. Those were the sweetest tomatoes, lettuce, corn and sweet peppers I ever had. Plus scallion, thyme, mint and a lot more things. Almost everyone in Jamaica has access to free dirt. If you don't have a large place, get containers and make a container garden. Plant at least calaloo, scallion thyme and hot peppers. All you need is rice or some other starch and you have a meal. make use of the freedom you have there, I wish I have it here.
Watching this makes me feel so sad. Every where people are feeling the pinch, but not like this because Jamaica has things that we in the UK needs. Like more yams-all types, bananas, all types of fruits especially mangoes that my wife and her friends love and cannot get them. Resources are in Jamaica I know that but the government needs to be more assertive. Some of the younger people needs to be more productive. Crime needs to go down so that people who retire here can come home to help.
I've been waiting for the crime to subside so I, too, can come home. If that situation changes, Jamaica would be flooded with returnees who want to help. I still have the energy, skills and want to contribute.
They say money run things but that don’t mean it run things properly…it’s for a systematic lifestyle of greed and such. But let we as the people become more self sufficient as our ancestors did; when they were forced to do so under slavery…instead of forgetting where we come from we must remember and rebuild our own. Let the high price items stay on the shelves and nobody buy them out…what’s going to happen; when everybody start to just discipline themselves with all this new world trends of wants and comparisons of what’s seen on tv and humbly take a good look at ourselves and the suffocation of sufferation from ever nation….it’s unjust and unfair. We must stand together intelligently and not blind sided. Especially places with high tourism; they use the economy, and propaganda to continue on with these ways to once again colonize on every land. Mother Earth been showing us the strain we’ve been placing on it plenty, look at the strain we putting in ourselves worrying about the wrong things…we will all truly perish faster than needed if we continue to follow the ways and greed of man. We must get back to the basics and let the rich consume off each other and stop making the poor poorer!
Completely agree. The corporations have all our data because data and eyeballs on the cellphones are the new currency. They will use their advertisement to target your soul and make you believe you should need what they are selling. It is so unfortunate that people have not or are not capable of deciphering the deception and as you said they put unnecessary strain on themselves. There’s nothing wrong with a humble life. The focus should be our mind, body and soul which are the true wealth. May these vibrations of understanding and knowledge reach and teach the Jamaican people and all those on planet earth.
First to note - 10% of most countries are poor!!!! This is not just a problem in Jamaica...its in the USA, Canada, UK, Russia, China.... Poverty is a TAUGHT and LEARNT state of mind!!! Jamaica isn't poor but Jamaican is a class driven society that has a great divide between the haves and the have nots. The "have nots" have been conditioned generationally to have a mindset that leaves them forever in a state of lack generation after generation. I am a Canadian-Jamaican and I go to Jamaica (except for the COVID 2) every year and am sickened to see the fruits falling off of trees and rotting and food in bush wasting but people begging me for money to go buy processed foods from the supermarkets, KFC, Burger King and such. Many Jamaicans have a mindset that shuns food provided to us from nature. They see it as poor while abroad we would rather eat these foods and have difficulty getting them fresh. Another problem is lack of education. The education system is setup to keep Jamaicans uneducated. I am appalled at the costs of a basic high school education in Jamaica...not to mention post secondary studies. I am appalled that Jamaica has more churches and rum bars than anywhere else BUT schools are falling apart and homes are in states of disrepair. Why? Because it is easier to control and keep an uneducated population downtrodden. That is exactly why slaves were not allowed to read! Tourism is also an issue that keeps Jamaicans poor. Instead of furthering their education and becoming business professionals, the lure of a meager wage from tourism has Jamaicans pushing their children to leave school and take these jobs catering to and clowning for tourist. The owners of these hotes are foreigners who takes money out of Jamaica. They work Jamaicans like plantation owners did! Jamaica may have taken of the physical slave shackles but the mentality of slavery still exist. The entire system needs to be overhauled. The corruption is rife at the highest levels of government and until Jamaicans wake up and unite and fight for better, these conditions will worsen. The IMF has over 3 Billion dollars sitting UNUSED in Jamaican banks!!!! Why do people who live in a country that is drenched in sunlight 365 days a year depend on the government for electricity???? This is a video that I can write a book on so I will stop now.
Wow! I thought that their food was growing all around them. I wanted to move to one of the islands from Texas sooooo bad because I thought the ability to feed yourself was easy. My heart goes out to them all. Prayers up
The truth is that you need a piece of land to grow your own food, and also need different factors to reap what you sow, especially a fertile soil and rain. In this 21th century the rules have changed in the caribeans, the lifestyle from the continent caught us up and the vision of a self food production is no more sustainable. From now on, the supermarkets became the place to reap the food. I am not living in Jamaica, but in my island, the EU regulations on farming and agriculture killed the way we used to conceive life, and the connection we had with the soil next to our home. You cannot do things just like you want, it is the same issue everywhere, rules and rules to limited human freedom, like Bob Marley said the big fish always try to eat the small fish, and we know how greedy they are, they want the whole world, just to full their own belly. Blessings!
@@kimora7964 My mother had a house in Kingston where she grew bananas, mangos, ackee, mint etc. A family member lived in the house and destroyed all the vegetation.
You are in a better position than us here in the 🇬🇧 we cannot knock on the neighbours doors, prices have skyrocket, people are losing their homes because of the crisis. I wish Jamaicans would utilise what they have. Start planting things it will grow. Half of breadfruit here is between £7-9
This is a real eye opener. I’m grateful to this channel for putting this out there. Black ppl need to come together and build our own communities. The only way for the rich to continue getting rich off of us is if we allow it. We have all the knowledge skill and expertise needed to thrive. Learn how to beat them at their own game.
We don't have to learn. We taught them everything. The difference is we are full of love while they are full of hate. Remember black wall street, the Harlem renaissance? You know black slaves build America. Research the moors. Black people of been lied to. We are the first in everything.
People in the country parts of Jamaica are much better off, in addition the Chinese are now the sellers in Jamaica, us Africans are the buyers...the future looks dark
@@AT-gu8by nowhere is safe, in Jamaica Chinese are the sellers but in Africa Chinese are the owners, Particularly in the countries that has the most resources like Congo and Djibouti
@@Confession_Of_A_Dangerous_Mind Greetings to you. Do you realize that during the Atlantic slave trade era, Chinese and Africans were in Jamaica? There are families from China who have never left. They found a way to survive- by opening tiny shops and selling rice and flour and things in small quantities. They are still there today.
@@AndreaWKR I am familiar with that, Indians and Chinese came to Jamaica at a peak around 1830s, these Chinese that are "sellers" owning supermarkets etc are new, in addition they multiply. It might not be visible in the major towns like kingston, Mandeville, May pen etc but in the secondary towns such as Browns town, Santa crus, Christiana etc, There is 80-90% Chinese ownership of the supermarkets.
Buy seed and grow a garden , trade with neighborly , don’t rely on government. Natural building earthen structure, educate one an other , help each other . Within trial and tribulations are opportunities and blessings. Life wasn’t good before either it’s time all over the world to rise up. The same thing is happening everywhere
@@nivramsleumas7411 I’ve lived in Jamaica for a month with hardly anything in a shanti village. I would have and I probably would have stayed had I not had a child on. Another continent that I could not take with me. Im not saint it’s easy and I’m not saying it is exactly the same everywhere . But all nations are going through the rich getting richer the poor getting poorer and yes I am what you would consider way below the poverty line where I am from. All nations have blessings . I to am learning to focus on the blessings and how to change my world the world. I do believe the system is failing us all and we need to break free from the government that has not governed well or had the peoples best interest at heart. And I do believe it starts with growing a garden and learning to work together. One of the blessings Jamaica has is the ability to grow food all year round💗 🙏🕊🌿🌸
If only our people held on to the principles ideologies and visions of the Hon Prophet Marcus Garvey we would have a very strong striving black ekonomi
Right, I’ve spent my 20s preaching to nighaz for them to laugh in my face, so now I’m laughing to the bank. Can’t feel sorry for these people when all they Wanna do is prioritise looks/taste over substance!
There’s is no way I you can live in a country where no coldness affects farming and starving. Stop depending on government and become resourceful so you don’t have to worry about starving. How did the elders a hundred years ago survived
My family are poor farmers in Jamaica. We may not have all the resources per say but we never went without food because we always planted our own. The people complaining are the ones that live in the town that don't have the space to farm or just lazy. Also the government doesn't help farmers at all my mom being one of them. There's alot of corruption here. I'm thinking of running for prime minister one day lol. Im in chemical engineering school in Alabama right now and I think I could bring alot of new ideas to Jamaica. We have endless solar and wind power not mention rain and rivers. The leaders have no vision
@@kovarcoley8418 the thing we should be worrying about is that farmers whom had lost their heirloom seeds are now not getting the real sides to buy anymore. Those seeds they’re selling now is is some lab developed seeds that’s not real. This is not good for those seeds yields food that’s getting us sick. If you have your heirloom natural seeds hold on to them cause once they’re gone you will not get natural seeds to buy anymore. Town people have it rough especially if they’re struggling but if you have land and saying you are hungry it’s your fault. I live in nyc and every summer all kind of vegetables are grown because they eat better than the ones grown by farmers who used chemicals. A matter of fact commercial farmers vegetables don’t spoil easily. I still have cabbage in my fridge from middle of January 2022 and it’s not spoiling. It still looks fresh. That cabbage should have spoiled already. Can you imagine now why seeds aren’t yielding fruits and vegetables that don’t spoil easily no more and how they’re making people sick you can be poor farmers but grow real natural food that sustain your life and people who buy from you
My brethren, the simple minded people are being led down a blind alley. Somehow, the schemers have managed to con the farmers into buying these gm seeds that don't reproduce, so, soon they will be able to dictate to them or they won't get anymore seeds. Whoever control your food supply controls you, simple.
