World Health Day 2017: Let’s talk about depression
Community Counsellors in Kakuma Camp. (Michael Oyoo/JRS) Sometimes people just need to talk and be listened to. World Health Day on 7th April recognises this and has as its...
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International Women’s Day 2017: Safe Havens for women
Photo: Jesuit Refugee Service International Pope Francis reaffirms the church’s stance against all forms of abuse against women in the encyclical Amoris Laetitia: “we must…see in the women’s movement...
Christmas is a special time for children
Christmas is a special time for children. They teach us wonder and joy as they open their Christmas gifts. Every year we are nourished by that same wonder and...
Listening to children
Children in the context of a refugee camp, an urban setting, or any other location around the world fall into a category of individuals who are extremely vulnerable. Simply...
Universal Children’s Day 2016
Photo credit: Zerene Haddad / Jesuit Refugee Service Sunday 20th November is Universal Children’s Day, dedicated to promoting the rights of the child. Pope Francis has launched an appeal...
Can we stick to our Christian beliefs?
Family and friends of deceased Irish Jesuit missionaries gathered for the annual mass on Sunday 6th November held by the Irish Jesuit Missions. This year Fr John Guiney SJ...
Acquiring new skills at Kakuma Camp
The JRS Safe Haven house dozens of children in need of protection and guidance in Kakuma refugee camp. (Angela Wells/JRS) The sprawling refugee camp of Kakuma in Kenya is...
A way forward for adult refugees in Jordan
Iraqi refugees Tamim (right) and Qais (left) in the corridor at the JRS school in Amman, both are volunteers and part of the JRS Jordan core team. (Zerene Haddad/JRS)...
Ten aid agencies unite to call on South Sudan government
Andrew Ash/Jesuit Refugee Service The Jesuit Refugee Service is deeply concerned at the fragile state of affairs in South Sudan after fighting re-erupted and killed nearly 300 civilians in...
A new phase for IJM Development Education
Irish teachers’ group with Fr Edmund Mallaya SJ and Fr Kevin White SJ, Jesuit Refugee Service The Irish Jesuit Mission office’s Development Education (DE) programme established in 2013 was...
World Refugee Day 20th June
The 20th June 2016 is a very special Monday. It is the United Nations World Refugee Day when the focus is on refugees’ plight and the ordinary human beings...
Year of Mercy: Education in South Sudan
A Sudanese refugee teacher pauses after finishing her courses for morning, before attending JRS teacher training courses in the afternoon. “I’ve lived through three decades of war and I’ve...