News and Stories

The journey of Aamira, to help other refugee women and girls determine their own future
Aamira, fled the conflict in Sudan in 2012, and moved to South Sudan where together with JRS she began her journey as a teacher, to support refugee women and girls not dropping out of school.
JRS joins the open call for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and Israel to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe and further loss of innocent lives
Displaced youth in Uganda competed in a football tournament organised to commemorate 30 years of JRS Uganda.
In Sudan the situation of violence and instability is not decreasing, while the humanitarian crisis continues to worsen.
Kjaled is a refugee activist living in the UK, where he founded a refugee-led organisation to support asylum seekers confined in a detention camp.
JRS condemns Pakistan’s recent decision to begin deporting Afghans from its territory and is coordinating with partners to provide support.
Ahmed experienced years of displacement due to conflict. Now in Ethiopia, he has embarked on his journey as a conflict resolution worker to enable refugees and local communities to live together peacefully.
Gerry Baumgartner, a Jesuit Scholastic, tells of his experience in Syria serving people displaced by the earthquakes that hit the country.
We stand with the peace movements and countless civilians in Israel and Palestine who urgently desire peace and justice arising from dialogue and acknowledgement of shared humanity.