@@elfish9788 it's funny you say that. I did buy a plum in the supermarket one time, nyam of most a dem and did leave one. Me did go a Jamaica and figet seh de plum inna de fridge. 3 months later when me come back me see the plum inna de fridge still fresh likka seh me did just buy it. I never ever buy de plum dem again. No Wanda dem have nuff cancer suh.
I am not living in Jamaica so I do not intend to make light of the hardship that people are facing there. The one thing that I conclude because I go back very often, is that if I was out there I could never be hungry and be without something to eat. Jamaica is very fruitful and there is always something in season. Unless you have no access to land whereby you cannot plant or grow anything, you should not be hungry. People should adapt a system of self-reliance and do more for self. The Jamaican culture has gotten too foreign minded. Jamaica does not have the financial resources to conduct personal lifestyle like Americans do. One of the main problem is that businesses in Jamaica exploit the masses. The typical business in Jamaica see value in profit margins not in socio-economics, hence the future welfare of Jamaicans hang in the balance whereby the scale is tipped towards poverty. For far too long Jamaica's legacy governments have embarked on the constructs and policies that further exploits the masses of the people. I am talking about governments that preserve the status of the rich and poor with a spiraling trend that contineuosly generates more poor people than rich. Until there is an attempt to change that Jamaica remains the relics of colonialism.. and a country loaded with "have nots" and a few afluent families who can compare themselves mostly with people who have very little and feel good about that. Not many people want to plant the land and many only want to raid the farm. When you place value in what you cannot create nor produce, that creates a need for financial resourcefulness which is lacking due to subsistent wages or no job opportunity. That equation is a crisis, a struggle to make ends meet. The mounting hardship gets frustrating, hopeless and desperate for many. The short term solution is grow more of what you eat, try to feed yourself, live off the land. I remember stories of people who live in the concrete jungle área..they had no land space but they grew food from improvised gardens to sustain themselves. Today such a thing is history and Jamaica has more mouth to feed. In closure, while the struggle is real, the general attitude of Jamaicans have also changed. The people who used to plant the land is a dying breed. It is just not feasible to want everything while you cannot even produce none of the things you must rely on...and couple that with the fact that a job cannot even help you to afford it all...then you must become innovative, re-assess, re-value your needs vs wants. 🇯🇲🇯🇲
And don't forget to factor in the thieves who steal from the farmers. It's demoralizing when the hard working people that do till the soil and raise animals lose out because of theft.
As a Bajan I can say JA was most likely ahead of Barbados in 1980, but by the 1990s Barbados went past JA. I think the difference is how both countries are governed.
@@Ms_T_Perfectly_Imperfect yes, there are plenty people in Jamaica whowork very hard, some try all sort of ways to honestly earn a living but thieves and extortionism has discouraged them.
@@TrollinOn22s Exactly so. And we are hard working people. A whole bunch of foolishness. Look how much land and water and natural resources. HOW can anybody go hungry with all God provide.
I don’t see anyone in Jamaica dying from hunger. Yes things are hard to come by but learn to put something in the ground. Plant bananas, plant yam, carrots, corn. You can do so much with corn. You all have the weather for planting. It’s not like in America where you only have four months to plant. Michael Manley used to tell you all to plant what you eat and eat what you plant.
When I use to go to KC,my mom was doing her best as always,she always extolled me to READ"so at least I can have basic understanding"🙏 and discernment..but I always wondered "why never did. ??I should have aided"her , women never really read ,mum's remind me of her.
I hope the best for all jamaicans and want for everyone to be able to survive during this time. I can relate to this. God will provide 🙏 I hope that everyone will get the necessary help and support.
Joke dis to bbclaat ...mi used to work a kph as a porter Fi 13000 per Fortnite plus every minute mi sick...kmt....one Sunday mi guh sign in and mi madhead chip een and mi just left dat and move fawud...ppl need Fi boycott di political system and focus on themselves as the people....bigger heads nuh give a rasclatt bout Jamaican ppl
We must look lazy to others if we continue to kneel down and say prayers move Mountains NO one can say they ever see prayer moving a mountain but pray to white Jesus instead of making moves and knowing you have the POWER of change.
Back to nature is the answer. Get rid of Western colonizers conditioning and get back to our roots. Live off grid as much as possible, live in harmony with nature again and detox from Western mindset and artificial lifestyle and we’ll see how rich we truly are and how brainwashed we were.
I live in Germany, same here, everything has risen, food, energy, everything. Old retired people, people that don't have a high income are despaired. Criminals are rouling, the rich gets richer and the poor are suffering.
I have a 4 basic question: 1🙋🏾♂️ how do you starve on a ☀️tropical island? 2.🙋🏾 do Jamaicans need a passport & visa to go from Parish to Parish? 3.🙋🏾♂️ How much sunshine, rainwater, and months cost money? 4.🙋🏾♂️How much money does it cost you to pick your own food from your own yard.. or even bush?
Mr Manley told us long ago be self sufficient. I was ternager.i listen to him eat what you grow.grow what you eat eat.i did that. I don't regret.is only pity when uou did vote a town you never yo reach USA soil.uou would a draw you pension now..
My mom used to grow fruits and veggies in her community there was an empty spot in front of the community guess what happened they started bad minding her funny thing is she wasn't watching the fruits and veggies it was there for anyone to eat but people had an issue with what she was doing smh
be specific with which people... to say Jamaican ppl are jealous and envious means you're a self hater or not a Blk person commenting... redbone productions your name itself is a joke.... this story could be fiction that you're telling to make people think jamacains are really jealous and envious or are you really the jealous one? Jamaica is just a land, the slave trade is what brought African people to this island however, their may be some natives who are also Blk their already... the wyts don't want to give us our reparations but expect us to be professional and orderly. I can tel you the diff between wyt workers in America vs blk, majority wyt workers have governing jobs like police and emergency services... they have the true power their
The key to beat poverty is to do positive things together, first eliminate hate, robbing each other, turn off the TV, read as a community or learn to and have deep discussions. Start small businesses selling what is in your backyard with each other and learn to barter if money is tight. Spend money within your community at a sane price, and people who cause harm to others should be held accountable for their actions, and should be escorted to the lazy cops by the community and will be shunned from the community for a few years. Our people need to learn to be organized for them to ever change fully.
@@omardawkins3178 real recognize real family. It's so easy but they are their worst enemy because of the disability they have called HARD OF HEARING AND OWN WAY lol. They cut off their nose and ears to spite their face, and unfortunately they may never learn. Sad!
I pray things get better it’s horrible and getting worse even in the states more homelessness and all. We have to keep faith and keep our spiritual life up to continue ur to grow as people. They keep the poor poor and keeping rich rich. It’s so sad but so true
SOULar Lioness ELITE, how crazy yuh chastise her and her point was very clear and precise. Her point flew right over your head. You're the one without a clue🥴. Top 3 contributor to Jamaica's GDP is remittance and majority is from the US, Canada and the UK.
The same countries she say God fe bless, are the same ones that have Jamaica like that. One of the worse things Jamaica did was sell JPS to a foreign owner....Jamaica should have been using solar power from long time....It's a shame, but they will get through it. They need to utilize more of their natural resources...
Not to mention wind power I went to Manchester with my mom once and the wind naily pick we up of the road fling we weh. We also need to make our own electric cars
Jamaica government sell ALL major industry rights to FOREIGNERS foreigners who give nothing to the general population. Jamaica doomed long time and ppl a eeediat. Everybody a suffer except ppl a top. But ppl aggo vote fi the same crosses. Soo tek di cock up weh wi set up wiself fah.
Raising minimum wages is an open door for cost of living to get higher, even in America the other day minimum wages goes up and if you notice prizes of things goes up big time. especially since the war going on, make it worst.80 to 90% of Wheat produce by Ukraine and wheat makes up approximately 95% of our living and that where the war is at.The whole world feeling it mother. I feel your pain.let us pray that the great recession don't come back like the 30s.
Eye am U.S born but eye lived in beautiful Jamaica for many many months and the problem Eye noticed was immigrants (none Jamaicans) owning most of the stores and charging high high prices for food and clothes. It was heart breaking
The problem is like in my Country of Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 the young generation doesn’t want to take up farming and fishing they don’t take advantage of the land and sun for growing food ! Self sufficiency should be taught in schools how to provide with your own hands ! Puerto Rican people pay 11% in taxes the average household makes 15-20000 a year! So those young people who know with those salaries you can’t survive they have to learn how to do it with their hands !God bless Jamaica Puerto Rico and the whole of the Caribbean people that are suffering!
Stop, Puerto Rico is America you cant compare Jamaica to the U.S. all you have to do is buy a ticket and gi to the main land... YOU HAVE A US PASSPORT.....If you choose to stay in the island thats up to you other than ecommerce and tourism thats it for the island...Go to the USVI or go on the mainland..Educate yourself and stop spreading lies and misinformation.
