Jesuit Refugee Service
Mindanao: Xavier U donates land for resettlement, JRS launches appeal
Xavier University has started to help resettle survivors of Tropical Storm Washi. Thousands were rendered homeless by the flash floods that wiped out parts of...read more
Flood misery continues across Southeast Asia
An estimated 20 million people across Southeast Asia have been affected by flooding since June. Most are in Thailand, but typhoons struck the Philippines in...read more
New JRS Asia Pacific director
Fr Bambang Sipayung SJ has been appointed Regional Director of Jesuit Refugee Service-Asia Pacific. His three-year term begins on June 1, 2012.Fr Sipayung replaces Fr...read more
Amid the devastation of repeated floods
Floods have devastated Cambodia since August and at the beginning of October had affected 1.2 million people. Tess O’Brien, a volunteer with Jesuit Refugee Service...read more
A Discussion with Denise Coghlan
Sister Denise reflects on her 20+ years working in Cambodia and how she is motivated by her faith and a sense of justice. She highlights...read more
Uighurs failed by Cambodia’s sham refugee law
In June last year a solitary Uighur from Xinjiang Province in China arrived in Phnom Penh seeking asylum. He registered his claim with the Cambodian...read more
A Cluster of Events on the Convention of Cluster Munitions and Mine Ban Treaty
16th February 2010 was another mile-stone to celebrate achievement. It is indeed good news of great joy! Sr Denise, Country Director of JRS Cambodia excitedly...read more
JRS-AP Updates
Helping in Daru-Kiunga From the 8-18 February 2007, Fr David Holdcroft (Country Director, JRS Australia) and Fr Bernard Arputhasamy (Regional Director, JRS Asia-Pacific) visited the...read more