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Jesuit Refugee Service/USA
Annual Report 2014
Jesuit Refugee Service/USA
1016 16th St NW
Ste 500
Washington, D.C. 20036
www.jrsusa.org
Publisher: Armando Borja
Editor/Designer: Christian Fuchs
Published: June 2015
Camera icon by Hakan Yalcin
Prison Visit icon by Luis Prado
(both from the Noun Project)
This page: Distribution of winter
clothes and hygiene kits to
internally displaced people in Homs,
Syria. (Tomy Kilahji — JRS)
Cover: JRS provides primary education for refugees from the Darfur
region of Sudan at Djabal refugee
camp, just outside of Goz Beida, Chad.
(Christian Fuchs — JRS/USA)
Jesuit Refugee Service/USA
www.jrsusa.org
In
the late 1970s, Jesuit Fr. Pedro Arrupe
(above), then Superior General of the
Society of Jesus, was moved by the
perilous journeys to exile of the Vietnamese boat people.
Fr. Arrupe appealed to Jesuit Major Superiors —
leaders of Jesuit Provinces and other administrative
bodies — for practical assistance. The spontaneous
and generous ‘first wave of action’ provoked him to
reflect on how much more the Society of Jesus could
do if their responses to this, and to other contemporary crises of forced human displacement, were
planned and coordinated.
On November 14, 1980, Fr. Arrupe announced the birth
Refugee Service.
of Jesuit
The history of JRS reflects the lives and hopes of
people we serve, people with whom we stand side
by side, people we know personally.
This personal knowledge constantly transforms our
understanding. JRS opens a door into the inspiring
lives of people struggling to defend their rights, protect their families and give their children a future.
Our mission is to accompany, serve and advocate for the
rights of refugees and other forcibly displaced persons.
• To accompany means to be a companion. We are
companions of Jesus, so we wish to be companions
of those with whom he preferred to be associated,
the poor and the outcast.
• JRS services are made available to refugees and
displaced persons regardless of their race, ethnic
origin, or religious beliefs.
• JRS advocates for just and generous policies and
programs for the benefit of victims of forced displacement so that those made vulnerable by exile
can receive support and protection and durable
solutions to their plight can be achieved.
Dear Friends of Jesuit Refugee Service/USA,
Not long ago I traveled to Kakuma refugee camp in
northern Kenya to visit JRS psychosocial and education
programs there. I met Benard, a young refugee from
war-ridden Somalia, who was caring for a young child
with cerebral palsy. When I asked about the child, Benard
shared with me that the child was a distant cousin of his.
arriving at our own border from Central America — Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, three of the most
violent countries in the world. From October 2013 to
September 2014, 65,000 children — fleeing gang related
violence and sexual abuse and exploitation — turned
themselves in to U.S. immigration authorities.
Fleeing violence, the child’s
parents had no choice but to
leave the child in Benard’s care,
promising to come for him in a
few days. They never returned,
their fate unknown. Soon after,
Benard and his cousin were
displaced themselves by the
Somali conflict, and after a difficult journey reached Kakuma.
The child chews and swallows
with difficulty. Special food,
which is difficult to access in
Armando Borja
the camp, is required for his nutritional needs. JRS is committed
to accompanying and supporting Benard by providing the
proper food and other necessities as he raises his cousin.
The protection of unaccompanied children and asylum
seekers, including women travelling with children, is
at the heart of our advocacy efforts. Mothers arriving
with children are being incarcerated and are subject to
an expedited deportation process. JRS/USA opposes the
detention of mothers with children and the expedited
process, and we are advocating for alternatives to detention and for protection of the due process rights of all
asylum seekers.
On World Refugee Day, Pope Francis urged everyone to
accompany refugees: “Let us be their neighbors, share
their fears and uncertainty about the future, and take
concrete steps to reduce their suffering.” Jesuit Refugee
Service strives, as the Pope urges, to be neighbors to refugees and displaced persons, with particular care to the
most vulnerable.
In 2014, we bore witness to thousands of asylum seekers
Afghanistan: Class at
Kabul’s Sultana school.
(Peter Balleis S.J. — JRS)
The spirit of accompaniment — a core tenet of our JRS
mission — drives our courageous colleagues in Afghanistan to educate returned refugee children — including
girls, which is unpopular with extremists. Fr. Alexis Prem
Kumar S.J., the JRS Afghanistan country director, was
kidnapped last June and held for more than eight months
before being freed. During Fr. Prem’s captivity, JRS continued its education programs, declaring that Fr. Prem would
not want deprive students of the opportunity to learn the
skills they need to be leaders in their community, and to
build a peaceful, strong Afghanistan.
While working in settings of prolonged crisis, JRS also
works in emergency situations such as Syria. Currently,
JRS is one of very few international groups remaining in
Syria, providing urgent support to Syrians in need.
I’m reminded of Bish, a 75-year-old woman targeted be-
Kenya: Early education program for young refugees at Kakuma camp. (Christian Fuchs — JRS/USA)
cause of her Christian faith. A group of armed men invaded her home, lit her mattresses on fire and forced her to
walk over the burning beds to “remove demons from her
soul.” Miraculously, they spared her life, and she and her
sister fled to Damascus. JRS provided them with medical
care and helped them find a place to stay.
to defend the rights of refugees and migrants throughout
the world. JRS advocates for just and generous policies and programs for the benefit of victims of forced
displacement, so people made vulnerable by exile can
receive support and protection, and so a durable solution
to their plight can be achieved.
The South Sudan crisis, the outbreak of violence in the
Central African Republic, continuing instability in the
Democratic Republic of Congo and Somalia, intensifying
conflict in Syria and Iraq, and other acute crisis situations
have stretched the world’s humanitarian response structure to their limits.
