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Daniella, an internally displaced girl who participated to the GLOW Camp, working in her traditional sewing business in Cameroon (Jesuit Refugee Service). Credit: JRS

Jesuit Entity Empowers Cameroon’s Internally Displaced Women, Girls with Leadership Skills

Apr 30, 2023

Jesuits Refugee Service (JRS), an international refugee entity of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), has reached out to internally displaced women and girls in Cameroon’s Southern region, empowering them with leadership skills.

Members of the martial arts class, the Acrobats, perform at Dorocentre during celebrations for International Peace Day. Credit: Jesuits Refugee Service (JRS)

Jesuit Entity in South Sudan Uses Sports to Foster Discipline, Teamwork in Displaced Youth

Apr 6, 2022

More than 250 displaced boys and girls from South Sudan are learning the value of discipline and teamwork through sports in a Psycho-Social Support program (MHPSS) spearheaded by Jesuits Refugee Service (JRS), an international refugee entity of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits).

Students at Mungula Secondary School, Uganda, feel that the new infrastructure has strengthened their resolve to continue with education. Credit: Jesuits Refugee Service (JRS)

Jesuits in Uganda Give Refugee Girls’ Schools Facelift to Boost Uptake of Sciences

Feb 13, 2022

Jesuits Refugee Service (JRS), an international refugee entity of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), is constructing laboratories in girls’ schools for refugees in Uganda to boost their performance in science subjects.

Fr. Lasantha Deabrew, SJ, the Jesuit Refugee Service Project Coordinator at Kakuma Refugee Camp. Credit: Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS)

Jesuit Agency Helping Children with Special Needs at World’s Largest Refugee Camp in Kenya

Apr 18, 2021

The leadership of the international refugee organization of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) has, in a documentary, explained how it is reaching out to children with special needs living in the world’s largest refugee camp, Kakuma, located in Northern Kenya, within the Catholic Diocese of Lodwar.

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Jesuits’ Scholarship to Enable Vulnerable Refugees in Kenya Access University Education

Nov 19, 2020

A scholarship opportunity by the international refugee entity of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS), aims at providing vulnerable refugees living in Kenya access to university education, the leadership of the agency has said.

How Jesuit Refugee Service in Angola Has Adjusted in the Wake of COVID-19

Jul 2, 2020

Officials of the international refugee organization of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) based in Angola have had to adjust their approaches in order to meet the needs of beneficiaries in the wake of COVID-19, one of the officials has said.