Bread Basket Ministries Ocho Rios Jamaica

Bread Basket Ministries Ocho Rios Jamaica Join Elise Yap & The Blue House http://www.thebluehousejamaica in uplifting the lives of destitute elderly and families in the Ocho Rios surroundings.

We build homes and provide care packages and help when we can Non Profit Catholic Charity Organization serving the poor and marginalized in and around Ocho Rios, Jamaica.

JAMAICA’S HARDEST-HIT COMMUNITIES DESPERATELY NEEDS CLEAN DRINKING WATERWe are partnering with airmobile.org and our sis...
04/11/2025

JAMAICA’S HARDEST-HIT COMMUNITIES DESPERATELY NEEDS CLEAN DRINKING WATER

We are partnering with airmobile.org and our sister charity in Florida to bring ten solar powered water filtration systems to areas devastated by Hurricane Melissa.

The systems arrive in Jamaica tomorrow.
They are ready to save lives.
We urgently need water tanks to deploy them immediately.

Each system will connect to a 1,000-gallon tank.
Water trucks fill the tank.
The unit purifies the water so families can drink safely again. CLEAN WATER SAVES LIVES .

Here’s how YOU can help:

Fastest way to make an impact
• Zelle: [email protected]
• Phone linked to Zelle: 1-876-822-4433

For a U.S. tax-deductible donation
• live2givefamily.org
• Select “Bread Basket Ministries” from the dropdown

Prefer to talk first?
WhatsApp: 1-876-822-4433

Bread Basket Ministries Ocho Rios Jamaica has served vulnerable communities in Jamaica for 20 years. We havent posted much on Facebook since Covid but we’ve quietly continued doing God’s work . Including building our 19th and 20th home for needy this past month. 20 Homes in 20 Years!!! Today, our focus is clean water for those most affected by

Every tank means clean water.
Every drop means hope and health
Jamaica needs your help.

Whether it’s $10 or $1,000, it moves us closer to clean, safe water for our communities. We need approximately US$6,000.

Please share this post and support however you’re able. Jamaica needs your help

Bless,
Elise Yap

From Survival to Celebration: 20 Years of Service and Miss Christine’s 100th BirthdayTwenty years ago, after a complete ...
20/02/2025

From Survival to Celebration: 20 Years of Service and Miss Christine’s 100th Birthday

Twenty years ago, after a complete financial wipeout, our founder Elise Yap (also the owner/innkeeper of The Blue House Boutique Bed & Breakfast Villa) had a soul-shaking spiritual rebirth.

She kept hearing one message loud and clear: “Feed My Sheep.”

That calling led her deep into nearby communities, searching for families, single mothers, and elderly individuals barely surviving.

One of the first couples she met was Miss Christine and her husband, Headley, both in their 80s. They were barely scraping by on Headley’s Jamaican government pension, which was less than $40 USD per month.

Bread Basket Ministries stepped in, providing nutritious groceries every two weeks, ensuring they never went hungry. But their hardships ran deeper than just hunger.

The walls of their home were a patchwork of scavenged wood, held together by rusty nails and God's grace. The roof leaked with every downpour, the floorboards were soft and rotting, creaking underfoot with every cautious step. The foundation wobbled and Elise often feared that a storm might bring it crashing down on their heads.

But Headley kept it spotlessly clean.

Then, life took a heartbreaking turn. Mas Headley suffered a stroke.

Lying in his hospital bed, he wasn’t thinking about himself. He was worried sick about his blind wife, Miss Christine. She was home alone, hungry and helpless. So he did the unimaginable:

💔 He checked himself out of the hospital to be with her, bypassing critical treatment and therapy.

He never recovered.

For the next two years, Bread Basket Ministries stepped in, hiring a caregiver to cook, clean, do laundry, and care for Headley until his final days.

Over time, Isle Go Missions out of Florida and a generous donor who found BBM through Facebook helped us build them a two-room home with a bathroom, kitchen, and verandah, gifting them security and dignity.

Over the years, volunteers and guests from The Blue House became part of their journey, donating, visiting, and helping in small but meaningful ways.

Last month, we celebrated Miss Christine’s 100th birthday, a rare and beautiful milestone. Darryl, The Blue House’s barefoot chef, baked her a small but beautiful cake, and we brought her a bag full of treats (because Miss Christine has a serious sweet tooth!). Thankfully, no diabetes!

But why stop at just one day of celebration?

What do you think about a year-long celebration? Not many people make it to 100. Let’s make every moment count.

My 94 year old Mom, Gloria, and I visited Miss Christie yesterday after church and found out that her hospital records w...
20/01/2025

My 94 year old Mom, Gloria, and I visited Miss Christie yesterday after church and found out that her hospital records were found. Ms Christie was 100 years old on the 6th January!!!

Bread Basket Ministries has been Miss Christie 's main supporting sponsor for the past 20 years.

Your US$5 donation would go a long way in helping Ms Christie celebrate her HUGE milestone.

Elise Yap

These are photos of Bread Basket Ministries build last year in collaboration with Live 2 Give Family Foundation. The mai...
20/01/2025

These are photos of Bread Basket Ministries build last year in collaboration with Live 2 Give Family Foundation.

The main structure and roof were completed but the building still needs painting, the kitchen stairs at the side needs to be built and the floor needs to be cast.

Volunteers needed!

Our ministry partners Jeremy & Lucy Dragon and their Mission Team blessed us when they came and built 2 houses for indi...
03/07/2024

Our ministry partners Jeremy & Lucy Dragon and their Mission Team blessed us when they came and built 2 houses for indigent last year.

This year we will help Nerissa and her 12 year old daughter to finish building a house that she has been struggling to complete for the past 2 years . These photos is where Nerissa has lived for the past almost 20 years.

Elise Yap

Address

Marcliff, White River
Ocho Rios
WI

Opening Hours

Monday 11:00 - 15:00
Tuesday 11:00 - 15:00
Wednesday 11:00 - 15:00
Thursday 11:00 - 15:00
Friday 11:00 - 15:00

Telephone

+18768224433

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