Rachel Banda, a small-scale farmer from Lusaka, receives support from the Kasisi Agricultural Training Centre (KATC) to practice climate-smart agriculture. Photo: Juan Emilio Hernandez/CJI
A year of crisis, commitment, and hope
“The world is facing a crisis of solidarity—a crisis of humanity that excludes others and creates a culture of indifference,” said Fr. Rampeoane Hlobo, SJ, Director of the Justice and Ecology Office for the Jesuit Conference of Africa and Madagascar. Speaking at a webinar celebrating Canadian Jesuit International’s 70th anniversary in September, Fr. Hlobo captured the reality of 2025, a year that tested the world amid intense uncertainty and instability. Read more
A word from Jenny
Jenny Cafiso, CJI Executive Director
Two images are vivid in my mind as I look back at 2025. One is of people in projects that we support who had to stop providing life-saving medication after learning that same morning that their funding from the US government aid agencies had been cut off.
The other is about an elderly Jesuit priest whom I met in a small town in Northern Mexico, recounting the time two years earlier when two of his Jesuit companions were brutally murdered at the altar in front of him, by a drug lord. When asked if he wanted to leave, he replied, “Where should I go? I belong among the people here.” Read more
