Ziggy Marley, through his family foundation, URGE (Unlimited Resources Giving Enlightenment) has been making constant donations to local hospitals since 1991 when he made his first donation to the Bustamante Hospital for Children.

Since then, Marley has continued to offer his assistance and, to date, has donated 10 laryngoscope sets, blood pressure machines, a metro basic crash cart and a stand mounted suction pump to this hospital that was in need of equipment.

URGE also responded to an appeal by Chain of Hope Jamaica and paid for a pacemaker for 5-month-old baby Shinnia Porteous, who, at the time, was a patient at the Bustamante Hospital for Children, and is now recovering at home.

The Marley family also donated 12 CPI baby cots and an Infant Radiant Warmer to The Victoria Jubilee Hospital's premature nursery. Earlier donations to this institution include incubators and water coolers.

URGE is also the host of an annual health fair in Nine Miles, St Ann, with visiting doctors and nurses from various San Francisco area hospitals, who donate time and medical supplies to the community.