JRS started working in Colombia in 1995, providing services to over 20,000 displaced people every year since then. In 2016, JRS Colombia began assisting thousands of Venezuelans seeking refuge in Colombia.

JRS began operating in Chad in 2006. Currently, we oversee education programs for refugees in 12 camps in eastern Chad, serving 76,000 people – about 17% of the total refugee population in Chad. 56% of the refugees are children; JRS’s education programs are aimed at ensuring that they do not become a lost generation.

Since 2014, JRS implemented projects in seven locations, and is currently serving almost 75,000 people, mainly through psychosocial support projects.

JRS Syria was founded in 2008 in response to the growing number of Iraqi refugees. When the civil war erupted in 2011, JRS Syria began serving internally displaced Syrians, providing health services, education, child protection, livelihood training, and emergency aid in areas where no other NGO could go. Since then, JRS has provided an average of 18,000 meals daily in Aleppo alone. JRS’s programs in Lebanon and Jordan are serving over 20,000 people, the majority of whom are Syrians.

JRS is assisting Venezuelans in several neighboring countries. In Venezuela itself, JRS helped 11,337 people in 2017 by providing food, shelter, and support for children to remain in school despite the limited access to basic goods.

JRS is present in 18 countries in Europe. In Italy, we respond to the needs of 30,000 forcibly displaced people every year, 25% of the annual influx of forced migrants arriving in the country. JRS Italy has a strong presence the Rome, but also serves people in Catania and Palermo, two main cities in Sicily close to the main disembarkation points.