JRS/USA works with an international network of JRS programs in more than fifty countries, and with other human
rights and refugee assistance organizations to tell the story of the “forgotten” refugee. JRS seeks to make a direct
and lifesaving impact on the well-being of refugees and
forced migrants by bringing field-based accounts of needs
that too often do not make the headlines to your attention, and to the attention of policy makers in the U.S., and
by proposing specific actions solve problems.
There are 51 million refugees in the world, people like Benard and Bish: ordinary people in extraordinary situations
who are simply trying to meet the needs of their families.
Thankfully there are also stalwart people like our JRS
colleagues in Kenya, Afghanistan and Syria helping these
refugees and their communities become independent and
self-sufficient.
Earlier this year, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees
noted, “Today’s humanitarian emergencies are beyond
anything we have experienced in living memory. Unless
we urgently change the way we tackle them, the world
will become an increasingly difficult place to live for millions of people who have already lost almost everything.”
As we face these challenges we will continue our mission
When Pope Francis spoke on World Refugee Day, he
closed by saying, “May the Lord sustain those people and
institutions who work with generosity to assure a welcome to refugees, recognize their dignity and give them
reasons for hope.” As an important partner of JRS, you are
one of these people the pontiff speaks of, and all of us at
Jesuit Refugee Service/USA thank you for your support
and partnership.
Armando Borja
National Director
Detention Chaplaincy Program
Jesuit Refugee Service works in more
than 50 countries worldwide to meet
the educational, health, social and
other needs of refugees and other
forcibly displaced persons. In the United States, JRS/USA manages a Detention Chaplaincy Program that provides
religious services to detained migrants
and asylum seekers in five centers
across the U.S.
Chaplains in detention centers are
similar to chaplains in the military.
Military chaplains serve people of all
faiths and all ranks, and detention
center chaplains serve everyone in the
facility — inmates and guards alike
— regardless of their religion. Jesuit
Refugee Service/USA believes that
ensuring detainee access to a Religious
Service Program is vital as everyone
— incarcerated or not — has a fundamental right to freedom and exercise
of religion.
In 2014, the JRS/USA chaplaincy
programs provided pastoral and religious assistance to meet the needs of
non-citizens detained by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in
three U.S. federal detention centers:
El Paso, Texas; Florence, Ariz.; and
Batavia, N.Y. For several months, we
also ministered in the family detention center in Artesia, New Mexico; it
has since been closed. In March 2015,
we added detention centers in Los
Fresnos, Texas, and Miami, Fla., to our
program.
The religious services program addresses a broad range of detainee
needs. Examples include conducting
worship services, providing counseling, accommodating requests for
new religious practices, facilitating
observance of holy days, maintaining religious property in a respectful
manner, allowing detainees to fast as
needed, and ensuring detainees the
opportunity to comply with dietary
requirements.
In October, Bishop Gerald Kicanas
of the Diocese of Tucson visited the
Florence Federal Detention Center to
celebrate Mass. The men in detention
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who joined the celebration of Mass
with the Bishop in
the recreation yard
were primarily
from Guatemala,
Mexico, El Salvador and Honduras,
but there were
several from Nigeria, Brazil, Ecuador
and Peru.
“The Eucharist
is the one place
where it doesn’t
matter what color
uniform you are
wearing or where
you are from,”
said Sr. Lynn
Allvin, the JRS
chaplain in FlorUSA: Bishop Gerald Kicanas of the Diocese of Tucson greets
ence. When the
a detained man during Mass at the Florence Federal Detenguitar is strummed,
tion Center; Sr. Lynn Allvin, the Chaplain in Florence, is behind
tambourines are
the Bishop. (Dept. of Homeland Security)
shaken and familOur chaplains spent 998 hours visiting
iar religious songs
detainees in special housing units as
ring forth, I sense a unity among the
well as 1,574 hours providing detainmen that is very powerful. Their pain
ees with religious items, processing
and their joy are expressed through
requests for religious diets, handling
the prayer of their singing; their faith
marriage requests, tending to special
is reinforced by a common bond with
needs, facilitating volunteer applithe God who never forgets them.”
cations, and addressing emergency
Sr. Lynn noted that in a place where
notifications. Volunteers played a sigthe men are known only by their last
nificant role by giving 1,491 hours for
name and their “alien” number, the
religious services, religious teachings,
Bishop’s kind demeanor was someand spiritual support.
thing they both needed and deeply
The religious profile of the detainappreciated.
ee population that participated in
“Before leaving after the Mass, Bishop
chaplaincy programs was 40% Roman
Kicanas shook each man’s hand, and
Catholic, 39% other Christian faiths,
looked them in the eye, asking them
12% Muslim, less than 1% Jewish, and
their first name and where they were
9% other religions, mostly Hinduism,
from. I believe the gift of the dignity
Rastafari, and Sikhism. Seventeen
and respect he showed them is somepercent of services were offered in
thing they will always treasure,” Sr.
English, 60% in Spanish or bilingual
Lynn said.
English/Spanish, and 23% were in othIn 2014 JRS/USA chaplaincy programs
er languages such as Arabic, Hebrew,
coordinated 1,235 religious services,
Hindi, and Punjabi.
512 religious teachings, and 696
spiritual support sessions with 45,180
unique or multiple participations by
detainees.
