Category: Education

Agal stands outside her home smiling to the camera. She is in her school uniform.

11 October 2024

International Day of the Girl: Agal’s Story
October 11th marks International Day of the Girl, which signifies the disproportionate challenges todays generation of girls must face across the globe. From period poverty to discrimination and violence,...
Teacher looks over students with chalkboards in an outdoor lesson.

05 October 2024

World Teacher Day 2024: Teacher-training in South Sudan
In 2023, an estimated 2.8 million children were out of school in South Sudan disadvantaged by poverty and displacement. War in Sudan and localised violence means the lives and...
adults take literacy classes under the shade of a tree in South Sudan.

08 September 2024

World Literacy Day 2024
Thanks to your generosity last year, 47,405 vulnerable people across Africa and the Middle East received access to quality education programmes at nursery, primary, secondary, vocational level and teacher...
students of St Mary's Assumpta school in Adjumani wave at camera with teachers.

29 July 2024

New Latrines at St Mary’s Assumpta Girls Secondary School, Adjumani
Adjumani in Uganda is one of the poorest regions in the country home to largely displaced communities. St Mary’s Assumpta Girls Secondary School is a crucial support system for...
10 year old Moe reads from a page in a JRS education centre in Lebanon.

15 July 2024

Youth Skills Day: Moe’s Story
July 15th is World Youth Skills Day where we take a moment to recognize the importance of empowering young people with skills for employment, entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainable development....

21 April 2024

Girls For Girls: Creativity and Girls’ Empowerment.
At IJI we believe everyone should be supported to reach their full potential and have the opportunity to grow. Education is the vital steppingstones to a brighter future but...

07 September 2023

International Literacy Day 2023
UNESCO celebrates International Literacy Day (ILD) on the 8th September each year and marks the importance of education, especially literacy and numeracy skills.  This year’s theme is focused on...
villager dance in celebration of new school building

15 June 2023

International Day of the African Child 2023
June 16th is an international day dedicated to the children of Africa and commemorates those killed during the Soweto Uprising in South Africa. On June 16, 1976, thousands of...
pair of hands cups water from a borehole

08 February 2023

Water Appeal
As World Water Month approaches – we launch our Lenten Water appeal which is focused on providing life saving water resources fundraising for water tanks for schools and education...
classroom hun made from sticks and sheeted coverings with wooden desks, sand floor. A blackboard stands at the front of the room.

23 January 2023

International Day of Education 2023
South Sudan is the youngest country in the world and its short history is rife with conflict as civil wars have left a nation destablised and its people vulnerable...
school girls in uniform group together in the playground posing for photo. They are all smiling

17 January 2023

School Food Appeal: LSS Wau
When I think back on our trip to South Sudan in November last year, although touched by so many project visits, talking to students from Loyola Secondary School (LSS)...
Jesuit students pose in group photo

04 November 2022

Up the Jes! MAGIS Student Council Leadership Conference
On the 26th of October, Student Council representatives took part in the first ever Jesuit Schools Leadership Conference in Tullamore, Co. Offaly. The aim of the day was to...