After months of disruption caused by Hurricane Melissa, 38 creative entrepreneurs have received financial support through Kingston Creative’s Resilience Fund, aimed at helping small cultural businesses recover lost income and damaged assets. “Each month, Kingston Creative will be issuing grants, for as long as funding is available, ​as it is a long road to recovery for creatives who need to rebuild their businesses,” said Andrea Dempster Chung, executive director of Kingston Creative. “We are very grateful for the outpouring of support from the international partners and hope that even more will come onboard. It is our aim that a regional resilience fund can eventually be established to mitigate against future climate events and geopolitical shocks that disproportionately impact our sector.”Headlines Delivered to Your Inbox Sign up for The Gleaner’s morning and evening newsletters. Kingston Creative is urging members of the public, corporate partners, philanthropic organisations and the Jamaican diaspora to contribute to the fund.