2024 Fall Newsletter
Sudanese refugees who cross the border into South Sudan receive assistance from Jesuit Refugee Service, ranging from psychosocial support to basic needs such as sleeping mats. Photo: Paula Casado Aguirregabiria
Stepping up for the world’s 120 million forcibly displaced people
*Aamira and her ten children, the youngest of whom was one year and six months old, fled the Blue Nile State when civil war erupted in 2012. They left with only the clothes on their backs and spent nine days in the bush without food, water, or medicine before reaching a town in the Sudanese border. They stayed there for a year before moving to Gendarussa refugee camp in Maban, South Sudan, where they still live today. Continue reading
A word from Jenny Cafiso, CJI Executive Director
Wilfreda, a grandmother who had been forced to flee from Colombia, and was living in Ecuador, once told me “The sorrow of the refugees is a sorrow that has no end.” In the 30 years that I have been involved in Jesuit social justice work, I have witnessed firsthand the challenges that forcibly displaced persons face in their quest for a better, peaceful life. While their experiences vary, most often they face harsh, restrictive migration policies, discrimination, hunger, lack of health care, and shelter.
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