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22 Jul, 2025

JRS is pleased to announce that Alejandra Castellanos will take up the role of Regional Director of JRS Latin America and the Caribbean.

JRS is pleased to announce that Alejandra Castellanos will take up the role of Regional Director of JRS Latin America and the Caribbean.
22 Jul, 2025

What does it truly mean to feel protected when you’re in exile? Franck Aristide Brou SJ, who spent many years working on protection and education in the Central African Republic, shared his reflections with us.

16 Jul, 2025

In the midst of displacement, education helps restore hope. Here are some testimonies from volunteer teachers in Myanmar and neighbouring countries, who have stepped up to serve their communities and ensure continued learning for displaced children.

Testimonies from Myanmar teachers who have stepped up to serve their communities and ensure continued learning for displaced children. (Jesuit Refugee Service photo archive).
02 Jul, 2025

JRS has presented its Annual Report 2024 and the new Strategic Framework 2025-2029, analysing both its impact over the past year and the future strategic directions to address the increasingly urgent challenges of accompanying and protecting refugees.

JRS has presented its 2024 Annual Report and new Strategic Framework 2025–2029 outlining past impact and future directions to support refugees
27 Jun, 2025

After receiving steady support from JRS Italy/Centro Astalli, Faith, a Nigerian woman, has taken part in a bakery course that sets her future rising.

After receiving steady support from Centro Astalli, Faith, a Nigerian woman, has taken part in a bakery course that sets her future rising.
20 Jun, 2025

To mark World Refugee Day, on this Jubilee Year dedicated to ‘Pilgrims of Hope’, JRS invites all people of goodwill to do whatever possible to welcome refugees and the gifts they bring.

10 Jun, 2025

Georges and his family were forced to flee Syria and arrived in Canada in 2022. Since 2018, they have shared a passion that followed them from their homeland: producing homemade chocolate.

In Syria, Georges's family started a chocolate business. Forced to flee their home, six years later, they managed to rebuild it in Canada.
09 Jun, 2025

JRS joins the Jesuitas Social in their call for peace in Gaza. We reaffirm our commitment to the defence of human dignity and to the building of a world in which justice and peace prevail.

06 Jun, 2025

From an early age, Nyaneng Simon Tut and her family have faced constant disruption. Due to insecurity they were forced to flee from South Sudan and resettle in Kakuma refugee camp. Today, Simon lives in Nairobi, where she is pursuing her dream of studying communications at the University.