The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) is an international Catholic organization with a mission to accompany, serve and defend the rights of refugees and forcibly displaced people. JRS undertakes services at national and regional levels with the support of an international office in Rome.
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Continued support needed for JRS' work in Sri Lanka |
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 JRS is providing emergency care to almost 300,000 Sri Lankans displaced by recent fighting in the country. With thousands of these people injured and in need of urgent medical attention, JRS is seeking basic medical supplies as well as food, clean water, and temporary shelter for those living in camps. Besides this critical assistance, JRS is also facilitating the education of children, helping to reunite families separated by the violence, and working towards the resettlement of these people. If you would like to support the work of JRS in Sri Lanka, please follow the steps below. We appreciate any effort you can make to help us with this initiative.
Donate by telephone: Please call our office on 02 9356 3888 to arrange a donation by credit card. We also accept direct deposit. Please indicate that you would like these funds to go to the work of JRS in Sri Lanka. Donate by mail: Donations can be sent by cheque to JRS, P.O. Box 522, Kings Cross, NSW, 1340. Please enclose a note indicating that you would like these funds to go to the work of JRS in Sri Lanka.
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Residents of 'sinking islands' reject refugee label |
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Dubbed the 'sinking islands', Kiribati and Tuvalu in the Pacific have long been expected to produce the world's first climate change refugees. But as JRS Australia's Associate Director Dr Maryanne Loughry discovered on a recent visit to the islands, the local residents strongly reject the refugee label. Maryanne co-authored the feature We aren't Refugees with fellow migration researcher Jane McAdam.
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 JRS is proud to announce the launch of its first annual Youth Award. The competition aims to engage students with the broad topic of refugees and asylum seekers, and requires that they demonstrate their understanding through a single or multi-level media presentation.
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Position Vacant: JRS International Field Placement, Papua New Guinea |
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JRS Australia seeks to appoint an Information and Advocacy Project Officer to its Papua New Guinea office for a fixed-term contract in September 2009. For more information, please download the position description...
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