You are the misinformed person! Do your ffffin research first ! America is America and Puerto Rico is Puerto Rico you obviously no nothing about Taino Puerto Rican history! America been Robbing Raping and exploiting our people since they first stepped on to our island! Who the fffff wants to take a plane and leave the place they love and call home !??? Tourism and all the shit you mentioned does not benefit Puerto Rican people we pay more in taxes than on the mainland! Wat you say is a misconception just go to US wat makes you think it’s easy to survive here ! You don’t watch the news! Don’t speak if you don’t know ! 🇵🇷❤️🖤💚💛🇵🇷
@@ABi-xu5zq you missed the whole point. Self sufficiency is not about getting on a plane and finding food. Even nyc is food insecure because of price. Food security is a mindset and you must create that security where you live. I'm now in puerto rico and coming from Jamaica I'm shocked on the lack of wild food growing.
@@nesq4104 you can not compare the 2 signed a Jamaican.. In addition hexwasnt talking about food the above was talking about jobs..Ahain they the Puerto Ricans can leave and find better.. Hence Florida.. Not going back and forth.
But they screw like rabbits, and they've got plenty of money for drink and weed! My parents were both born in Jamaica. None of the men stuck around, and I see plenty of West Indian men continue this way of living in the UK. *That's problem #1 right there!* A real man pays his debts, and looks after his family. I've never seen any of that happen in my family! *My #1 Business Rule* - I don't deal with nobody in business, that isn't current with their child support. People like that think they can screw whoever they want without paying, and in business, that becomes costly!
Plant, plant, and plant again. I only want if have a yard. Stop buying tomatoes, pepper, oranges, lime, fruits, onions etc plant dem. You can even plant things vertically. Plant along yuh fence. What is wrong with my people?
Her first mistake was coming to Kingston. They should have stayed in the country and be more productive. A wonder how much fertile land she run left to kotch up in concrete ghetto? In the video I see land with nothing growing on it. She is complaining about the supermarket, and they have done nothing by way of self-sufficiency. Not a Callaloo, banana NOTHING but still they complain. That is a bankruptcy of the mind. One walk round my yard and I have a meal. I am not saying things are not hard and it is because things are hard why one would turn to try and provide for oneself. They are standing on dry so-suh dirt making no attempt to converting it into a food production system, if is even to provide ONE mean a day from the property. Self-inflicted poverty, due to poverty of the mind.
I went to the grocery store in Jamaica I bought 54 item and used American dollars my bill was $380. I was shocked… I wouldn’t spend that in the U.S. on 54 items… the food in Jamaica is definitely high.. it’s a shame how it’s a billion dollar industry for tourism…. The Whites, Indian,and Chinese are buying everything and paying the people of the land pennies while they profit… taking advantage of the the locals… so please tip when you can and give it directly to the person because they will not see it if you don’t…
Jamaicans need to stop begging, sitting at road side stop trying to live beyond their means. Use the land our ancestors left us. I feel no pity for them and don't send any barrel. As a foreigner l went down there l planted pumpkin,.guun gu peas,. Callaloo, sweet potato and all the young men and women were laughing at me. And they had the ordosity to beg me for money These young people dress better than me. All name brand stuff and nails and hair well done. When l said no to giving money they curse me off as thou they work in snow for my money. Look at her hair.
It says 10% of Jamaicans are living in extreme poverty, in Nigeria it's 40% - this is no consolation to those who are suffering. I'm just saying things could be worse.
I was there in 2018 visiting my grandmother and when i say it’s sad it is. If u stay in one parish most likely u have to travel to another parish for work stay there until work week done and come back down on days off. Poverty is beyond ridiculous
Rose is telling it like it is. Those of us who did not leave are trapped into poverty. All my siblings are overseas and doing well. I stayed in Ja and consequently am starving. We are hemmed in by poverty on one hand and criminals on the other. There are however still good people living here. The Commissioner of Police is commendable. I had a problem with criminals. I emailed him. He sorted it out. May God always bless Major General Anderson. The suffering here is real real however am trying to do the best I can with the little I do have. I love Jamaica.
I wish my ppl would do a bit more business studies that they will realise the supply and demand chain. And that their greed of wanting to wear all these brand name clothes and eating foreign foods is also weaking our economy. How about we eat what we grow and buy Jamaican.
Jamaica has tons of resources but unfortunately the monetary resources is not being divided equally so the people suffer. They accept their fate in their own country, it's seems to be a mindset in alot of these countries with black population. They have the power yet they accept poverty as way of life. Someone else is deciding what u eat and drink and how much to charge. The smart ones r on their piece of land and taking control of their own food and water, they most likely will be survives. Food shortages has begun.... 🙏🏾 ♥️
Tons of resources where? We don't have oil, hydro electricity and we can't afford to harness solar technology. Agriculture is gone to shit because it rarely rains and when it does, it rains too much and destroy crops. Now you tell me , other than tourism, what resources does Jamaica have?
I don’t know what’s funnier- this video, or the comments First of all grandma needs to cut it out with the pink hair dye and the blue nails done, but you can’t buy food. Ok! Right? They used you for this video for a reason. Everybody’s in every situation for a reason. People just don’t like to look at themselves, but the Creator does. He is fair!!!Eye for an eye tooth for tooth, reap what you sow.....so whatever situation you’re in know you deserve it. We all suffer in life for the things that we do, but we have to look at ourselves and our actions. He says there’s no excuse for sin so that’s why you get troubles. We don’t listen and follow his rules that are exact. Right behind her in the video there are plants. You need to find out what they are and eat them. It’s free; his food is free!!!it’s easy. We are all idiots who have gone to the grocery store when there’s food that grows on the ground everywhere in the world even in the deserts there’s food. He said people will perish for lack of knowledge and he’s never wrong and He said he’s not a man that He should lie. So enjoy!!!!
Problem with this is that it fails to acknowledge the effects of free will on other people. Yes many ppl do suffer the consequences of what their hands bring them (their own actions) however a situation such as Jamaica and many other countries is not merely what they did to themselves but a lot of oppression and corruption that’s been happening for decades on the political and economical level that has made Jamaica and other countries rather impoverished to where Jamaica no longer uses her own food but relies heavily on American and other countries to import food. When we do not take into account the history of what made the situation it is today and only focus on that one lady, we will fail to see why many Jamaicans in her position are suffering and a lot has to do economic finances corruption coming from the IMF. Please stop using the verses of God out of context and in isolation to blame her alone as if she caused this upon herself. None of them caused this situation on themselves.
Painful and sad how the Jamaican economy and state of things for the people are here in Jamaica. This island is so rich and powerful in resources, but poor in leadership & world power. On thing that struck me, is her saying God bless the countries that actually put Jamaica in a position where our peoples main road to caring for themselves are having to leave Jamaica and be servants for their former colonial masters and their crew.
I HOPE THIS FINDS YOU, YOUNG TALENTED PERSON THAT KNOWS DEEP DOWN YOU HAVE A GREAT PURPOSE AND ARE CHOSEN TO BE GREAT.. Too much media brainwashing... TRUST ME, ITS HARD TO SEE WHEN ALL AROUND YOU IS THE SAME THING EVERYDAY. YOU EVENTUALLY GET USED TO THAT SHIT. I AM GRATEFUL THAT I REALIZED THIS CONDITIONING OF THE MIND AND START CHANGING MY VIBRATION IMMEDIATELY! JAMAICA IS A GOLD MINE OF BRILLIANT TALENTED SPIRITUAL PEOPLE. ONLY US THE PEOPLE/CITIZENS CAN MAKE THE CHANGE! I THINK ALL YOUTH SHOULD START BY BEING MORE OPEN MINDED SPIRITUALLY/RELIGIOUSLY AND QUESTION EVERYTHING. JUST TRY SOMETHING NEW A GREAT START IS LISTENING TO MUTABARUKA ON THE CUTTING EDGE, A PROGRAM WITH OUR OWN LANGUAGE THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND DEEPLY. MUTA TACKLES ALL EVIL AND INJUSTICES THATS AGAINST THE AFRICAN MAN AND LIFE IN GENERAL MUTABARUKA IS A GATEWAY TO HELP GUIDE YOU TO FIND YOURSELF, GIVE IT A TRY AND SOME TIME AND SEE. THATS MY OPINION. BLESS UP ❤️ -STEELY
Who are their elected officials over there? I wish them the best. I went there in May. I didn't know they didn't have running water in most homes out there
@@buildjamrock4544 what is your point? The Japanese yen is only 10% stronger than the Jamaican dollar 🤷🏾♂️ the amount of money you earn is as important as its strength.
@@giniolamy Just making a point. I do feel very bad for Haiti though. Pure madness taking place there. The Haitians need to elect a good government which is not corrupt. I would like to support Haitians if I find a decent charity but I’m struggling to do so 🤷🏾♂️
@@giniolamy exactly that's how some Jamaicans stay they love to call Haiti name for everything I am Jamaican & I hate it when my people do this they sick my stomach.
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"No one talks about Jamaica poverty issues"??That's a lie,funny .I think more wanted to embarrass and stigmatized Jamaica than anything..The world knows about Jamaicas poverty issues .That never been a secret.
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I just left Jamaica and I want to say that it is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been to. It's important to tip and treat everyone with respect because they are working really hard.
Some
Jamaican people are being crushed. They can't just depend on tips from tourist. The economic shixsystem has been broke for decades.
Americans don't realize that Jamaicans don't even profit off the own land .. outsiders knew the wealth and made a way to strip the black people of their inheritance.
@@thegraceofalady3629 are you saying blacks should be wealthy because of their skin color? No because of building boats and ships, manufacturing phones and cars, raising chicken and cattle, catching fish?
