Category: Sustainable and Resilient Communities

Fr Eric with MAJIS women farmers. The hold a safety deposit box which is building a community savings fund.

Day of Rural Women 2025

I can speak from experience having met groups of women, just last month in South Sudan, who are quite literally the rock for their communities especially for children. For...

Boiling Point: Disaster Risk Reduction Day

To mark this international day focused on climate change and the worrying trend we are seeing across the globe from extreme weather to increasing natural disasters – we share...

World Charity Day 2025

Over the last 80 years, your support and contributions from Ireland have had profound effects on the lives of marginalised and poor across the developing world. Our Jesuit Province...
youth climate activists pose with sign demanding climate action, Malawi

World Youth Day 2024: Climate Champions!

This World Youth Day, we are showcasing the passionate advocacy work of African youth, who are bringing their energy and skills to bring positive change to their communities. Partnered...
activists demonstrate against fossil fuel at COP28 in Dubai

Cautious hope, faith, and integrity beyond the fossil fuel COP28

For World Earth Day – we spotlight Pedro Walpole SJ, the research director from the Institute of Environmental Science for Social Change (ESSC), a research institute in Quezon City,...
Students pose for photo with tree saplings for planting. they are happy and smiling.

International Youth Day 2023

International Youth Day is about looking to a sustainable future where the global community works together to create a climate-friendly world to not only address the climate crisis but...

Desertification, Drought & the Global South

World Day to Combat Desertification & Drought is observed on the 17th June each year to promote public awareness of international efforts to combat desertification – this international day...

World Environment Day 2023

World Environment Day, on the 5th of June, brings together millions of people from across the globe, rallying communities to protect and restore the Earth. This year marks the...

Laudato Si’ Week 2023

Laudato Si’ is an encyclical of Pope Francis published in May 2015. It focuses on care for the natural environment and all people, as well as broader questions on...
volunteer sam in field of fruit trees listening to farmers

Volunteer blog: Chimbalu Model Village

Last week we were welcomed into a rural farming community that JCED assists. Before JCED’s involvement they weren’t knowledgeable on the practice of sustainable agriculture. For instance, they had...
woman making a clay stove pot by hand

Volunteer blog: Mbira stoves

The past week I had the opportunity to see JCED’s projects in the flesh. This required taking a trip north of the capital to a town called Kasungu. Up...
Sam, Martha and Brother ngoni stand outside beside Laudato si banners under the shade of a tree.

News from JCED: Sam Duff

The lights have just gone out again. This is a regular occurrence in Malawi. Despite only 10% of the population relying on electricity, the country still faces a serious...