Regular and On-going Religious Services Provided in 2014
Number of participants
Catholic
Other Christian
Islam
Other Religions
Adventist
Jehovah’s Witness
Latter Day Saints
17,058
12,702
5,037
3,965
2,055
1,384
333
Total
45,180
Islam
Other
Christian
er
Oth ions
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t
Re
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Ad
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h’s W
Jehova
{ Latter Day Saints
Catholic
Other Services provided in 2014
1500
1200
900
600
300
0
One to one
Counseling
(1,216)
Other
Services
(586)
Alcoholics
Anonymous
(424)
Stress
Management
(420)
Number of participants (total 2,646)
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A Voice for the Voiceless
USA: Unaccompanied children are held by U.S. Customs and Border Protection after they crossed the Texas
border into the United States. (Eddie Perez — Customs and Border Protection)
Migration from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras rose steadily in the
spring and summer as violence in the
region has increased. Jesuit Refugee
Service/USA was particularly concerned about the increased presence
of three sub-groups in the migration:
unaccompanied children, asylum-seekers, and women traveling with very
young children.
Seeking refuge from a tide of violence
against youth in their home countries,
these asylum seekers made the perilous thousand-mile trip north in the
desperate hope of finding security and
building new lives. Jesuit Refugee Service/USA believes the U.S. should live
up to its tradition of fairness and generosity toward refugees and migrants,
and uphold international standards for
the treatment of those seeking refuge
in this country. Improvements in U.S.
law and policy are needed to protect
the rights of asylum seekers, forcibly
displaced people, vulnerable migrants,
and detained immigrants in the United
States.
Working in partnership with the
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Jesuit Conference and other secular
and faith-based organizations, JRS/
USA urged that U.S. aid and policies
towards Central America invest in
community and evidence-based violence prevention programs, strengthen judicial systems’ ability to reduce
impunity, improve governments’
ability and political will to uphold and
protect the human rights and labor
rights of their citizens, expand protection for children and women, and
improve opportunities for employment
and education, especially for youth.
We believe these actions will help to
address this humanitarian crisis in a
sustainable way.
Children would not be fleeing Central
America alone and in such numbers
without serious situations that compel
them to undertake these dangerous
journeys. JRS/USA and our partners
have urged the United States to address the factors driving this migration
in a compassionate, reasonable and
sustainable manner.
JRS/USA believes the U.S. cannot
continue asking countries like Jordan,
Turkey and Lebanon to keep their
borders open in the face of large
numbers of people seeking protection
from violence in Syria if it is unwilling
to compassionately review the asylum
and protection claims of desperate
people who arrive at its own border.
As an agency engaged in the education of tens of thousands of refugee
children around the world, Jesuit
Refugee Service is deeply concerned
with the needs of vulnerable refugee children. In partnership with JRS
regional offices, JRS/USA has advocated for more flexible and rapid needs
assessment system and for solutions
to protect refugee children from harm.
We advocate for improvements in
policy and procedures to ensure refugee children do not languish due to
bureaucratic processes that fail to give
them the priority care then deserve.
In emergency settings, JRS advocates
that children have access to quality
education, both for its intrinsic value
and as a way to provide access to a
safe environment where trauma can
be healed and hope provided.
Sharing Our Mission with Students
JRS/USA serves as the major refugee
outreach arm of U.S. Jesuits and their
ministries in mobilizing their response
to refugee situations in the U.S. and
abroad. To foster this mobilization,
we launched an Outreach Program in
2010 to reach out directly to students
and parishioners around the country.
In doing so, we hope to both raise
awareness of the plight of refugees
and forcibly displaced people and foster increased participation in solving
the problems faced by refugees.
Schools welcoming JRS/USA Outreach
visits in 2014 included: Brophy College
Prep, Phoenix, Ariz; Gonzaga College
High School, Washington, D.C.; Iona
College, New Rochelle, N.Y.; Creighton University, Omaha, Neb.; Xavier
High School, N.Y., N.Y.; University of
San Francisco; Bishop McNamara High
School, Forestville, Md. Students from
Cristo Rey Schools welcoming our
Outreach efforts included their schools
in: Birmingham, Ala., Brooklyn, N.Y.,
USA:“It’s been a really good experience to meet people from different cultures,
Los Angeles, Newark, San Francisco,
different backgrounds and experiences,” said Jonathan Herrera of Verbum Dei High
School. “I’ve really felt like I’ve met brothers and sisters from the Cristo Rey Network
San Jose, Waukegan, Ill.
In June, 12 students from Cristo Rey
schools across the country arrived at
The Catholic University of America
in Washington, D.C. to participate in
JRS/USA’s Young Advocate Leadership Program (YALP) Conference, the
culmination of a yearlong partnership
between JRS/USA and Cristo Rey Network High Schools. The YALP program
was funded by a generous grant from
an Anonymous Foundation.
because I can relate to them, and we both have a good mindset of being good leaders
for the future.” (Christian Fuchs — Jesuit Refugee Service/USA)
Elizabeth “Liz” Fajardo had traveled
from her hometown of Waukegan,
Ill., via Chicago and Detroit. Despite
her exhausting journey she was eager
to get started: “I wanted to take part
because I want to be able to do something for the world, to make a difference,” she said.
Other Outreach activities in 2014
included parish visits, presentations
at diocesan Faith and Justice conventions, participation in the Ignatian
Solidarity Network’s Ignatian Family
Teach-In for Justice, and numerous
prayer opportunities.
USA: Jesuit Refugee Service/USA Outreach Coordinator Erin Stabile talks about
their next visit to a Congressional office with Sherria Gibson of Holy Family Cristo
Rey High School in Birmingham, Ala., inside the U.S. Capitol. (Christian Fuchs — JRS/USA)
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Responding Globally
Chad: Biology teacher Abdella Ahmed takes questions from his students at Kounoungou refugee camp, about 20 kilometers from
Guereda in the east of the country. With funding provided by a grant from the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, Jesuit Refugee Service provides secondary education to refugees from the Darfur region of Sudan in Kounoungou
camp and several other refugee camps in Chad. (Christian Fuchs — JRS/USA)
South Sudan: Pau Vidal S.J. conducts a teacher training class in
Maban, South Sudan, above, while a student is rapt with attention,
left. “In Maban, JRS educational and psychosocial activities serve both
Christians and Muslims alike, without discrimination. When I visit the
JRS nursery school or English or teacher training classes, and realise
that both Christians and Muslims are seated side by side, learning
together, I am filled with hope. A brighter future is possible,” says Fr.
