FARM PEN, Westmoreland — Disabled farmer David Hibbert is seeking help to rebuild after he narrowly escaped death when a massive guango tree fell on his house, killing six of his goats during the passing of Hurricane Melissa.

With no home for neither himself or the 13 goats remaining, Hibbert, also a musical artist, is calling on Elephant Man and Vybz Kartel to assist him.

Hibbert was featured earlier this year in the Jamaica Observer. He was born with his hands and feet deformed, and moves around on a tricycle. A disc jock, deejay, and sound system operator who goes by the stage name King David, Hibbert has mastered several skills over the years, and is also a certified tiler, livestock farmer and butcher.

After the article he received a gift of a boar ram goat from a St Thomas farmer, and was set to improve his goat breed and expand his farm when disaster struck.

“Mi a give thanks fi life,” he said. “Mi mother tell mi fi come over and little after mi come over the tree drop.”

Hibbert said during the storm he had to go and release some of the goats as they were trapped under the tree. One was pregnant when the tree fell on its back. She later succumbed to her injuries, along with her kids, about three days after. Some of the goats drowned as they were trapped in the flood waters which also impacted the community.

“Mi a guh rebuild mi house innah concrete,” Hibbert insisted “Mi waah build back di goat pen too. Just need the world to just give me a help.”

David Hibbert pictured with one of his goats before the hurricane.

A couple of the goats that survived the hurricane rummage through the rubble of Hibbert’s home.

The site where David Hibbert’s one-room house once stood.