Bay-C, bass vocalist from platinum-selling dancehall/reggae quartet, T.O.K., has agreed to serve as the celebrity patron for the One Health Jamaica project.

'One Health' is a term coined to express the joint effort of different disciplines to improve the health of humans and other living organisms. Professionals in fields such as environmental science veterinary medicine, human medicine and agricultural science, work collaboratively to implement One Health solutions in the built and natural environment.

Acknowledging that the world is an interconnected place, Bay-C decided to get involved.

"I agreed to be the celebrity patron because of the oneness of the project. We all are one, and everything we do is interconnected one way or another. One Health. One Caribbean. One Love," Bay-C said.

As celebrity patron for the project, Bay-C will record a song and serve as a celebrity judge for a river health song competition as part of the outreach, training and education related to river-edge farming. Bay-C will grant winners of the river health song competition opportunities to perform at the Blue Mountain Music Festival and appear on ListenMi News.

He will also make a presentation during the opening ceremony and perform at the closing event for the One Health Caribbean Leadership Workshop. The workshop will be held in Jamaica from June 22 to 26.

The One Health Jamaica team has developed a project that will provide education and outreach on river-edge farming in Scotts Hall. Scotts Hall is a rural. Maroon community in the Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park buffer zone.

One Health Jamaica team members include veterinarians Dr Paul Cadogan and Rayon Gregory; public health inspector Dahlia Plunkett; and environmental scientist Dr Chandra Degia. A total of twelve Caribbean country teams will participate in this month's One Health Caribbean Workshop.