@@skdkskdk lol! I wouldn't dignify that with a response but I appreciate your "comment" what I said stands.
I did not realise it was so bad. Birth place of my parents, I will always have a place for Jamaica in my heart.
I love the place too!
Stuck here in the UK because my mum has become too accustomed to her life here
Don't be fooled, things aren't that bad. These ppl just need to work and stop looking for handouts. Fruits and vegetables a spoil a country suh why them deh town a cry? The crime is out of control but the life of the average Jamaican is good.
@@nellaroxanne826 To be fair, nobody can deny there is a global crisis with the cost of living around the world. I have no doubt that the less well off in Jamaica, must be feeling it quite hard.
If you say the average Jamaican has a good life, then that pleases me and long may it continue.
it isnt
the people are really lazy
look how fat the women are
bigger than the men..
@@nellaroxanne826 fuckry you a talk all 9-5 nah pay money is like you a work fi feed yourself and nothing more
If we as jamaican and brown people start eating from the land we don't have to worry about buying food from no body, when you buy the yam and other plants and veggies cut the head dem off and replant dem outside your house
exactly
last time i went out there
breadfruit and pear drop off tree
but the people dem a beg we a 500 dollar
and de woman fat so
She said that tomato is 500 dollars per pound, does she knew that she can buy 1 lb of tomatoes, if she'd no garden, get some flower pot.put some soil in the pots and damp the dirt and squeeze out the tomato seeds cover with soil then use the rest of the tomato for dinner. Water the soil every three days and months later she'd tomatoes. Shespeaks again of buying bread, geez one pound of flower can give her three big bread.
dem a import American nasty pesticide faren apple, faren grapes and nasty package food instead of exporting good quality jamaican food abroad. Its all backward.
@@tweetyslife253 it’s being lazy and looking for handouts looking the easy way out…
I couldn't have said better my self my friend. The land is very furtile. Jamaica is a tropical island, meaning you can grow things all year round. I am in Canada where the summer is very short and in that time i grow almost all the vegetables i need in my backyard. Check out my chennel Prosperous Garden where i teach a thing or two. Tomatoes is easy to grow. plant them in pot if you don't have lawn space. God Bless Jamaica.
This was informative. I didn't know the minimum wage in Jamaica was beyond low. I didn't know the amount paid for electricity. This hits hard. Aside from what I've already said, I'm speechless, sad and angry.
The way how this world is going, the poor must protect them selves by establishing a sense of community. For example, When Jamaica brings back the farming to MOST of the land, they may have to swap food instead of selling it, in order to survive. One can swap Irish potatoes with the farmer who has cabbage. Another farmer swaps seasoning with meat or yam or cocoa..swap fruits etc...what ever. Because we must recognise..no man is an island. We all need each other. Food may well become the currency
..world wide. Never say never. Expect anything in this world.
I agree with you.
We definitely have to go back to the tribal way of life on our own terms, not wait to be forced by desperation....time to get serious with planting.....we at Tribal Tea Talk assess the World Food Crisis with an International Relations outlook here as well: th-cam.com/video/BGAMmpLChpg/w-d-xo.html
@@michaelsteeart118 much appreciated
Well said. I totally agree with you. Food will soon be a form of wealth. How I wish we could employ the idea of agriculture and community where we collectively grow the food we need. Its become very clear that we need to be self sufficient.
@@alethachery611 Thank you...yes I agree with u
Well done, no one outside Jamaica would understand how bad things are for the citizens of Jamaica.
america have more homeless and proverty things are hard everywhere.
@@andreaphang68 how can you compare the US to Jamaica?
@@anjee.3261just trying to let some people see that we are not the worst and that we can give a LITTLE bit of thanks some of the time for our country,after all God is here to.
Exactly
They are saying we should ALL farm. Farming is expensive and you still ave to pay bills and eat meanwhile you waiting to reap.. Farming is not easy and most crops take Atleast 4 months Before you can reap others up to a year. If your relying on farming you better have a back up plan in place cause you gon need it while you waiting on the crops
@@kymthecocksmith3690 No dam accountability. Black folks kill me!! Stop spending your money on Gucci and bull. Don’t tell me them things ant in Jam down. We complain and complain then when someone give you the solution you don’t want to hear it. Well then STARVE!!. Or go FARM!!
I'm American and my husband is Jamaican who currently is still living in Jamaica yeah it's pretty bad i seen how they live personally and all i can say is I'm thankful and grateful for what i do have i could not imagine living the way my husband has to live. it made me more appreciative about the smallest things in life when you go and experience things like this for yourself...I pray things get better for anybody that's going through hard and rough times right now.
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Jamaicans have the pleasure of planting food...they need to get back to farming...Quick too. The whole world does
Have you been to Jamaica
Good point.
@@Rudeboy876 Every year.
A large part of what Jamaicans consume is grown there, the problem is there is a generation gap between the older farmers and the younger ones if any. Majority of farmers in Jamaica from observation are above 50 and that group is getting smaller. This is a international problem, younger generations aren't interested in farming and the world will see the outcome.
Land is also accessible in Jamaica in the rural areas, around 70% of the land in Jamaica is unaccounted for, most of that being in the rural areas, this generation is just not interested
@@Confession_Of_A_Dangerous_Mind yes I agree with that.
When the lady with red hair was thanking all those countries, I rolled my eyes 🙄.
Jamaica makes 7 billionU.S. dollars in tourism every year. All those countries hold stock in major resorts and cruise ships. Also they get tax breaks for openings up businesses. While the locals pay 15% sales tax and foreign investors that own all the resorts pay hardly anything.
Jamaica needs to take its economy back from all those foreigners mooching on them. But that’s the same story for every impoverished nation most of the time.
7 trillion USD? Where did you get that figure from?
@@uchoobe1876 Obviously it's a error. If we made anywhere that much. All our economic problems would be gone. No one county earns nowhere that much from a single Industry.
@@uchoobe1876 asking same, if that were true the economic issues could be resolve- managed correctly.
The jamaican population is getting minimal benefits from tourism all the profits goes to foreign investors the government is not for the people the people need a government care about their welfare and then they solve most of the problems
@@uchoobe1876 I researched Jamaican tourism revenue.
Grow you own or certain things. I’m a 60s baby and at 10 -11 years old, I had my own garden on a small parcel of land in Spanish Town. I could give my mother, cousins, friends, things like bok chow, Callao,okra, corn, yam etc… I grew up poor, although I had people way poorer than me, who still did things to survive, like go crab hunting, burning coal , picking fruits to sell etc. Some Jamaicans have gotten so lazy, especially the young ones. Even if some of them get work, they don’t want it. I see fruits (mango, apple, guinep, plum),dropping off tree and people don’t want it. Growing up, the fruit couldn’t drop on the ground, because we would pick it as soon as it ripe. I have a family member who I visit earlier this year and her coconut tree was so laden with coconut, that it couldn’t even grow new coconut. I picked some and when I asked her why she didn’t pick them and sell them, she said she didn’t have anyone to pick them. Mark you, one coconut is JA$250 each. She would rather call and ask for a US$100 every minute, instead of selling the coconut or raise some chicken in the coop she have in the back yard. This is just crazy.They want waffle, pancake, bacon (American food). Some Jamaicans don’t want to eat traditional food, like ackee,callalo , porridge, fried dumpling etc.. I cook my traditional food every week, because for one it’s more nutritious and cleaner and you know what you’re cooking, rather than eating at restaurant. Cheaper too.
Bottom line is that some of us get too lazy and then complain. You can’t depend on Politicians to give you everything. Turn you hand and make fashion. Again I know people are poor, but as long as you have a piece of land and healthy, you can be somewhat self sustainable. For example she have all that coconut on the tree and can make coconut drops, coconut oil, grater cake, eat it right off the tree,sell it , but no people want to just sit and complain. Faith without work is dead. Some of them ever hear about birth control. You know you can’t take care all these kids, then go to clinic and get birth control. I’ve always helped people as much as I can , especially if they’re trying to help themselves, but I start to see how lazy some Jamaicans have become. Example I have a friend who started a chicken farm, start selling to the schools. He had 12 employees and each time he goes to deliver and come back, a few pounds of chicken is missing from the freezer. He pays the employees, give them chicken plus the foot for free. He got fed up, shut it down and now 12 people out of work.Another guy I know have a few acres of land, wanted to build a food processing plant. He cleared the land, and dropped some of the material. People stole the most of the material and he scrapped the project. Can you imagine how many people that could have employed. We can be our worst enemy.
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Them a destroy themselves and don't see it my mother was growing fruits and vegetables in her community in portmore.she said she and her husband clean up the area and started planting he's from Ocho Rios so he's good with gardening she said after awhile people in the community started getting angry about it! How can you be angry that there is free food in the community for anyone to pick and eat, something is wrong with this world I swear ..
Tbull Peace I agree with you 💯 percent. I'm newly retired here just 3mths and I've noticed that people in the community don't even have a kitchen garden to sustain their basic provision like Scallion tomatoes peppers garlic onions and some greens Squash just crops that's easy to maintain and every minute they come ask for $50 smh
@@casandrajohnsonberry7071 keep safe there's alot of badmind people down there more than good ones nowadays
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That’s call laziness. These people are extremely dependent and not independent. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Some Jamaican mentality are completely wrong. I see the young men smoking weed and drinking rum before they even eat breakfast. We have become a set of lazy people who are slowly loosing our culture. What people fail to understand is Anything come too easy never last.
