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Water Appeal

As World Water Month approaches – we launch our Lenten Water appeal which is focused on providing life saving water resources fundraising for water tanks for schools and education...
classroom hun made from sticks and sheeted coverings with wooden desks, sand floor. A blackboard stands at the front of the room.

International Day of Education 2023

South Sudan is the youngest country in the world and its short history is rife with conflict as civil wars have left a nation destablised and its people vulnerable...
school girls in uniform group together in the playground posing for photo. They are all smiling

School Food Appeal: LSS Wau

When I think back on our trip to South Sudan in November last year, although touched by so many project visits, talking to students from Loyola Secondary School (LSS)...
Landscape photo of Kangemi Slum, Nairobi

IDEVW: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (IDEVW) is an international holiday which recognises the work and efforts of women’s rights activists against gender-based violence observed on...

Syria Winter Clothes Christmas Appeal

In Syria this winter, children are at risk of hypothermia because they do not have warm clothes. For their parents, this threat to their lives is a bigger worry...

Syrians struggle against the bitter cold

“Where did Fadi go?”, was my question, as I turned around to discover that Fadi who was my guide in a extremely poor neighbourhood of Damascus was no longer...

Ngongo’s story: Jewels that dream of the Congo

Ngongo is a 52-year-old Congolese refugee living in Nairobi. He escaped the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in early 2000, running away from political persecution as he belongs to...

Jesuits serving as witness in South Sudan

‘You Shall Be My Witnesses’ The 10th October is the feast of St Daniel Comboni, an Italian missionary and one of the first to come to Sudan. He was...

Build a classroom. Change a life: Appeal Update

Back in March, we fundraised for the building of classroom blocks in a village in South Sudan where women farmers like Deborah and Mary, worried for their children’s futures....

“3… 2… 1 … And We’re LIVE!”

This year we supported our peers at Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) India to address the education gaps that impact Chin and Afghan urban refugee children in Chanakya and Tilak...

Xavier Network – Showcasing Successful Actions in Protection

Nominate your Project We are inviting our partners to showcase your successful action in protection. Nominations are open from our launch day, 1st Nov’22. Closing date for nominations is...
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Up the Jes! MAGIS Student Council Leadership Conference

On the 26th of October, Student Council representatives took part in the first ever Jesuit Schools Leadership Conference in Tullamore, Co. Offaly. The aim of the day was to...