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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VOL 59 NO 3| Fall 2024

 

Sudanese refugees who cross the border into South Sudan receive assistance from Jesuit Refugee Service, ranging from psychosocial support to… Read more

Canadian Jesuits International (CJI) sat down with Fr. Alfredo Infante, SJ, Provincial of the Jesuits in Venezuela, to discuss the … Read more

The Jesuit Migration Network (RJM-CANA in Spanish) provides humanitarian assistance and accompaniment to thousands of vulnerable migrants and refugees from … Read more

By Amaya Valcárcel

*Aamira and her ten children, the youngest of whom was one year and six months old, fled … Read more

CJI welcomed three visitors during the spring and summer: Fr. Alfredo Infante, SJ, Provincial of the Jesuits of Venezuela, Fr. … Read more

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This fall and in early 2025, Canadian Jesuits International (CJI) will host educational events on forced migration, one of the … Read more

Donovan Martin is a member of Canadian Jesuit International’s volunteer Outreach Committee. He is an environmental science student at Carleton … Read more

A word from Jenny Cafiso, Executive Director

Wilfreda, a grandmother who had been forced to flee from Colombia, and was … Read more

About 2,000 Somali refugee women and girls living in Ethiopia’s Dollo Ado refugee camps will be equipped with basic literacy … Read more

From meeting with their MPs to advocate for girls’ education in the Global South, to creating podcasts to raise awareness … Read more

Victor Reyes has stepped down as Operations Manager of Canadian Jesuits International (CJI) effective May 31, 2024. All of us … Read more

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By Fr Martin Puthussery, SJ

The COVID-19 pandemic, whose devastating impacts linger on, exposed the gravity of the migrant situation … Read more

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