Pau. (Angela Wells — JRS)
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Thanks to a grant from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (BPRM),
JRS provides secondary education
in Chad for refugees from Darfur in
camps in the east of the country, near
the border with Sudan.
The funds help ensure that secondary
school students access quality secondary education by providing education
materials and promoting enrollment,
attendance, and academic achievement. JRS also seeks to strengthen the
teaching skills of teachers in secondary schools through the provision of
teaching materials, on-going teacher
training, and monitoring of teachers.
2014 also saw efforts to respond to
the needs of desperate refugees fleeing from renewed violence in South
Sudan.
Responding to the urgent requests of
JRS staff in Kakuma refugee camp in
Kenya, JRS/USA met with U.S. policy
agencies to report the effect that the
need to shelter and feed thousands of
additional men, women and children
was having on in the already desperately overcrowded camp conditions,
prompting additional emergency
resources to be provided.
A BPRM-funded social services program at Kakuma helps improve the
psychological well-being — and reduction of stress-related health problems — of refugees in the camp. JRS
services increase insight into psychological problems and enhance coping
mechanisms for refugees.
Additionally, the JRS program works
to decrease the trauma of sexual and
gender-based violence survivors by
Kenya: Kakuma refugee camp in northern Kenya saw an influx of new refugees fleeing the crisis in South Sudan during 2014,
stretching camp resources. JRS/USA advocated to U.S. policy makers and prompted emergency resources to be provided. The camp
is vast and home to more than 160,000 people from multiple countries. Two JRS Safe Havens — one for adolescent boys and another
for girls, single women and mothers with their children — provide physical and emotional protection; safe spaces within the camp
for those caught in a cycle of violence. (Christian Fuchs — Jesuit Refugee Service/USA)
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providing housing in a protection facility and offering counseling services.
JRS also is striving to improve the
psychosocial well being of intellectually and developmentally challenged
persons and their families via training
and support.
In the Mai Aini camp in the north of
Ethiopia, JRS utilizes a BPRM grant to
promote the mental and physical well
being of refugees, particularly youth,
through the provision of library services and recreational activities such
as sports, music, theatre and dance.
Ethiopia: The JRS library at Mai Aini refugee camp in the north. More than 18,000
refugees from neighboring Eritrea live in the camp. JRS provides counseling services
for all ages, and after-school activities for youth. (Christian Fuchs — JRS/USA)
Camp life can be brutally dull, and
combined with promise of better
prospects elsewhere refugees may
seek to leave and fall victim to human
traffickers. It is important for both
their physical and mental well being
that children — and adults — be given
the opportunity to pass their time in a
refugee camp learning and socializing
in a healthy way with others.
JRS/USA advocated in the U.S. to
Thailand: Mae Hong Son camp one is located in the Shan hills, about 45 minutes walking distance from the
Myanmar border and is hard to access, especially during monsoon season when the rivers flood, roads turn into rivers and the camp feels like a steam room. The camp hosts around 13,000 Karenni refugees from Kayah State in Myanmar. About 10,000 have been resettled, mostly to the U.S., over the last several years. JRS mainly works in education
at all levels — primary, secondary, teacher training and adult literacy. (Angelika Mendes-Lowney — JRS)
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preserve or improve existing levels of
food aid, education, and other assistance for those refugees in protracted
situations who are in danger of being
forgotten, such as the Burmese in Thailand, who are confined to camps and
entirely dependent for their survival
on international support.
While camps are still the setting one
thinks of when discussing refugee
issues, the reality is that more than
half of the world’s refugees now live in
urban areas, and assistance to refugees in urban settings is complicated
by their invisibility within the urban
population, and in many cases by
negative attitudes on the part of local
residents and officials.
The Bangkok Urban Refugee Assistance and Protection Project, partially
funded by BPRM, works to improve
access to primary healthcare, medical
services, mental health and psychosocial support for critically vulnerable
urban refugees and asylum seekers
through holistic casework, referrals
and community focused support.
Jordan: Atega and her family in Amman, where they live in poor conditions. They
arrived from Sudan’s Darfur region in December 2013. Atega’s elderly and ill mother,
Sayyeda, lives with her. JRS accompanies and serves urban refugees — who make up
more than half of all refugees worldwide — in many countries. (Zerene Haddad — JRS)
JRS continues to be a leading voice
in advocacy for urban refugees, who
— hidden in plain sight —are sometimes among the most neglected and
exploited populations. As part of the
Urban Refugee Task Team, JRS/USA
played a significant role in worldwide
efforts to identify and disseminate
best practices in urban programming.
In June we discussed the value of the
accompaniment approach to urban
refugees at a Department of Homeland
Security sponsored refugee mental
health conference in Pennsylvania.
In November, JRS/USA organized a
webinar featuring presentations by JRS
staff in Nairobi, Amman and Bangkok
to train refugee program professionals
in JRS’ model of urban response.
