We are a Jesuit NGO accompanying, serving and defending the rights of forcibly displaced persons in Chad, Cameroon, CAR, Nigeria, and DRC.
West Africa & Great Lakes
Joined February 2023
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📢Musbeliba is one of the young people who has seen her education cut short. She was a second-year finance student when the war broke out, and her university was set on fire, along with all her school certificates. She is determined: they can burn buildings, but not my dreams.
♻️OPEN TENDER
JRS Cameroon & @UNHCRCameroon invite qualified companies to bid for the construction of a Plastic Waste Recycling Facility at Minawao Refugee Camp.
Deadline: 22 Oct 2026 | 18:00 drive.google.com/file/d/1Uhb… /QR code on the poster.
#JRS #UNHCR
🚪🤝 HOSPITALITY OPENS THE DOOR TO PEACE.
Ahead of #DayOfHospitality, JRS West Africa & Great Lakes joins a global movement of welcome, encounter and hope.
Because every open door can change a life.
#PathsOfHospitality #JRS #Peace #Solidarity
#WMHD
💙 HEALING STARTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
On #WorldMentalHealthDay, JRS celebrates refugees who support fellow refugees through community-based #MHPSS.
Together, they build hope, resilience and belonging.
📖 Read more: ow.ly/aLLL50ZWloo
#MentalHealth #Refugees #JRS #WAFGL
🎒⚽PLAY, LEARN, GROW
With support from @Misereor & @Entreculturas, #JRS #DRC equipped 15 secondary schools in #Mugunga, #Sake, #Bweremana & #Minova with footballs, bibs, ropes, board games, drums & more, fostering #inclusion, well-being & #resilience for conflict-affected youth.
#ENTRECULTURAS MISSION FOR LASTING IMPACT🤝
During its mission to Lake Province in #Chad, @Entreculturas, alongside #JRS Chad, engaged local authorities to strengthen #Education, #child #protection & community #resilience through locally rooted, #sustainable solutions.
#JRSChad
📚 STANDING WITH TEACHERS
In #Farchana, #JRS Chad, with @UnhcrTchad , #CNARR & Education authorities, celebrated #refugee #teachers while amplifying their call for better working conditions. Supporting teachers means protecting quality Education.💙
#WorldTeachersDay #JRSChad
🎓SKILLS OPEN DOORS
📚In Wadi-Fira, #JRS & @UnhcrTchad supported 16 #refugees, including 13 girls, through English training. Their graduation marks more than an achievement: it builds confidence, skills & pathways to greater self-reliance.🌱
#JRSChad #UNHCR #RefugeeEducation
🏆 SPORTING HOPE, BUILDING PEACE
⚽🎭 With support from @Erzbistum_Koeln, #JRS #DRC united 10 schools in #Mugunga through sports, culture & peace #education, empowering youth, strengthening resilience, and building social cohesion.
#SportForPeace #Resilience #SocialCohesion
💙 PROTECTING CHILDREN, SHAPING FUTURES
🤝 On 23 September 2026, #JRS Chad supported the signing of commitments by Temporary Foster Families in #Touloum, strengthening #protection, care, and hope for vulnerable #children.
#Chad #ChildProtection #FosterCare #Hope #WadiFira💙
🌍COMMUNITIES IN ACTION
With support from @Caritas Canada @DevPeace, #JRS Nigeria equipped community advocates in #Akwa Ibom with skills to defend environmental rights, engage stakeholders & drive local solutions to oil spill impacts.
Building #resilience together.
#JRSNigeria
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🚨VOICES INTO ACTION
🌍Backed by @Caritas Canada, #JRS Nigeria is empowering communities affected by oil pollution to become agents of change. Through dialogue, advocacy and collective action, they are building #resilience and shaping their future.🤝
#CaritasCanada #AkwaIbom
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As we approach World Day of Migrants and Refugees, we invite you to join us and the people we serve in prayer as we journey together.
#WDMR2026
🛡️ STOP EBOLA, SAVE LIVES
Funded by the #Ebola Foundation - @jesuiten weltweit, JRS DRC strengthened Ebola prevention in 22 schools across North & South #Kivu, DRC through WASH support and awareness. 🧼🚰
#StopEbola #DRC #NorthKivu #SouthKivu #WASH #JRS #HealthForAll 🌍💙
🚀EMPOWERING EDUCATION LEADERS
📚The 2nd cohort of National #Trainers is underway in #Koundou! With @TaRL Africa and #Education stakeholders, #JRS is helping strengthen local capacity to improve foundational learning outcomes and ensure every child can thrive.🌍
#TeacherTraining
🛡️ENFANCE PROTÉGÉE, AVENIR PRÉSERVÉ💙
Grâce au soutien de @CEI Urgence, le #JRS RDC renforce la protection de 100 enfants séparés, non accompagnés et orphelins à #Goma et #Nyiragongo. 🤝Des actions concrètes pour leur sécurité, leur bien-être et leur dignité.
#ChildProtection💙
🚨 CONNECTED & PROTECTED📱🤝
With support from the #DRCHumanitarianFund via @UNOCHA_DRC, #JRS DRC and @umojainaction equipped 60 conflict-affected people in Lubero with phones and SIM cards, strengthening access to protection, aid & vital information.🌍✨
#NorthKivu #Protection
PROTECTION & DIGNITY IN MAÏBA
Together with @UnhcrTchad and humanitarian partners, #JRS conducted a protection monitoring mission in #Maïba, Eastern Chad. Through focus groups, key protection and Education needs were identified, while 50 adolescent girls received dignity kits.💙
📚 LITERACY CHANGES LIVES. HOPE BEGINS WITH LEARNING.
On #InternationalLiteracyDay2026, we celebrate the JRS staff and educators helping refugees and forcibly displaced people replace fear with opportunity, one lesson at a time. 🌍📖
#LiteracyForAll #RefugeeEducation #JRSNigeria
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In South Sudan, JRS helps refugees rebuild their lives bit.ly/3U5DmuO
