JRS Latin American and the Caribbean

Number of people served in 2020: 218,907

The Jesuit Refugee Service has been present in Latin America and the Caribbean since 2004. The regional office, located in Bogotá, coordinates and supports the work of national offices in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Mexico.

JRS LAC works in the following areas: integral humanitarian action, education, livelihoods, peace building and reconciliation, advocacy and communication.

The Jesuit Refugee Service Latin America and the Caribbean (JRS LAC) is part of the Red Jesuita con Migrantes, a network of the Society of Jesus that reports to the Conference of Provincials of Latin America (CPAL). The network seeks to collaborate at the continental, regional, and interprovincial levels to support migrants and those in situations of refuge or displacement.

Countries

Colombia

Ecuador

Mexico

Venezuela

See Our Work

Flor Marina, an IDP living Cúcuta, completed a a sewing workshop with the support of JRS. Now she has her own business and she has been able to build her own house. (Maria Teresa Urueña/Jesuit Refugee Service)
(Natalia Betancourt/Jesuit Refugee Service)
Children in Magdalena Medio, Colombia, say no to the recruitment and involvement of children in armed conflict on Red Hand Day. (Jesuit Refugee Service)
(Jesuit Refugee Service)
An internally displaced man shows cocoa beans produced with the support of JRS in Magdalena Medio, Colombia. (Gorka Ortega/Jesuit Refugee Service)
A migrant boy from the JRS Bojay Shelter in Hidalgo, México. (Jesuit Refugee Service)

Stories





JRS Ecuador & State PRM: Responding to Ecuador’s Migration Concerns 15 Jul 2024
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Pastora is sowing threads of unity in her community in Soacha, Colombia 13 Feb 2024
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Jesuit Refugee Service/USA: Further Restrictions on Asylum Do Not Solve the Situation at the U.S.- Mexico Border 05 Feb 2024
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Contact

Regional office:

Bogotà, Colombia

Regional Director:

Óscar Calderón

Visit the JRS LAC Website