News and Stories
“In Swahili ‘Vijana Twaweza’* means ‘Youth We Can’. Our conversation with Luundo Dieu Merci began with him explaining the meaning behind the name of the refugee-led organisation he founded in Kakuma refugee camp, in Kenya.
By fostering respect, attentive listening, and collaboration, we can build societies that are more just, peaceful, and inclusive—where diversity does not divide, but unites. This is the spirit of the Festival of Encounter.
Communities themselves are the foremost experts in their own wellbeing. Even with humanitarian aid drastically reduced, communities in South Sudan continue to support one another through a community-based MHPSS approach.
JRS gathered to walk together with displaced communities to celebrate the Jubilee of Migrants and the World Day of Migrants and Refugees, held on 4 and 5 October.
“I want to believe that one day “Never again” will be true. But it will not happen by itself. It depends on us.” Adrian Nikacevic, Deputy Country Director of JRS Serbia, has shared a personal reflection on the current situation in Gaza.
JRS and CATAI launched a new EU-funded project dedicated to enhancing and consolidating access to education for children in Borno State, Nigeria.
At the age of 75, Inday transformed a small garden into a thriving vegetable patch thanks to JRS Philippines’ livelihoods programme. Her harvest now nourishes not only her family but the whole community.
Along with 268 other organisations, JRS calls on States to work together, and with civil society, to strengthen—and to reject efforts to undermine—the treaties and norms that protect people from persecution and other human rights abuses.
Tetiana, 68, and her husband, 69, lived in a beautiful green area of the city of Mykolaiv. After the shockwave from a missile struck their home, they were forced to flee and reunite with their daughters in Romania.