Syria: A Jesuit Refugee Service field kitchen in the old city of Homs. Formerly displaced residents returned to the neighborhood after a ceasefire for old Homs was
signed. Many people’s homes were destroyed by the fighting, and they were unable to
prepare food adequately. In order to assist with their return, JRS — in cooperation with
the Syrian Arab Red Crescent — provided food to 200 people until they were able to
prepare their own food in their homes again. (Tomy Kilahji — JRS)
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2014 Financial Report
(Audited Statements)
Gifts
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Ass
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s
tment
Inves
Jes
Contributed Services
{ Other
Revenues
Grants
$3,043,933
$1,988,315
$275,000
$184,848
$57,433
$19
Total
$5,549,548
Adv. &
Comms
De
Total
$4,354,714
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$280,228
$330,327
$506,108
$703,697
$2,534,354
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Management
Development
Advocacy & Communications
Chaplaincy Program
International Refugee Programs
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Grants
Gifts
U.S. Jesuit Assistancy
Investment Income
Contributed Services
Other
Chaplaincy
International
Refugee Programs
On the road to Mile refugee camp in eastern Chad, near the border with Darfur, Sudan. (Christian Fuchs — JRS/USA)
Ways to Support the Mission of Jesuit Refugee Service/USA
You can support the mission of Jesuit Refugee Service/USA by partnering
with us for your charitable gifts. Support from the U.S. Jesuit Conference
covers nearly all of our management and fundraising expenses, allowing us to direct at least 89% of your contribution straight to programs
that assist refugees through direct service, advocacy, and educational
outreach in the United States and in countries such as Colombia, Syria,
Kenya and Thailand.
All gifts to JRS/USA are tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by
law. Gifts are recognized at the following annual levels:
Arrupe Council
$10,000 or more
Xavier Council
$5,000 to $9,999
Loyola Society
$1,000 to $4,999
Gonzaga Society
$500 to $999
JRS Sponsor
$100 to $499
Friend of JRS
Up to $99
Additional Ways to Give
Kenya: Personalized instruction for
developmentally challenged students at
Kakuma camp. (Christian Fuchs — JRS/USA)
Contact the JRS/USA Development team at 202.629.5948 or visit http://jrsusa.org/donate to learn more about any of these ways to support JRS/USA.
Combined Federal Campaign — The JRS/USA CFC number is 10148.
Matching Gifts — Employers frequently match charitable gifts. Please
check with your employer’s Human Resources office; you may be able to
double the impact of your gift.
Management
Honor/Memorial Gifts — Remember a loved one or honor a special
occasion in someone’s life such as a holiday, birthday, wedding, or anniversary.
Estate Gifts — Gifts through your will, IRA account, insurance policy, or
the creation of a trust can provide meaningful support for JRS/USA and
also reduce estate taxes.
Programs
89% of funds are spent on programs
Gifts of Securities — Gifts of appreciated stock may have significant tax
benefits.
Recurring Donations — A small amount can go a long way every month.
Make an ongoing commitment through our monthly accompaniment
donor program. Gifts can be made via credit card or automatic bank
account deductions.
For where your treasure is, there also
will be your heart. ~ Matthew 6:21
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Jesuit Refugee Service/USA
Legacy Society
These individuals have remembered JRS/USA through their wills, estate plans, or another type of planned gift. Thank you for pledging this legacy support of JRS/USA.
Rev. Msgr. William E. Elliott
Rev. Brian Morrow
Ron and Pat Ferreri
Rev. Dr. Joseph P. Oechsle
James and Dina Howell-Burke
Paula Perry
Philip and Madeline Lacovara
Jill Szawara
Sebastian and Rosario Lacson
Grace Kobbe Tevis
William C. Mathews, MD
Joyce E. Wilkinson
Patrick D. McNelis
Robert and Pat Willis
Ethiopia: Mai Aini refugee camp in the northern area of the country is home to more than 1,250 unaccompanied youth. The JRS
“focus is psychosocial support. We have three programs: counseling, music and theatre, and sports and recreational activities.
The youth need some recreational activities. Unless we engage them in sport and recreational activities they will be involved in risky
behavior,” said Mai Aini project director Fanuel Abebe. (Christian Fuchs — JRS/USA)
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Shaina Aber
Richard and Maria Horwitt
Kent and Joann Porter
Brian Bartolini
Mary Jacobs
Randy and Cynthia Rice
Luke Beland
Joseph H. Kelly
Shirley Ricketts
Paul and Elizabeth Bell
Edward and Janet Kenny
Christopher M. Ridmann
Robert and Abigail Benkeser
Christopher P. Konrad
Mary Rocks
C. Scott Berger
Mary Jo Lavin
Mary M. Roda
Rev. Peter J. Bernardi S.J.
Peter Leibold and
Robert Vasilak and Joan Rosenhauer
Nicholas A. Calamusa
Luke H. Ryan
Mark Canales
Allen and Marie L’Etoile
Victoria R. Schultz
Ben J. Clarke
Martin and Eileen Lilly
Daniel and Ann Selmi
Paul and Jane Colford
James and Patricia Linehan
Michael J. Shawver
Edward and Harriet DeBroeck
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Ruthann R. DePonio
John and Lauren McBride
William Rakowicz, S.J.
Tony Dipre
Christopher T. McGeehan
Timothy J. Sullivan
Sr. Margaret Donohue RSM
John P. McGuinn
Jill Szawara
James and Mary Dudley
Patrick D. McNelis
Matt and Jen Tilghman-Havens
James Duffus
Matthew B. Mellon
Michael and Maureen Touhey
Michael Duffy
Gene Messner
James and Shirley Walker
Katherine P. Early
Jose Miguel Moracho
Charles and Judy Weber
John and Denise Esmerado
Dr. John Moser
William F. Werwaiss
Michael Frain
Carol L. Mournighan
Leon and Elaine Wilczynski
Christian Fuchs
Patrick O’Brien
Steven Lewis Williams
Patricia Fuller
William O’Neill
Claudia Woodward
Ben and Kathleen Gill
Casey H. Oswald
Joseph and Jaimie Wright
Diane M. Giova
Parish Evaluation Project
Clifford M. Yeary
Charles B. Heinlen
Martha L. Parmalee
Joseph W. Yockey
William Hobbs
John Person
Peter Yorck
Elizabeth McCloskey
Ted Horn
Jesuit Refugee Service is grateful
to all of our donors and partners for their
support in our accompaniment of, service
to and advocacy for refugees and
forcibly displaced people.
