Why is humanitarian aid
essential to the communities
we serve?

The drastic decline in funding, the escalation of indiscriminate violence and the increase in humanitarian needs are dramatically undermining response efforts.

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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.

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Ukrainian woman with disability and her son found safety in Romania August 5, 2025
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JRS continues to stand with the Yazidi people, eleven years after the genocide August 3, 2025
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St. Ignatius of Loyola: A legacy for a changing world July 31, 2025
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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