This is crazy. We have so much land. I was deported back home and I've been farming since I got here. There are so many wild trees and animals around. Laziness=poverty.
All the best to the Jamaican people.May the Lord bless them 🇯🇲
It's not only in Jamaica, it's a global issue.
I moved to the Caribbean during covid specifically St.Lucia.....from the UK....AND LET ME TELL YOU....The price of food went up everyday in the stores MASSY every other day I went back and it went up by 1 or 2 dollars. I quickly learned that i was spending 300 UK pound for a MONTHS food. This was my trial run for becoming an expat. I was shocked by the NON EXISTENT ECONOMY on the island but also the Caribbean Region...as it was covid and lockdown the local markets etc was limited etc and that is 90% of the peoples livelihood which was taken away and I literally could see the poverty..... I predicted #Famine to come real soon. I had to get my family back home to send a Barell from the UK with food and basic stuff that these islands import and charge the islanders x10 the price #RIDICULOUS.....After 6 months I decided enough was enough by the time i left I had spent £15K just on food and accommodation in 8 months ONLY......HOW....WHY.....THESE GOVRNEMNTS ARE ABDLY RUN...NEED TO HAVE BETTER TRADE AND MIGRATION DRALS WITH THEIR SO CALLED TIES...UK CANADA AND USA...MOAT ARE IN COMMONWEALTH BUT CANNOT ACCESS WORKING VISA OR EVEN TOURIST VISA TO THE UK #RACIALBIAS....YET HAVE HE TOURISM INDUSTRY BLEED THE COUNTRIES AND ISLANDS DRY.....#NEOCOLONIALISM.
I STUDIED CARIBBEAN STUDIES AND SOCIAL POLICY IN THE UK ...AND THE GOVERNMENT DIDNT TRY TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY CREDENTIALS TO POSSIBLY COMING TO THE ISLAND AND FINDING AND SETTING UP NEW JOBS AND BRINGING NEW IDEAS TO MOVE THE ISLAND FORWARD...INSTEAS THEY MESS YOU AROUND....SEND YOU FROM.PILLAR TO POST AND ACTIALLY STEAL YOUR INFORMATION AND IDEAS AND USE THEM AS YOUR OWN.....YES .....THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED (EXPORT ST LUCIA) ...
ITS A SHAME .... I LEARNED VERY QUICKLY THAT IF YOU DONT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO GO BUY AS HOUSE CAR AND BUSINESS AND HAVE AT LEAST 5 YEARS OF FUNDS TO MAINTAIN IT ...I wouldn't bother because the people won't help and just want to are tour money to feed themselves.... and its too remote incase of emergencies such as covid or hurricanes etc....you 9hrs away no real help and are FXxxxD.....
These islands need to get this Sh!t together REAL QUICK, Build Real & Self Sustainable Jobs & Economies & Start thinking forward more than Heavily Deoendent industries like tourism... give access to the locals to buy land their homes and build independent businesses etc....
There is ENOUGH for everyone.
I could go on but you get my point
#letsmakeithappen
Interesting. What is rent like? Covid really messed up a lot of places. Not just the islands. Went to south africa and people were hurting really bad with economy shut down. Maybe a bigger island is better. Don't want to be stuck in a Canada or some cold country due to lockdowns. Maybe next stint you get a place with a big plot to grow
Thanks for sharing. I am beyond shocked and really sad to hear this.
I always assumed the problem with island economies was largely a lack of valuable natural resources. And many of them can't rely on tourism as much as, say, Maui. So they have no bargaining power to import products more cheaply, I guess? Not to mention the rampant corruption in various governmental institutions. I know after the Haiti earthquake in 2010 a lot of supplies and aid that were brought into the country were mismanaged or stolen.
The problem is the Caribbean islands are consumers of everything and producers of almost nothing. The food you mentioned islands importing can be grown in the Caribbean, instead of to organise and farm we prefer to complain about cost of living. We're at the mercy of imports, we need to develop more self sufficiency via agriculture.
I love you Jamaica and your beautiful people and culture. God bless you all!❤️
Plant, build, sew, do what you can for yourself and don't depend on government.
This is what I don't understand, how / why are people not growing their own food, in a country like Jamaica.
My grandad used to, before he moved to England.
or Jah, apparently, unfortunately
Plant an build where ?! To become a squatter ..di upper heads put caps on every higher than di ppl yow 👉🏼🧠
I was thinking the same thing. So many dirt all around especially in the country and most of them get up and stand around looking. Try get some seeds and plant something to sell and feed themselves.
@@eerie_blur Friend, anywhere you live you can plant. I prove that 7 years ago when I was living in Brooklyn in a one room studio apartment. (Look up Brooklyn housing). There was no land around the building to grow anything, so I grow on the roof. I had to buy soil at the hardware and find old buckets in people's garbage to grow my vegetables.
Those were the sweetest tomatoes, lettuce, corn and sweet peppers I ever had. Plus scallion, thyme, mint and a lot more things. Almost everyone in Jamaica has access to free dirt. If you don't have a large place, get containers and make a container garden. Plant at least calaloo, scallion thyme and hot peppers. All you need is rice or some other starch and you have a meal. make use of the freedom you have there, I wish I have it here.
Watching this makes me feel so sad. Every where people are feeling the pinch, but not like this because Jamaica has things that we in the UK needs. Like more yams-all types, bananas, all types of fruits especially mangoes that my wife and her friends love and cannot get them. Resources are in Jamaica I know that but the government needs to be more assertive. Some of the younger people needs to be more productive. Crime needs to go down so that people who retire here can come home to help.
Amen
I've been waiting for the crime to subside so I, too, can come home. If that situation changes, Jamaica would be flooded with returnees who want to help. I still have the energy, skills and want to contribute.
They say money run things but that don’t mean it run things properly…it’s for a systematic lifestyle of greed and such. But let we as the people become more self sufficient as our ancestors did; when they were forced to do so under slavery…instead of forgetting where we come from we must remember and rebuild our own. Let the high price items stay on the shelves and nobody buy them out…what’s going to happen; when everybody start to just discipline themselves with all this new world trends of wants and comparisons of what’s seen on tv and humbly take a good look at ourselves and the suffocation of sufferation from ever nation….it’s unjust and unfair. We must stand together intelligently and not blind sided. Especially places with high tourism; they use the economy, and propaganda to continue on with these ways to once again colonize on every land. Mother Earth been showing us the strain we’ve been placing on it plenty, look at the strain we putting in ourselves worrying about the wrong things…we will all truly perish faster than needed if we continue to follow the ways and greed of man. We must get back to the basics and let the rich consume off each other and stop making the poor poorer!
Agreed 100%
Truth.
Completely agree. The corporations have all our data because data and eyeballs on the cellphones are the new currency. They will use their advertisement to target your soul and make you believe you should need what they are selling. It is so unfortunate that people have not or are not capable of deciphering the deception and as you said they put unnecessary strain on themselves. There’s nothing wrong with a humble life. The focus should be our mind, body and soul which are the true wealth. May these vibrations of understanding and knowledge reach and teach the Jamaican people and all those on planet earth.
Exactly
Bless to all the people that's going through tough times everywhere keep are heads up we get through this...💯
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Mi couldn't take the pressure so mi start scam it's not the right way but it's the only way I see that I had to survive
First to note - 10% of most countries are poor!!!! This is not just a problem in Jamaica...its in the USA, Canada, UK, Russia, China....
Poverty is a TAUGHT and LEARNT state of mind!!! Jamaica isn't poor but Jamaican is a class driven society that has a great divide between the haves and the have nots. The "have nots" have been conditioned generationally to have a mindset that leaves them forever in a state of lack generation after generation. I am a Canadian-Jamaican and I go to Jamaica (except for the COVID 2) every year and am sickened to see the fruits falling off of trees and rotting and food in bush wasting but people begging me for money to go buy processed foods from the supermarkets, KFC, Burger King and such. Many Jamaicans have a mindset that shuns food provided to us from nature. They see it as poor while abroad we would rather eat these foods and have difficulty getting them fresh. Another problem is lack of education. The education system is setup to keep Jamaicans uneducated. I am appalled at the costs of a basic high school education in Jamaica...not to mention post secondary studies. I am appalled that Jamaica has more churches and rum bars than anywhere else BUT schools are falling apart and homes are in states of disrepair. Why? Because it is easier to control and keep an uneducated population downtrodden. That is exactly why slaves were not allowed to read! Tourism is also an issue that keeps Jamaicans poor. Instead of furthering their education and becoming business professionals, the lure of a meager wage from tourism has Jamaicans pushing their children to leave school and take these jobs catering to and clowning for tourist. The owners of these hotes are foreigners who takes money out of Jamaica. They work Jamaicans like plantation owners did! Jamaica may have taken of the physical slave shackles but the mentality of slavery still exist. The entire system needs to be overhauled. The corruption is rife at the highest levels of government and until Jamaicans wake up and unite and fight for better, these conditions will worsen. The IMF has over 3 Billion dollars sitting UNUSED in Jamaican banks!!!! Why do people who live in a country that is drenched in sunlight 365 days a year depend on the government for electricity???? This is a video that I can write a book on so I will stop now.
