Jamaica United Relief Association – JURA

Our Premier Independence Ball has been our main fund-raiser since 1986. This gallery highlights some of our special moments in this and other fundraising events, along with some importatnt JURA recognitions. As you browse through this gallery, we hope you are encouraged to join or partner with us.

This gallery highlights some of our special Community Outreach events. JURA’s aim is to To help the less fortunate in the areas of health, education and welfare in South Florida, Jamaica and the Caribbean. As you browse through this gallery, we hope you are encouraged to join or partner with us.

Jamaica United Relief Association, (JURA) Partnered with Florida State Representative Hazelle Rogers in The Operation Bright Eyes 2009 event held in August 2009, in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida. The event hosted by State Representative Hazelle Rogers, as well as local Eye Care Centers and Doctors in the South Florida regions, offered free eye testing, glasses and [...]

Welcome, On behalf of Jamaica United Relief Association, I welcome you to www.jurainc.org.  We designed this Web site to provide information about the organization and the ways by which we are seeking to make a difference here in South Florida and around the Caribbean. It is our hope that you will visit this site on [...]

We are all proud of Jamaica’s Olympic Team. Here are a few highlights of our celebratory moments with them in South Florida.

You are invited to celebrate Jamaica’s 48th Anniversary of Independence with JURA (Jamaica United Relief Association), this year on Independence Day Friday August 6th 2010 at 7:30pm. This year’s event will be celebrated under the patronage of the Most Honorable Edward Seaga, ON, PC, and Mrs. Carla Seaga, the Consul General of Jamaica Honorable Mrs. [...]

South Florida Salutes Jamaica’s Olympians   South Florida Salutes & Celebrate Jamaica’s Olympians October 25-26, 2008 – Ft Lauderdale A labour of love: Passport drive helps desperate farm workers JURA Event Highlighted on Miami Gardens Observer Usain Bolt and Melanie Walker, “Athletes of the Year” Bolt & Walker, Athletes of the Year Jamaica’s poorest still [...]

JURA aid Children First in Spanish Town, Jamaica, W.I. We provided facility in the form of a trailer for learning. This gallery highlights the school, it’s kids and the trailer. Children First is a newly transformed independent non-governmental agency. The original project began in 1989 with the support of Save the Children Fund (UK), with [...]

Highlights of JURA in the News and thank you messages from some of the organizations we have helped over the years is included in this gallery. From our contributions to UHWI’s Fracture Department in Jamaica, Brother of The Poor and the aid given to Hurricane Andrew victims and more can be browsed here.

  One of our newest fund-raising events, “Games Night”, occured on March 28, 2009. It was well attended and much fun was had by everyone that attended. We played Dominoes, Ludie, Kaluki and lots of food and drink was on sale. Some good music was in the air also. We are considering making this a [...]