News and Stories
This year’s World Humanitarian Day we asked our teams in Uganda, India, and El Paso (on the US–Mexico border) — where projects have been severely affected by funding cuts — to reflect on the meaning of their work with, and for, the communities they serve.
As part of our interview series with staff members for World Humanitarian Day, we spoke with Jovana Nieto, Programme Manager for the Migrant Accompaniment Network for JRS/USA.
As part of our interview series with staff members for World Humanitarian Day, we spoke with Ankita Gupta, Programme Officer for JRS in India.
As part of our interview series with staff members for World Humanitarian Day, we spoke with Christina Zetlmeisl, JRS Uganda Country Director.
Access to quality education allows young women and girls to shape the lives they aspire to, enabling them to thrive and advocate for their rights.
Inna, a Ukrainian woman with a disability, fled the war with her son. She vividly remembers the start of the war. From that moment on, she was forced to leave everything behind and start over in Romania.
Today marks 11 years since the terrible violence perpetrated against the Yazidi people. The genocide against Yazidis is not over until all those still captive are released and justice for all the Yazidi people is finally achieved.
On this Feast of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, we join the Society of Jesus in prayer. We pray that our mission to accompany, serve, and advocate for the most vulnerable may bring about the needed change in these complex times.
Mass starvation is spreading across Gaza. JRS joins more than 100 organisations in sounding the alarm to allow life-saving aid in.