Wow! I thought that their food was growing all around them. I wanted to move to one of the islands from Texas sooooo bad because I thought the ability to feed yourself was easy. My heart goes out to them all. Prayers up
The truth is that you need a piece of land to grow your own food, and also need different factors to reap what you sow, especially a fertile soil and rain. In this 21th century the rules have changed in the caribeans, the lifestyle from the continent caught us up and the vision of a self food production is no more sustainable. From now on, the supermarkets became the place to reap the food. I am not living in Jamaica, but in my island, the EU regulations on farming and agriculture killed the way we used to conceive life, and the connection we had with the soil next to our home. You cannot do things just like you want, it is the same issue everywhere, rules and rules to limited human freedom, like Bob Marley said the big fish always try to eat the small fish, and we know how greedy they are, they want the whole world, just to full their own belly. Blessings!
@@jalheeljalhe5799 Thanks for shedding light on that. Well, for the first time we will all be in the same boat in many ways. So so sad
It is easy...Kingston is a city..so they depend out food stores for food. If u live in the countryside u can grow food
@@kimora7964 My mother had a house in Kingston where she grew bananas, mangos, ackee, mint etc. A family member lived in the house and destroyed all the vegetation.
@@jalheeljalhe5799 the small fish need to come together.
You are in a better position than us here in the 🇬🇧 we cannot knock on the neighbours doors, prices have skyrocket, people are losing their homes because of the crisis. I wish Jamaicans would utilise what they have. Start planting things it will grow. Half of breadfruit here is between £7-9
This is a real eye opener. I’m grateful to this channel for putting this out there. Black ppl need to come together and build our own communities. The only way for the rich to continue getting rich off of us is if we allow it. We have all the knowledge skill and expertise needed to thrive. Learn how to beat them at their own game.
We don't have to learn. We taught them everything. The difference is we are full of love while they are full of hate. Remember black wall street, the Harlem renaissance? You know black slaves build America. Research the moors. Black people of been lied to. We are the first in everything.
black ppl rarely know how to build prosperous societies, that’s the problem
People in the country parts of Jamaica are much better off, in addition the Chinese are now the sellers in Jamaica, us Africans are the buyers...the future looks dark
Put a stop to that nonsense Jamaican is a African nation!
machete fix that
@@AT-gu8by nowhere is safe, in Jamaica Chinese are the sellers but in Africa Chinese are the owners, Particularly in the countries that has the most resources like Congo and Djibouti
@@Confession_Of_A_Dangerous_Mind Greetings to you. Do you realize that during the Atlantic slave trade era, Chinese and Africans were in Jamaica? There are families from China who have never left. They found a way to survive- by opening tiny shops and selling rice and flour and things in small quantities. They are still there today.
@@AndreaWKR I am familiar with that, Indians and Chinese came to Jamaica at a peak around 1830s, these Chinese that are "sellers" owning supermarkets etc are new, in addition they multiply. It might not be visible in the major towns like kingston, Mandeville, May pen etc but in the secondary towns such as Browns town, Santa crus, Christiana etc, There is 80-90% Chinese ownership of the supermarkets.
I AM SO GRATEFUL.
Jah knows I feel it for the people 🙏🏽
Sending Love&Prayers from Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦 # ONE LOVE ! ✊🏾❤️❤️❤️
Marcus Garvey already gave us the salutation many decades ago, but we set back...so what did we expect to happen 🤦🏾
What’s the solution?
Bam! Group economics. Self-reliance.
Stop fucking smoking that’s the solution. How u wake up to a spliff & guiness and expect to run a community??
People of Jamaica have to come together and create projects programs to help their people produce for a changing society
they are running out of time: 2024 tops
Jamaican are the most gifted people.
english *
That lady told the truth. We need to help Jamaica too.
Infinite blessings be upon Jamaica🙏🏽🌿💜🌿
Praying for Jamaica 🇯🇲 🙏🏾
It's hard for everyone on the island that's why Jamaicans always leave when they can and work so hard when they migrate elsewhere
Buy seed and grow a garden , trade with neighborly , don’t rely on government. Natural building earthen structure, educate one an other , help each other . Within trial and tribulations are opportunities and blessings. Life wasn’t good before either it’s time all over the world to rise up. The same thing is happening everywhere
Do you live that lifestyle 🤔
@@nivramsleumas7411 I’ve lived in Jamaica for a month with hardly anything in a shanti village. I would have and I probably would have stayed had I not had a child on. Another continent that I could not take with me. Im not saint it’s easy and I’m not saying it is exactly the same everywhere . But all nations are going through the rich getting richer the poor getting poorer and yes I am what you would consider way below the poverty line where I am from. All nations have blessings . I to am learning to focus on the blessings and how to change my world the world. I do believe the system is failing us all and we need to break free from the government that has not governed well or had the peoples best interest at heart. And I do believe it starts with growing a garden and learning to work together. One of the blessings Jamaica has is the ability to grow food all year round💗
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If only our people held on to the principles ideologies and visions of the Hon Prophet Marcus Garvey we would have a very strong striving black ekonomi
God has sent many messengers to help black people but we ignore the signs every time smh
Right, I’ve spent my 20s preaching to nighaz for them to laugh in my face, so now I’m laughing to the bank. Can’t feel sorry for these people when all they Wanna do is prioritise looks/taste over substance!
There’s is no way I you can live in a country where no coldness affects farming and starving. Stop depending on government and become resourceful so you don’t have to worry about starving. How did the elders a hundred years ago survived
My family are poor farmers in Jamaica. We may not have all the resources per say but we never went without food because we always planted our own. The people complaining are the ones that live in the town that don't have the space to farm or just lazy. Also the government doesn't help farmers at all my mom being one of them. There's alot of corruption here. I'm thinking of running for prime minister one day lol. Im in chemical engineering school in Alabama right now and I think I could bring alot of new ideas to Jamaica. We have endless solar and wind power not mention rain and rivers. The leaders have no vision
@@kovarcoley8418 the thing we should be worrying about is that farmers whom had lost their heirloom seeds are now not getting the real sides to buy anymore. Those seeds they’re selling now is is some lab developed seeds that’s not real. This is not good for those seeds yields food that’s getting us sick. If you have your heirloom natural seeds hold on to them cause once they’re gone you will not get natural seeds to buy anymore. Town people have it rough especially if they’re struggling but if you have land and saying you are hungry it’s your fault. I live in nyc and every summer all kind of vegetables are grown because they eat better than the ones grown by farmers who used chemicals. A matter of fact commercial farmers vegetables don’t spoil easily. I still have cabbage in my fridge from middle of January 2022 and it’s not spoiling. It still looks fresh. That cabbage should have spoiled already. Can you imagine now why seeds aren’t yielding fruits and vegetables that don’t spoil easily no more and how they’re making people sick you can be poor farmers but grow real natural food that sustain your life and people who buy from you
My brethren, the simple minded people are being led down a blind alley.
Somehow, the schemers have managed to con the farmers into buying these gm seeds that don't reproduce, so, soon they will be able to dictate to them or they won't get anymore seeds.
Whoever control your food supply controls you, simple.
@@elfish9788 it's funny you say that. I did buy a plum in the supermarket one time, nyam of most a dem and did leave one. Me did go a Jamaica and figet seh de plum inna de fridge. 3 months later when me come back me see the plum inna de fridge still fresh likka seh me did just buy it. I never ever buy de plum dem again. No Wanda dem have nuff cancer suh.
Facts we need to go back to tribal living !
I am not living in Jamaica so I do not intend to make light of the hardship that people are facing there. The one thing that I conclude because I go back very often, is that if I was out there I could never be hungry and be without something to eat. Jamaica is very fruitful and there is always something in season. Unless you have no access to land whereby you cannot plant or grow anything, you should not be hungry.
People should adapt a system of self-reliance and do more for self. The Jamaican culture has gotten too foreign minded. Jamaica does not have the financial resources to conduct personal lifestyle like Americans do.
One of the main problem is that businesses in Jamaica exploit the masses. The typical business in Jamaica see value in profit margins not in socio-economics, hence the future welfare of Jamaicans hang in the balance whereby the scale is tipped towards poverty.
For far too long Jamaica's legacy governments have embarked on the constructs and policies that further exploits the masses of the people. I am talking about governments that preserve the status of the rich and poor with a spiraling trend that contineuosly generates more poor people than rich.
Until there is an attempt to change that Jamaica remains the relics of colonialism.. and a country loaded with "have nots" and a few afluent families who can compare themselves mostly with people who have very little and feel good about that.
Not many people want to plant the land and many only want to raid the farm. When you place value in what you cannot create nor produce, that creates a need for financial resourcefulness which is lacking due to subsistent wages or no job opportunity. That equation is a crisis, a struggle to make ends meet.
The mounting hardship gets frustrating, hopeless and desperate for many. The short term solution is grow more of what you eat, try to feed yourself, live off the land. I remember stories of people who live in the concrete jungle área..they had no land space but they grew food from improvised gardens to sustain themselves. Today such a thing is history and Jamaica has more mouth to feed.
In closure, while the struggle is real, the general attitude of Jamaicans have also changed. The people who used to plant the land is a dying breed. It is just not feasible to want everything while you cannot even produce none of the things you must rely on...and couple that with the fact that a job cannot even help you to afford it all...then you must become innovative, re-assess, re-value your needs vs wants. 🇯🇲🇯🇲
PREEEEEEEAAACH.
And don't forget to factor in the thieves who steal from the farmers. It's demoralizing when the hard working people that do till the soil and raise animals lose out because of theft.
As a Bajan I can say JA was most likely ahead of Barbados in 1980, but by the 1990s Barbados went past JA. I think the difference is how both countries are governed.
@@Ms_T_Perfectly_Imperfect yes, there are plenty people in Jamaica whowork very hard, some try all sort of ways to honestly earn a living but thieves and extortionism has discouraged them.