This year’s annual report includes donations made from January 1, 2014, through December 31, 2014. Every effort has been made to
ensure that names are listed correctly. If you find an incorrect name or an omission, please bring it to our attention.
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Loyola Society
Ethiopia:
Young
refugees say good
night to JRS staff
at the end of the
day in Mai Aini.
(Christian Fuchs
— JRS/USA)
Arrupe Council
Anonymous (3)
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP*
Martin and Rita Bennett
Kevin Burke
J. Homer Butler Foundation
Richard and Elizabeth Cashin
Stephen and Molly Cashin
Midwest Province of the Society of Jesus
Ignatius House Jesuit Community
Goldman Sachs Gives
Greater Saint Louis
Community Foundation
Justin Gmelich
Robert and Jenne Hunziker
i-Act
Jesuit Community, Ignatius House,
Maryland
Jesuit Community, John Carroll University
Steven J. and Melissa C. Kean
Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Richard and Ginna Kelly
Very Rev. Timothy Kesicki, S.J.
Koch Foundation, Inc.
Philip and Madeline Lacovara
University of Michigan
Tom and Audry Morrow
Opus Philanthropy Group
The Raskob Foundation
for Catholic Activities
Margaret Green-Rauenhorst and
Michael Rauenhorst
Thomas and Mary Rogan
Stuart Rowe
Dr. Thaddeus Regulinski &
Dr. Anne B. Stericker
Dr. Paula Powell Sapienza &
Dr. Filipp A. Sapienza
James and Shirley Walker
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* in kind
Xavier Council
Anonymous (2)
Maureen Aggeler
G. Paolo Dotto &
Cathrin Hetam Brisken
John and Mary Buffington
Joan Fix
Peter and Betsy Forster
Thomas and Janet Hopkins
James and Dina Howell-Burke
Jesuit Community,
Loyola University Chicago
Jesuit Community, St. Ignatius
Jesuit Residence
Arend & Onisoa Kouwenaar
Ralf and Jeanne-Marie Kraemer
Thomas and Kathi Loughlin
Walter and Mary Lou McCormick
Brian and Irina McNamara
David K. and Judith C. McNulty
Paul and Kerry Perez
Philip Pfeifer
Sisters of Providence of
Mother Joseph Province
David Rochford
Mike and Cathy Schack
Schoellerman Foundation
St. Joseph Church
Anonymous (4)
Dr. and Mrs.Joseph Andrews
AYCO Charitable Foundation
Kay Bellor and J. Michael Myers
Robert and Abigail Benkeser
Joint Base Anacostia Bolling
John and Patricia Bomalaski
Bernard and Antonia Bouillette
Loretta J. Brady
Curtis and Judy Brand
James L Brault
James and Carol Broucek
Mr. and Mrs. William Buckley
Jorge and Antonieta Caicedo
Tino and Dawn Calabia
Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Carfagna
Carmelite Communion, Inc.
Chevron Humankind Matching
Gift Program
John Christensen
Jesus Lledo Climaco, M.D.
College of the Holy Cross
Jesuit Community, Jesuit Novitiate, Minn.
Jesuit Community, Wheeling
Richard L. Conlon
John and Jane Corrou
Raymond and Jane Cracchiolo
Creighton Preparatory School
Carlos L. Curbelo
School Sisters of Notre Dame
Gary and Sharon DeRosa
Mr. and Mrs. George J. Debacker
James and Catherine Denny Foundation
Michael and Regina Dowd
James Duffus
Michael Duffy
Katherine P. Early
Frederick and Cynthia Eaton
Rev. Msgr. William E. Elliott
Henry and Aurora Ferrero
J. Robert Fitzgerald
Fordham University
Rockefeller Foundation
The Gail and Harry Grim Foundation
Mr. John Foust and Dr. Marilyn Jerome
Paul A. Frank
McCarthy Family Charitable Fund
Munir and Myriam Gabriel
Georgetown University
Charles and Nancy Geschke
Google Gift Matching Program
Barbara J. Gormley
Mr. and Mrs. James T. Gross
Robert and Lilia Gutowski
Jim Haggerty and Jean Withrow
Lucia Hall
Robert and Cornelia Hallinan
Candace Harrington
Charles B. Heinlen
Marylynn & Tom Herchline
Mary Kate Hermann
Paul & Alice Hill
USA: In June 2014, JRS/USA
hosted Cristo Rey High School
students from around the U.S. for
the Young Advocates Leadership
Program conference in Washington, D.C. Here, Fr. Kevin White S.J.
leads the group in prayer prior to an
advocacy training session. Students
Elizabeth Fajardo, 16, (red) and
Gabriela Varela, 16, of Cristo Rey
St. Martin in Waukegan Ill., look on.
