About 2,000 Somali refugee women and girls living in Ethiopia’s Dollo Ado refugee camps will be equipped with basic literacy and numeracy skills under a new project that will be supported by Canadian Jesuits International (CJI).

The new program, to be administered by Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS)-Ethiopia, was one of 12 projects totaling $619,120.58 approved by the CJI Board of Trustees at its May 4 meeting.  Under this program, refugees will have access to a two-year Integrated Functional Adult Literacy (IFAL) education program that will incorporate knowledge and skills in areas such as parenting/childcare, nutrition, family planning, livelihood, HIV-AIDS, the environment, and basic hygiene practices.

The Board also approved a JRS project in Venezuela that will address issues related to migration, including raising awareness of migration risks and protection measures, reconciliation between migrants and host communities, and humanitarian aid to teachers in the states of Zulia, Tachira, and the Capital District.
The project will conduct workshops on informed and safe mobility, training on how to address xenophobia and promote reconciliation in host communities. The delivery of humanitarian kits to teachers aims to reduce teacher absenteeism related to food insecurity.

Learn more about these projects here.