Our Programs

Our programs in Canada

Sponsorship To guarantee the safety of those forced to flee

Pastoral Support To facilitate the integration and well-being of refugees in Canada.

Pastoral Support

Advocacy Effectively defending the rights of refugees.

Raising awareness Encouraging compassion and mutual aid for refugees

Raising awareness

JRS is committed to working for the wellbeing and hope of refugees. Internationally, we run pastoral care and psychosocial support programmes in detention centres and refugee camps, and provide humanitarian relief in emergency displacement situations. Education and livelihoods programmes provide skill development and opportunities for integration into host communities. We never cease to advocate for the rights of refugees, and to articulate the obligation to protect the most vulnerable among us.

Our programs worldwide

Reconciliation In a spirit of welcome and hospitality, we work to promote right relationships and build social cohesion.

JRS Asia Pacific psychosocial activities with displaced children

Education The delivery of quality education that fosters agency among refugees people, focused through the Global Education Initiative.

Children going to school at the JRS FVDL Centre in Bourj Hammoud, Lebanon.

Livelihoods Innovative livelihoods programmes focused on self-reliance and sustainability.

A refugee woman attends a livelihoods training run by JRS in Ethiopia.

Advocacy Effective advocacy for the rights of refugees.

A South Sudan representative giving a speech during World Refugee Day celebrations in Nairobi, Kenya.

Psychosocial Support Layered, complementary services capable of meeting a variety of complex experiences and needs to ensure the most effective mental health and psychosocial support.

Refugees play sport in the JRS centre in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia

Psychosocial Support

Emergency Assistance Relief operations that ensure the survival of people in emergency situations

The JRS Syria Soup Kitchen team prepares food for the local community

Emergency Assistance

Health Care Access to health care services that include primary health care and preventive interventions that effectively reduce health risks.

Carl Chagweda, JRS Community Health Worker, helps Melinda to pull herself up on a walker - part of the exercises they perform together weekly to build Melinda's strength.

Protection Promotion of justice by providing refugees with effective legal and physical protection.

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