(Christian Fuchs — JRS/USA)
Michael Hirschhorn and Jimena Martinez
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
John S. Horan II
William and Patricia Houghton
Christopher and Cindy Huerter
Charles and Isabel Hughes
William and Linda Husson
Lawrence Hyde
Bradley R. James
John and Marie James
Jesuit Community,
College of the Holy Cross
Jesuit Community, Eastern North Carolina
Jesuit Community, Jesuit Retreat House
Jesuit Community,
Loyola Marymount University
Jesuit Community,
Manresa House of Retreats
Jesuit Community, Old St. Joseph's Church
Jesuit Community, Santa Clara
Jesuit Community, Scranton
Jesuit Community, St. Joseph's University
Jesuit Community, Strake
Jesuit Community,
Western North Carolina
Jesuit Community, White House Retreat
Edward C. Klopping III
Christopher P. Konrad
Jay Langhurst
Maria Leonard
James and Patricia Linehan
Loyola University, Chicago
Loyola University New Orleans
Catherine Lyons & Robert McCall
William and Helen Lyons
Joan Madeja
John and Lynne Magnotto
Marianne Malen
Thomas M Malm
Michael and Kimberly Marsh
John and Lauren McBride
Kathleen McDonald
John McGrath and Karen Donato
Rev. John J. McNeill
Microsoft Matching Gift Program
Donald and Lynda Middleton
Therese M. Mierswa
Mary Ellen Mooney
Rev. J. Gordon Moreland, S.J.
Chris and Kathy Moroney
Roselyn Mulkey
Godfrey Mungal
Don J. Murphy
Stephen Murphy
Sharon Mussomeli
Christine A. Nardi
New Melleray Abbey
Jerry and Sally Neyer
Kathryn Brisnehan Nygaard
John and Adeline O'Rourke
Patrick O'Brien
William O'Neill
Rev. Dr. Joseph P. Oechsle
Lysandra Ohrstrom
Omaha Community Foundation
Parish Evaluation Project
Martha L. Parmalee
Martha Pascual
James and M. San Miguel Paulson
Bruce and Kirstin Pickle
Marianna Pierce
Franciscan Sisters of the Poor
Kent and Joann Porter
Ken and Jennifer Reed-Bouley
Andrew J. Remick
Shirley Ricketts
Christopher M Ridmann
Amanda M. Roberts
Rockefeller Foundation
Rockefeller Matching Gift Center
Roberto and Nelly Marta Rojas
David Haines & Karen Rosenblum
Robert Vasilak and Joan Rosenhauer
Win and Mary Rutherfurd
Rev. Jose C. Corral, S.J.
Katherine Safford-Ramus
Santa Clara University
St. Francis High School
St. Peter's Preparatory School
Mitzi I. Schroeder
Mr. and Mrs. John Schubert
Daniel and Ann Selmi
Richard Shea
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Roy and Barbara Simms
John and Patricia Simonds
The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth
Linda Leigh Mahoney and Peter A. Smith
Marilynn V. Snider
Geralyn & Thomas Sparough
St. Agnes Church
St. Francis Xavier Church
St. Ignatius Church, San Francisco
St. Ignatius of Loyola Church
St. John Vianney School
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Stowe
Eugene and Mary Anne Sullivan
Joseph H. Sweeney
Jill Szawara
Anthony Tambasco
Dr. Frank Thomas & Ms. Nancy O’Keefe
Jennifer Thomas
Chevron Matching Employee Funds
Charles Weikel
George and Kathleen Weisskopf
Edward Wiese
Steven Lewis Williams
De Wayne Edward Wohlleb
William and Kathryn Wolff
Joseph and Jaimie Wright
Peter Yorck
Richard and Marilyn Zande
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Syria: A $25,000 grant from The Ohrstrom Foundation enabled JRS to assist displaced families within Syria via the provision of
food and non-food items such as clothing, blankets and related supplies, to help meet some of the most basic and essential needs
of those displaced or affected by the violent conflict. JRS distributed food baskets through two field kitchens operating in Damascus,
which serve hundreds of Syrians in shelters on a daily basis (six days per week), in several neighborhoods. The Ohrstrom Foundation’s
support also provided additional support to families in particularly high distress through cash support for rent or other essential
expenses. (Gebrail Saud — JRS)
Gonzaga Society
Anonymous (2)
Joseph and Laura Acosta
Frederick and Eileen Ahearn
Patricia and David Bacon
Jennifer Bailey and James Wagner
Simone Baryliuk
Dr. William and
Mrs. Margaret Beauregard
Helen J. Bell
Charles and Patricia Bidwill
Armando Borja
Dr. and Mrs. William E. Braun
David M. Bridges
Mr. and Mrs. David Brisnehan
Robert and Judy Du Brul
Richard and Diane Buchta
Marie & Ann Byrne
Michael and Guillermina Byrne
Sean Callahan
George F. Cahill
Suzanne M. Ching
Christopher Montclare and
Michelle Cheng
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Emad Ghith and Linda Ciaccia
Michael and Stephanie Clancy
Paul and Jane Colford
Joan Collopy
Lockheed Martin Employees’
Political Action Committee
Kevin and Lynne Corydon
Creighton University
Gregory Cusano
Joseph Dahm
Steven Donald
Charles E. and Mary Donnelly
John and Diana Duffey
John Ebersole
Michael Eichten
Cathy and H.J. Feehan
John and Eileen Flynn
Laura Frederick
Joseph and Barbara Fredrick
Richard and Margaret Freije
Patricia Fuller
The Shea Family Charitable Fund
Anne Fury
Munir and Myriam Gabriel
John and Mary Ellen Gannon
Camille Gaspard
Gesu School, Inc.
Jenny H. Go
John Goodwin
Henry and Mary Gundling
Edward Hanel
Dennis Hanratty
Lynette Harms
Charles M. Harris, Jr.