@@TrollinOn22s Exactly so. And we are hard working people. A whole bunch of foolishness. Look how much land and water and natural resources. HOW can anybody go hungry with all God provide.
I don’t see anyone in Jamaica dying from hunger. Yes things are hard to come by but learn to put something in the ground. Plant bananas, plant yam, carrots, corn. You can do so much with corn. You all have the weather for planting. It’s not like in America where you only have four months to plant. Michael Manley used to tell you all to plant what you eat and eat what you plant.
If you're in poverty don't have children.
Most intelligent comment so far
Thank for the honest truth.
People help each another plant food, you live in a garden with pure sun farm stop living in a bad way, a divided house cannot stand
People nah want fe cook or grow ,,,,,, the youth want fast food an mccdonalds ........... DEM MAD
When I use to go to KC,my mom was doing her best as always,she always extolled me to READ"so at least I can have basic understanding"🙏 and discernment..but I always wondered "why never did. ??I should have aided"her , women never really read ,mum's remind me of her.
I hope the best for all jamaicans and want for everyone to be able to survive during this time. I can relate to this. God will provide 🙏 I hope that everyone will get the necessary help and support.
Joke dis to bbclaat ...mi used to work a kph as a porter Fi 13000 per Fortnite plus every minute mi sick...kmt....one Sunday mi guh sign in and mi madhead chip een and mi just left dat and move fawud...ppl need Fi boycott di political system and focus on themselves as the people....bigger heads nuh give a rasclatt bout Jamaican ppl
We must look lazy to others if we continue to kneel down and say prayers move Mountains NO one can say they ever see prayer moving a mountain but pray to white Jesus instead of making moves and knowing you have the POWER of change.
Back to nature is the answer. Get rid of Western colonizers conditioning and get back to our roots. Live off grid as much as possible, live in harmony with nature again and detox from Western mindset and artificial lifestyle and we’ll see how rich we truly are and how brainwashed we were.
I live in Germany, same here, everything has risen, food, energy, everything. Old retired people, people that don't have a high income are despaired. Criminals are rouling, the rich gets richer and the poor are suffering.
Go look ah hustle or work it worst cause you don't want to make it better
Free Ness unu always ah look
It's not Jamaica alone all over the world
I have a 4 basic question: 1🙋🏾♂️ how do you starve on a ☀️tropical island?
2.🙋🏾 do Jamaicans need a passport & visa to go from Parish to Parish?
3.🙋🏾♂️ How much sunshine, rainwater, and months cost money?
4.🙋🏾♂️How much money does it cost you to pick your own food from your own yard.. or even bush?
Mr Manley told us long ago be self sufficient. I was ternager.i listen to him eat what you grow.grow what you eat eat.i did that. I don't regret.is only pity when uou did vote a town you never yo reach USA soil.uou would a draw you pension now..
My mom used to grow fruits and veggies in her community there was an empty spot in front of the community guess what happened they started bad minding her funny thing is she wasn't watching the fruits and veggies it was there for anyone to eat but people had an issue with what she was doing smh
Cause they lazy and don't want to ask for advice on how to do it. I believe u, jamacian ppl are way to jealous and envious.
@@aggydreams and it's sad because if they work together they could make the country strive
be specific with which people... to say Jamaican ppl are jealous and envious means you're a self hater or not a Blk person commenting... redbone productions your name itself is a joke.... this story could be fiction that you're telling to make people think jamacains are really jealous and envious or are you really the jealous one? Jamaica is just a land, the slave trade is what brought African people to this island however, their may be some natives who are also Blk their already... the wyts don't want to give us our reparations but expect us to be professional and orderly. I can tel you the diff between wyt workers in America vs blk, majority wyt workers have governing jobs like police and emergency services... they have the true power their
The key to beat poverty is to do positive things together, first eliminate hate, robbing each other, turn off the TV, read as a community or learn to and have deep discussions. Start small businesses selling what is in your backyard with each other and learn to barter if money is tight. Spend money within your community at a sane price, and people who cause harm to others should be held accountable for their actions, and should be escorted to the lazy cops by the community and will be shunned from the community for a few years. Our people need to learn to be organized for them to ever change fully.
Very true words indeed
@@omardawkins3178 real recognize real family. It's so easy but they are their worst enemy because of the disability they have called HARD OF HEARING AND OWN WAY lol. They cut off their nose and ears to spite their face, and unfortunately they may never learn. Sad!
London prices have gone high for unemployed.No family helped me. Sorry to hear about Jamaica.
I pray things get better it’s horrible and getting worse even in the states more homelessness and all. We have to keep faith and keep our spiritual life up to continue ur to grow as people. They keep the poor poor and keeping rich rich. It’s so sad but so true
When she said “God bless United States, Canada, England…” then said WHY she said that….she lost me. She hasn’t got a CLUE.
The point she's trying to make is that without remittances from family in these countries, the suffering would be a lot worse.
SOULar Lioness ELITE, how crazy yuh chastise her and her point was very clear and precise. Her point flew right over your head. You're the one without a clue🥴. Top 3 contributor to Jamaica's GDP is remittance and majority is from the US, Canada and the UK.
@@mematixta6407 the sad part is that alot of Jamaicans don't even have a person in America to send them stuff
@@kovarcoley8418 So true. I was one of those persons. I never have a soul to send me a soap now I'm the one sending.
she could still ask god to bless her own country as well.
Praying for my Family and All citizens of 🇯🇲 🙏🏾
The same countries she say God fe bless, are the same ones that have Jamaica like that. One of the worse things Jamaica did was sell JPS to a foreign owner....Jamaica should have been using solar power from long time....It's a shame, but they will get through it. They need to utilize more of their natural resources...
Not to mention wind power I went to Manchester with my mom once and the wind naily pick we up of the road fling we weh. We also need to make our own electric cars
Jamaica government sell ALL major industry rights to FOREIGNERS foreigners who give nothing to the general population. Jamaica doomed long time and ppl a eeediat. Everybody a suffer except ppl a top. But ppl aggo vote fi the same crosses. Soo tek di cock up weh wi set up wiself fah.
@@kovarcoley8418 😄😄😄
💯 about the electric cars!!!
Jamaica has way too much talent to be as poor as it is....
Lady I’m sure your living better than a lot of people in other countries who are living in poverty
Raising minimum wages is an open door for cost of living to get higher, even in America the other day minimum wages goes up and if you notice prizes of things goes up big time. especially since the war going on, make it worst.80 to 90% of Wheat produce by Ukraine and wheat makes up approximately 95% of our living and that where the war is at.The whole world feeling it mother. I feel your pain.let us pray that the great recession don't come back like the 30s.
What about the people that don't have farmland. Please don't think one minded. They need help too. Not everybody have country to go to
Mi hear yu mum's....but the earth 🌎 is the fullness thereof.,plant &build with wat we "have.
Its not easy to grow food in Kingston and mobay
Eye am U.S born but eye lived in beautiful Jamaica for many many months and the problem Eye noticed was immigrants (none Jamaicans) owning most of the stores and charging high high prices for food and clothes. It was heart breaking
The problem is like in my Country of Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 the young generation doesn’t want to take up farming and fishing they don’t take advantage of the land and sun for growing food ! Self sufficiency should be taught in schools how to provide with your own hands ! Puerto Rican people pay 11% in taxes the average household makes 15-20000 a year! So those young people who know with those salaries you can’t survive they have to learn how to do it with their hands !God bless Jamaica Puerto Rico and the whole of the Caribbean people that are suffering!
Stop, Puerto Rico is America you cant compare Jamaica to the U.S. all you have to do is buy a ticket and gi to the main land... YOU HAVE A US PASSPORT.....If you choose to stay in the island thats up to you other than ecommerce and tourism thats it for the island...Go to the USVI or go on the mainland..Educate yourself and stop spreading lies and misinformation.
You are the misinformed person! Do your ffffin research first ! America is America and Puerto Rico is Puerto Rico you obviously no nothing about Taino Puerto Rican history! America been Robbing Raping and exploiting our people since they first stepped on to our island! Who the fffff wants to take a plane and leave the place they love and call home !??? Tourism and all the shit you mentioned does not benefit Puerto Rican people we pay more in taxes than on the mainland! Wat you say is a misconception just go to US wat makes you think it’s easy to survive here ! You don’t watch the news! Don’t speak if you don’t know ! 🇵🇷❤️🖤💚💛🇵🇷
@@ABi-xu5zq you missed the whole point. Self sufficiency is not about getting on a plane and finding food. Even nyc is food insecure because of price. Food security is a mindset and you must create that security where you live. I'm now in puerto rico and coming from Jamaica I'm shocked on the lack of wild food growing.
@@nesq4104 you can not compare the 2 signed a Jamaican.. In addition hexwasnt talking about food the above was talking about jobs..Ahain they the Puerto Ricans can leave and find better.. Hence Florida.. Not going back and forth.
@@ABi-xu5zq ok. Yes puerto Ricans have the benefit of usa passport.
she is blessing countries that have caused the conditions in Jamaica!
Jamaica wanted independence from England.
jamaica is a bum because the people at the top are bums, that’s the reality, white countries prosper due to good leadership and organisation
Haiti 🇭🇹 poverty is way worse
So?
But they screw like rabbits, and they've got plenty of money for drink and weed!
My parents were both born in Jamaica. None of the men stuck around, and I see plenty of West Indian men continue this way of living in the UK. *That's problem #1 right there!*
A real man pays his debts, and looks after his family. I've never seen any of that happen in my family!
