The Hanover Hospital Story: What Twelve Million Dollars in Supplies Actually Means

In February 2026, HHCP delivered its first international project: a 40-foot container of medical supplies to Noel Holmes Hospital in Lucea, Hanover, Jamaica. The donation, valued almost US$80,000, included mattresses, over-bed tables, gloves, and biohazard containers, items the hospital needed to keep running as it recovered from Hurricane Melissa. 

Noel Holmes Hospital is a more than 125-year-old, 60 bed Type C facility. CEO Princess Wedderburn told the Jamaica Observer the donation would meaningfully reduce the hospital's monthly costs on sundries and medical supplies, freeing up resources to put back into patient care. She also pointed to something beyond the shipment itself: HHCP's team was there in person, unpacking the container alongside hospital staff. 

That hands-on presence is part of the point. A donation dropped at a loading dock is not the same as a partner who shows up to unload it with you. Wedderburn described the moment plainly: HHCP chose Hanover and its people at a season when the parish had been hit hard. 

This project is personal for HHCP in a specific way. Jamaican- born Founder and CEO Shelli-Ann McKenzie’s parents and grandparents are originally from Hanover. Shelli-Ann migrated to the United States at age 12 and became a registered nurse. Her father, Robert Jackson, once served as vice principal of Clan Carthy High School in Kingston, and donors to the Hanover project include former students of his, alongside U.S. policymakers, state representatives, the HHCP community, and board members from Atlanta. Hanover's custos, Lennox Anderson-Jackson, is McKenzie's cousin. He called the project a reflection of the values his family holds, and said every item donated represents care for a patient, support for a healthcare worker, and hope for a family in need. 

The project ran on partnership, not on HHCP alone. Northeast Georgia Health System, Boss Nurse Inc, TKR Shipping and Logistics out of Kingston, Jamaica's Western Regional Health Authority, and the Ministry of Health and Wellness' National Healthcare Enhancement Foundation all played a role in getting the container from Georgia to Hanover. 

The work is not finished. The hospital has since sent HHCP a list of additional needed items, and McKenzie has confirmed a second 40-foot container is a real possibility given the partnerships already in place. The goal, as she put it to the Observer, is to help the hospital rebuild for the long term, not to make one delivery and move on. 

This is what Frontline Care and Recovery looks like in practice. Not just funding sent from a distance, but a relationship with a community, built to last past the first shipment. 

Source 

Lewis, A. (2026, February 19). 'They chose us': Noel Holmes Hospital grateful for $12 million in donated supplies. Jamaica Observer. https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2026/02/19/they-chose-us/