A way forward for adult refugees in Jordan
Iraqi refugees Tamim (right) and Qais (left) in the corridor at the JRS school in Amman, both are volunteers and part of the JRS Jordan core team. (Zerene Haddad/JRS)...
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Ten aid agencies unite to call on South Sudan government
Andrew Ash/Jesuit Refugee Service The Jesuit Refugee Service is deeply concerned at the fragile state of affairs in South Sudan after fighting re-erupted and killed nearly 300 civilians in...
A new phase for IJM Development Education
Irish teachers’ group with Fr Edmund Mallaya SJ and Fr Kevin White SJ, Jesuit Refugee Service The Irish Jesuit Mission office’s Development Education (DE) programme established in 2013 was...
World Refugee Day 20th June
The 20th June 2016 is a very special Monday. It is the United Nations World Refugee Day when the focus is on refugees’ plight and the ordinary human beings...
Year of Mercy: Education in South Sudan
A Sudanese refugee teacher pauses after finishing her courses for morning, before attending JRS teacher training courses in the afternoon. “I’ve lived through three decades of war and I’ve...
South Sudan: Education is an Act of Mercy
Students study after class in Yambio, South Sudan (Aidan Azairwe/Jesuit Refugee Service) “I’ve lived through three decades of war and I’ve never experienced as much violence as I did...
Refugees or migrants? Husbands, fathers, wives, mothers, sons and brothers
Through its collection of stories, “Journeys of Hope”, the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) records the individual voices, hopes and dreams of people seeking new, safe lives in Europe....
World Day of Migrants and Refugees, Sunday 17th January
The theme chosen by Pope Francis for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2016 is “Migrants and Refugees Challenge Us. The Response of the Gospel of Mercy.”...
Beauty and brutality: the confounding contradictions of South Sudan
Darkness falls early in South Sudan. When the unspeakably bright sun sleeps, there isn’t much to illuminate the hot air. Just fireflies, the headlights of occasional military trucks,...
A statement of the Jesuit Major Superiors of Europe
CEP General Assembly – A statement of the Jesuit Major Superiors of Europe October 19th, 2015 Since...
October is Mission Month
Humanitarian Response To love our neighbour as ourselves is the theme for Mission Month 2015. This mission is being lived out daily by the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS)...
World Peace Day 21st September
In South Sudan’s Upper Nile state, a student is more likely to find soldiers occupying their school than teachers preparing lessons. Sixty-three percent of schools are occupied by armed...