Accompanying refugees during COVID-19

Refugees  will be hit the hardest by this pandemic. While still respecting social distancing and quarantine, there are many ways YOU can help. 

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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

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Reconciliation In a spirit of welcome and hospitality, we work to promote right relationships and build social cohesion.
Sœur Hala salue une femme qui participe régulièrement aux activités du JRS à Alep, en Syrie (Service Jésuite des Réfugiés)
Reconciliation
Education The delivery of quality education that fosters agency among refugees, focused through the Global Education Initiative.
Children going to school at the JRS FVDL Centre in Bourj Hammoud, Lebanon.
Education
Livelihoods Innovative livelihoods programmes focused on self-reliance and sustainability.
A refugee woman attends a livelihoods training run by JRS in Ethiopia.
Livelihoods
Advocacy Effective advocacy for the rights of refugees.
Advocacy

40 years of accompaniment

To honour the 40th Anniversary of the Jesuit Refugee Service, we tell the stories of the people we have walked with over the years and whose lives are a testimony of our service.

Meet our partners and companions.

Claude Karwachane
Claude runs pottery workshop for women in the rural area outside Damascus to encourage them to believe in their abilities and regain hope.
Fr James Martin SJ

OUR PARTNERS

JRS relies on a broad range of partners — communities, local and international NGOs, corporations, foundations, institutional donors and public funders — to shape and support our programmes.

 

Religious Congregations

Jesuit Networks

Foundations

Other Organisations