'We A Guh Dead Fi Hungry' Explores Jamaican Poverty Crisis (Short Documentary)

I Never Knew Tv explores the devastating poverty ravishing the island of Jamaica and the minimum wages which leaves many Jamaicans struggling to survive.

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[MarquiMarie]

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.

[divinerasta]

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

[daddyharvs]

I did not realise it was so bad. Birth place of my parents, I will always have a place for Jamaica in my heart.

[tanishasutton]

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.

[nubiansoul]

Well done, no one outside Jamaica would understand how bad things are for the citizens of Jamaica.

[kimora]

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.

[shantricerhone]

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.

[YdaEdaS]

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.

[TheREALBackPack]

ROSE NEED HER OWN SHOW! I CAN LISTEN TO HER REASON ALL DAY! CAN YOU GET HER BACK ON THIS CHANNEL? MUCH LOVE AND RESPECT!

[marcishears]

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.

[tbullpeace]

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.

[Antos]

All the best to the Jamaican people.May the Lord bless them 🇯🇲

[kimora]

Jamaicans have the pleasure of planting food...they need to get back to farming...Quick too. The whole world does

[thUnicorn]

I love you Jamaica and your beautiful people and culture. God bless you all!❤️

[esmiel]

It's not only in Jamaica, it's a global issue.

[freedomr]

Plant, build, sew, do what you can for yourself and don't depend on government.

[kikinyte]

I moved to the Caribbean during covid specifically 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 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 6 months I decided enough was enough by the time i left I had spent £15K just on food and accommodation in 8 months 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

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 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

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

[sleepyeyes]

Bless to all the people that's going through tough times everywhere keep are heads up we get through this...💯

[donovancampbell]

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.