Voices
South Sudan: a role model for students and teachers
Nimule, 4 May 2012 – Esther is a role model for her community. A secondary education teacher of commerce and accounting at Fulla Secondary School, Nimule, and a mother of three, she exudes happiness, confidence and professionalism. However, as a former refugee, the journey to this point has not been easy. She attributes her success to the support of JRS over a period of nearly 12 years, from 2000 to 2011.
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Ethiopia: recreation eases difficulty of camp life
Dollo Ado, 3 May 2012 – My first experience with refugees was in Mai-Aini camp in northwest Ethiopia. I worked with Jesuit Refugee Service as a Sports and Recreational Activities Officer there for just under a year. Eighty percent of the camp residents were young, male Eritrean refugees, most of whom had fled their country for political reasons. The life-affirming challenges I met there prepared me for my current role in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia.
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Praying with refugees
Praying with Refugees in Sri Lanka
Vavuniya, 1 May, 2012 — Sri Lanka concluded its war on May 18, 2009. It is estimated that more than 300,000 were forcibly displaced, having lost almost everything during the conflict, and between 40,000 –140,000 were killed in the final phase of the war alone.
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Praying with Refugees in India
(Washington, D.C.) April 1, 2012 — The Chin people in Mizoram State, India, live in a protracted, urban refugee situation and face daunting problems related to protection, livelihood, health, and education. While many have been there for years, new arrivals continue, including many youth who are fleeing forced conscription by the Burmese military.
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Global approach to urban refugee issues
(Bangkok) March 31, 2012 — To Berlin, Bogotá, Bangkok. UN statistics show that most refugees around the world are going to cities. But do they all face similar obstacles in their new host cities? Are there common approaches Jesuit Refugee Service can take to serve refugees living in urban areas? At a recent meeting, JRS staff from more than 25 countries gave a qualified yes to these questions.
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Ethiopia: laughing and learning in Dollo Ado
(Dollo Ado, Ethiopia) March 21, 2012 – Last year, in August 2011, the children in Melkadida Refugee Camp were struggling to survive. They were on the verge of death. I witnessed their agony and I saw the many pits in graveyards prepared in advance. Now, six months later, life is different and I am happy to watch them playing, dancing, laughing and learning.
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Higher Education at the Margins charts future course
(Denver) March 13, 2012 — The first Jesuit Commons: Higher Education at the Margins Think Tank at Regis University came to a conclusion March 8 with a final round of spirited discussions, poignant presentations and the promise of recommendations that will guide the organization’s future in bring Jesuit higher education to those at the margins of our society.
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Expanding Higher Education at the Margins
(Denver) March 7, 2012 — Participants at the first international Jesuit Commons: Higher Education at the Margins 'Think Tank' at Regis University hope to expand the vision and outreach of JC:HEM to empower those at the very edges of our societies through access to Jesuit higher education, so that together we may foster hope to create a more peaceful and humane world.
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Kenya: Christmas in Kakuma
(Kakuma, Kenya) March 5, 2012 — Fr. Gary Smith, S.J., Jesuit Refugee Service Pastoral Coordinator at Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya, shares a reflection of Christmas in the camp, which is home to more than 85,000 refugees from several countries throughout Africa.
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Jesuit Commons: Higher Education at the Margins
(Denver) March 2, 2012 — Jesuit Commons: Higher Education at the Margins is an initiative of the Society of Jesus that brings Jesuit higher education to those at the margins of our society. JC:HEM works with Jesuit Refugee Service, which has enabled more than 250 refugees to study courses online and on-site in partnership with a global network of Jesuit universities.
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