The JAHJAH (Jamaicans Abroad Helping Jamaicans At Home) Foundation is gearing up to host its Summer Jerk Fest & Fund-raiser today.

The event to be held at Crystal Manor Bar & Lounge, 1458 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York is a fund-raising effort by the foundation in aid of the 'Kingston Public Hospital Emergency Department Renovation and Support'.

This is the second effort by the foundation to impact Jamaica's heath sector. On March 19, they partnered with Uptown Mondays' promoter Whitfield 'Witty' Henry to promote awareness HIV, diabetes and hypertension in the dancehall community.

At the special Uptown Mondays event dubbed 'Healing in the Dancehall', screening and counselling for the above-mentioned illnesses were available to patrons free of cost.

The JAHJAH Foundation is a non-profit, non-religious, non-partisan organisation with a mission to improve the quality of life of Jamaicans living in Jamaica. The areas they aim to influence are health and education with the help of Jamaicans and friends of Jamaica. Over the last five years, they have been donating and helping out at several hospitals islandwide.