World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2022

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Our Mission

JRS seeks to accompany, serve, and advocate the cause of refugees and other forcibly displaced people, that they may heal, learn and determine their own future.

Our Priorities

Reconciliation In a spirit of welcome and hospitality, we work to promote right relationships and build social cohesion.
Reconciliation
Education&Livelihoods Delivery of education from early childhood to adult learning and livelihoods programmes that foster agency and nurture hope.
Children going to school at the JRS FVDL Centre in Bourj Hammoud, Lebanon.
Education&Livelihoods
Advocacy Effective advocacy for the rights of refugees.
Advocacy
MHPSS Layered, complementary services capable of meeting a variety of complex experiences and needs to ensure the most effective mental health and psychosocial support.
Refugees play sport in the JRS centre in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia
MHPSS

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“Knowledge has no age”: Literacy course for young girls and women in Chad September 6, 2022
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World Humanitarian Day: JRS staff members share their experiences August 19, 2022
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We must not forget the people of Afghanistan August 15, 2022
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JRS's response to the Ukraine crisis

JRS and the Society of Jesus have been mobilising resources and providing support to displaced people in Ukraine and in neighbouring countries. Learn more.

One Proposal: the coordinated Jesuit response to the Ukraine crisis
Ukrainian families keep hoping for a brighter future
Kateryna and her children rìfound refuge in Poland after fleeing violence in Ukraine (Sergi Camara)