*My #1 Business Rule* - I don't deal with nobody in business, that isn't current with their child support. People like that think they can screw whoever they want without paying, and in business, that becomes costly!
Plant, plant, and plant again. I only want if have a yard. Stop buying tomatoes, pepper, oranges, lime, fruits, onions etc plant dem. You can even plant things vertically. Plant along yuh fence. What is wrong with my people?
Prayers we should fund this people.
The same in the US with inflation. So don’t go calling people in the us for help cause we ain’t got it 🤷🏾♀️
God Bless Jamaica too God Bless Jamaica too Ase.
Her first mistake was coming to Kingston. They should have stayed in the country and be more productive. A wonder how much fertile land she run left to kotch up in concrete ghetto? In the video I see land with nothing growing on it. She is complaining about the supermarket, and they have done nothing by way of self-sufficiency. Not a Callaloo, banana NOTHING but still they complain. That is a bankruptcy of the mind. One walk round my yard and I have a meal. I am not saying things are not hard and it is because things are hard why one would turn to try and provide for oneself. They are standing on dry so-suh dirt making no attempt to converting it into a food production system, if is even to provide ONE mean a day from the property. Self-inflicted poverty, due to poverty of the mind.
I went to the grocery store in Jamaica I bought 54 item and used American dollars my bill was $380. I was shocked… I wouldn’t spend that in the U.S. on 54 items… the food in Jamaica is definitely high.. it’s a shame how it’s a billion dollar industry for tourism…. The Whites, Indian,and Chinese are buying everything and paying the people of the land pennies while they profit… taking advantage of the the locals… so please tip when you can and give it directly to the person because they will not see it if you don’t…
THE GOVERNMENT OF 🇯🇲 IS DAM DISGRACEFUL!
More like traitors
Yup!!
Jamaicans need to stop begging, sitting at road side stop trying to live beyond their means. Use the land our ancestors left us. I feel no pity for them and don't send any barrel.
As a foreigner l went down there l planted pumpkin,.guun gu peas,. Callaloo, sweet potato and all the young men and women were laughing at me.
And they had the ordosity to beg me for money
These young people dress better than me. All name brand stuff and nails and hair well done. When l said no to giving money they curse me off as thou they work in snow for my money.
Look at her hair.
God bless the Pope, God save the Queen. God na do nuttin fe we. What we gwaan do with de God?
All Strength and Powers to all ayo❣️
It says 10% of Jamaicans are living in extreme poverty, in Nigeria it's 40% - this is no consolation to those who are suffering. I'm just saying things could be worse.
That mindset isn’t an abundant one tho is it, things could be worse? Things could be better too!
@@mastersmaster5792 Very true!!
I was there in 2018 visiting my grandmother and when i say it’s sad it is. If u stay in one parish most likely u have to travel to another parish for work stay there until work week done and come back down on days off. Poverty is beyond ridiculous
Rose is telling it like it is. Those of us who did not leave are trapped into poverty. All my siblings are overseas and doing well. I stayed in Ja and consequently am starving. We are hemmed in by poverty on one hand and criminals on the other. There are however still good people living here. The Commissioner of Police is commendable. I had a problem with criminals. I emailed him. He sorted it out. May God always bless Major General Anderson.
The suffering here is real real however am trying to do the best I can with the little I do have. I love Jamaica.
I wish my ppl would do a bit more business studies that they will realise the supply and demand chain. And that their greed of wanting to wear all these brand name clothes and eating foreign foods is also weaking our economy. How about we eat what we grow and buy Jamaican.
Blessing will come
This is really sad to know. Things are really bad in Jamaica. May the Lord have mercy on us.👊🏿⭐️🙏🏿
Please god help us keep it all together. Trust suffrage is everywhere with hard working people
Jamaica has tons of resources but unfortunately the monetary resources is not being divided equally so the people suffer. They accept their fate in their own country, it's seems to be a mindset in alot of these countries with black population. They have the power yet they accept poverty as way of life. Someone else is deciding what u eat and drink and how much to charge. The smart ones r on their piece of land and taking control of their own food and water, they most likely will be survives. Food shortages has begun.... 🙏🏾 ♥️
Tons of resources where? We don't have oil, hydro electricity and we can't afford to harness solar technology. Agriculture is gone to shit because it rarely rains and when it does, it rains too much and destroy crops. Now you tell me , other than tourism, what resources does Jamaica have?
Unconditional Basic Income is a must.
I don’t know what’s funnier- this video, or the comments
First of all grandma needs to cut it out with the pink hair dye and the blue nails done, but you can’t buy food. Ok! Right? They used you for this video for a reason.
Everybody’s in every situation for a reason. People just don’t like to look at themselves, but the Creator does. He is fair!!!Eye for an eye tooth for tooth, reap what you sow.....so whatever situation you’re in know you deserve it. We all suffer in life for the things that we do, but we have to look at ourselves and our actions. He says there’s no excuse for sin so that’s why you get troubles. We don’t listen and follow his rules that are exact.
Right behind her in the video there are plants. You need to find out what they are and eat them. It’s free; his food is free!!!it’s easy. We are all idiots who have gone to the grocery store when there’s food that grows on the ground everywhere in the world even in the deserts there’s food.
He said people will perish for lack of knowledge and he’s never wrong and He said he’s not a man that He should lie.
So enjoy!!!!
That God that u talking about aint real. FYI. Wake up they tricked us.
Problem with this is that it fails to acknowledge the effects of free will on other people. Yes many ppl do suffer the consequences of what their hands bring them (their own actions) however a situation such as Jamaica and many other countries is not merely what they did to themselves but a lot of oppression and corruption that’s been happening for decades on the political and economical level that has made Jamaica and other countries rather impoverished to where Jamaica no longer uses her own food but relies heavily on American and other countries to import food. When we do not take into account the history of what made the situation it is today and only focus on that one lady, we will fail to see why many Jamaicans in her position are suffering and a lot has to do economic finances corruption coming from the IMF. Please stop using the verses of God out of context and in isolation to blame her alone as if she caused this upon herself. None of them caused this situation on themselves.
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!!!!!!!!!!! Well fuckin said! Fuck these fools.
Self sufficiency is the 🔑
use some of land and start farming -unite and take the country back the Chinese. Look how they stick together and control jamaica
Go work everywhere things is hard not Jamaica alone
Jamaicans just loves to depend on politicians too much
Painful and sad how the Jamaican economy and state of things for the people are here in Jamaica. This island is so rich and powerful in resources, but poor in leadership & world power.
On thing that struck me, is her saying God bless the countries that actually put Jamaica in a position where our peoples main road to caring for themselves are having to leave Jamaica and be servants for their former colonial masters and their crew.
Right! That struck me as well! 💔
Come to together and grow your own food ❤️
I HOPE THIS FINDS YOU, YOUNG TALENTED PERSON THAT KNOWS DEEP DOWN YOU HAVE A GREAT PURPOSE AND ARE CHOSEN TO BE GREAT..
Too much media brainwashing...
TRUST ME, ITS HARD TO SEE WHEN ALL AROUND YOU IS THE SAME THING EVERYDAY.
YOU EVENTUALLY GET USED TO THAT SHIT.
I AM GRATEFUL THAT I REALIZED THIS CONDITIONING OF THE MIND AND START CHANGING MY VIBRATION IMMEDIATELY!
JAMAICA IS A GOLD MINE OF BRILLIANT TALENTED SPIRITUAL PEOPLE.
ONLY US THE PEOPLE/CITIZENS CAN MAKE THE CHANGE!
I THINK ALL YOUTH SHOULD START BY BEING MORE OPEN MINDED SPIRITUALLY/RELIGIOUSLY AND QUESTION EVERYTHING.
JUST TRY SOMETHING NEW
A GREAT START IS LISTENING TO MUTABARUKA ON THE CUTTING EDGE, A PROGRAM WITH OUR OWN LANGUAGE THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND DEEPLY.
MUTA TACKLES ALL EVIL AND INJUSTICES THATS AGAINST THE AFRICAN MAN AND LIFE IN GENERAL
MUTABARUKA IS A GATEWAY TO HELP GUIDE YOU TO FIND YOURSELF, GIVE IT A TRY AND SOME TIME AND SEE.
THATS MY OPINION.
BLESS UP ❤️
-STEELY
Completely agree. Matabaruka is a true light worker 🙏🏿
Who are their elected officials over there? I wish them the best. I went there in May. I didn't know they didn't have running water in most homes out there
What u mean by “most homes?”
Most home have running water n those that don’t, literally don’t want it
Haiti get it worst
Haiti dollar stronger than ours
@@buildjamrock4544 what is your point? The Japanese yen is only 10% stronger than the Jamaican dollar 🤷🏾♂️ the amount of money you earn is as important as its strength.
@@kevinchristian1547 Why you getting emotional for Haiti poverty is much worse. And I'm Haitian born in the USA 🇺🇸
@@giniolamy Just making a point. I do feel very bad for Haiti though. Pure madness taking place there. The Haitians need to elect a good government which is not corrupt. I would like to support Haitians if I find a decent charity but I’m struggling to do so 🤷🏾♂️
@@giniolamy exactly that's how some Jamaicans stay they love to call Haiti name for everything I am Jamaican & I hate it when my people do this they sick my stomach.
'God' bless everywhere else but obviously 'God' naa bless Jamaica but you all sit down waiting for the same 'God' to come save you all.