Jesuit-founded St. Aloysius Gonzaga Secondary School, located in the slum of Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya, is taking an uncommon approach to serving those in need: the school enrolls only HIV/AIDS orphans, giving them a free....
Georgetown University students partaking in a unique Catholic studies seminar have taken on an ambitious goal: to raise money to support clean drinking water in Kenya. The seminar, “Kenya: Clean Water Project,” is taught by Jesuit....
The Church of St. Joseph the Worker, a Jesuit parish in Kangemi, Kenya, has run a program called “Uzima” (“life” in Swahili) for those infected or affected by HIV/AIDS since 2004. Over the years, its....
Fifty years ago today, New York Province Jesuit Father Joseph Schuh landed in Lagos, Nigeria to help open the University of Lagos and teach biology. His arrival marked the start of an enduring legacy. More....
Regis University in Denver is taking the lead on a program to teach online college courses in refugee camps in Malawi and Kenya, and in urban Syria. The four-year pilot project is called "Jesuit Commons: Higher Education at the Margins" and it aims to solve a stark problem: the dearth of higher education options for refugees.
August 12, 2011 We pray for all those suffering from drought, hunger, displacement and famine in the Horn of Africa. According to the UN, over 12 million people are in need of emergency assistance, primarily....
JRS Eastern Africa Regional Director Jesuit Father Frido Pflueger visited the Dollo Ado refugee camps in southeast Ethiopia recently and found that JRS must focus on the children there. He said more than 80 percent of the refugees there are younger than 18.
Jesuit Refugee Service Eastern Africa Director Jesuit Father Frido Pflueger said the meeting of the UN Food and Agricultural Organization to discuss ways of alleviating the suffering of more than 11 million people in the Horn of Africa was a positive sign, but that the statements must be translated into concrete action.
Refugees in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya are now able to study for a certificate in social services after Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) launched its first certificate program as part of a distance higher....
