Meet Pascazie Uwimana a refugee mother of three girls and five grandchildren from Rwanda who has lived in Nairobi, Kenya since 1997. I am a tailor who specializes in...

Wycliff’s family fled Rwanda in 1995, when he was only four years old. With his parents, three sisters and brother, he ran through the woods of Akagera National Park...

Sarah Phillip attends the JRS Adult Literacy Programme in Maban, South Sudan Sarah and Rahab are inspirational young women who are striving to complete their education in the hostile...

The desire to learn in both refugee and local communities in Maban, South Sudan is strong. JRS trains teachers to help improve their skills in the classroom.(Angela Wells/Jesuit Refugee...

Michael O. Oyoo/JRS Given the political crisis and famine in South Sudan, Kakuma Refugee Camp continues to receive a massive influx of refugees from that country. The Irish Jesuit...

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...

  Darkness falls early in South Sudan. When the unspeakably bright sun sleeps, there isn’t much to illuminate the hot air. Just fireflies, the headlights of occasional military trucks,...

In South Sudan’s Upper Nile state, a student is more likely to find soldiers occupying their school than teachers preparing lessons. Sixty-three percent of schools are occupied by armed...