Lawrence and Teresa Holzen
Shirley Hurta
Mary Jacobs
Jesuit Community,
Jesuit Retreat House
Jesuit Community, Manresa Residence
Jesuit Community, Pere Marquette
Jesuit Community,
St. Xavier High School
Jesuit Community,
University of Detroit Mercy
Jesuit Community, Xavier University
Jesuit Residence, Ann Arbor
Jesuit Residences, Fordham University
Roger S. Johnsen
Edward and Janet Kenny
Grace Kessel
Maureen L. Kleiderer
Frank and Carol Klotz
Allen and Marie L’Etoile
Alex & Gloria Landi
Mary Jo Lavin
Gregg Leach
Peter Leibold and
Elizabeth McCloskey
Nancy E. Lindsay
Tim and Nancy Looney
Charles B. Lynch
Raymond and Kathleen Lyon
Phillip Maher
Joseph and Cynthia Mannino
Caleb Mathena
Robert and Joan M McCabe
Patrick D. McNelis
Matthew B. Mellon
Arthur and Elizabeth Messiter
Gene Messner
Thomas Michel
Crete Anne Miller
Richard and Susann Mirabella
Peter & Veronica Mitchell
William and Linda Mitchell
Steve Monaghan and Colette Abissi
James H. Monahan and
Margaret MacDonnell
Morgan Stanley
Dr. John Moser
George and Catherine Moussally
Moyra and Loring Moy
Louis and Audrey Munin
Thomas P. and Maureen Noone
Kathleen Norland
Joseph and Marie Nowak
Matthew and Denise O’Connell
Timothy O’Connor and
Margaret Rafferty
Joseph and Diana O’Sullivan
Christopher OKeeffe
Terrence and Sheila O’Toole
John M. Odenbach, Jr.
Casey H. Oswald
John P. Paxton
John Person
Anne Peticolas
James and Maureen Power
Piero and Mary Puccini
Eugene and Jane Rainis
Ryan and Kristine Rebuck
Edward S. Riquelmy
Christopher and Caroline Roe
John and Helen Rothermich
Rev. Patrick M. McCorkell, S.J.
William Rakowicz, S.J.
John and Lou Ella Saam
George Samman
David Schmid
Christopher and Mary Schneider
Immaculate Conception
Regional School
Victoria R. Schultz
Schwab Charitable Fund
John J. Shay, Jr.
John Shen
Edward and Mary Pat Sherry
Clayton & Alison Sinyai
St. Aloysius Church
Bill and Mary Stoiber
Pete & Hilda Suarez
Michael & Margaret Sullivan
Marie-Claude Terrot
The Merck Foundation
H. Stuart Thomas
Joseph and Donna Tierney
Michael and Maureen Touhey
Joseph and Karla Townley
Michael and Kathryn Trentacoste
Jason Trepanier
Leo and Susan Troy
Lawrence Wiederholt
South Sudan: Students in the host community of Bunj town sit for
their primary exams. (Angela Wells — JRS)
The following individuals supported
JRS/USA through the
Combined Federal Campaign.
Thank you for your generous support.
Peter Abbey
Kathryn Appler
Derek Arndt
James Francis Bova
Patricia Bowe
Sean Callahan
Blanca D. Campos
Matthew Carnavos
John M. Cole
Brian X. Conlan
Patrick F. Cooney
David Dann
John S. Day
Jerome DeFelice
Steven P. Donald
Peter Driscoll
John Ebersole
Michael Eichten
Jonathan Farrar
Joeli Field
William Ferrando
Willy Flegel
Peter Furka
Abel Garcia
Carlos Gonzalez
Victor Haburchak
Edward Hanel
Dennis Hanratty
Lynnette Harms
Todd Hutchins
Nicholas Inzeo
Susan Inzeo
Christopher Kane
Timothy Kelly
William J. Kostic
Amy Losito
Philip Markert
Caleb Mathena
Mark Miskovsky
Jennifer M. Najera
Magali Ramirez
Angel Ramos
Kristine L. Rebuck
Ryan A. Rebuck
David Rochford
Michael Rossi
Timothy G. Schimpp
David Schmid
Nicholas Schmidt
William Schnieders
Thomas P. Spicuzza
David Tamashiro
Mike Trehy
Ronald Udouj
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JRS Sponsor
Anonymous (2)
Shaina Aber
Rocco Haertter and Josianne Aboutanos
Ackels & Ackels LLP
Ashok and Margaret Aguiar
American Airlines
Political Action Committee
David West and Jeanne Anderson
Joseph G. Antkowiak, M.D.
Ralph Applebaum
Carl and Carol Armbruster
Derek Arndt
Catherine Bain
Charles and Joan Baker
Thomas Banchoff
Rachel Barber
L. Stewart & Linda Barbera, Jr.
John Barrett
Vincent J. Beirne
Arthur Belanger
John and Jeannette Bell
Clement and Elizabeth Bellemore
Katherine Bellows
Theodore I. Benito
Elizabeth T. Bennett
Wallace and Sheila Brown
Lourdes Buenaventura
Dr. Edward L. Burke
William and Mary Burke
Eileen Burke-Sullivan
Susan M. Burns
John and Molly Burtle
Stephanie Byers
Mary C. Byrne
Nicholas A. Calamusa
James and Effie Caldarola
Robert and Claire Callen
Lance Callis
Lynn Cameron
Jack and Shirley Cammarata
Mark Canales
Carlos Eduardo Cardenas
Daniel and Patricia Carey
Matthew Carnavas
George and Joanne Carr
Thomas Carty
Patricia Casey
Rolando Castro and Cecile Ehrmann
Joseph and Anastasia Cates-Carney
St Matthew’s Cathedral
Paula Christiansen
Peter-Minh and Chang Chu
Louis Cissone
A $10,000 grant from The Koch Foundation provides for the
pastoral accompaniment of Catholic refugees in Kakuma. The JRS
Pastoral program provides sound and up to date formation to the
members of the Catholic Church in the camp.
JRS strives to ensure that the different ethnic/national groups
have equal access to JRS’ pastoral services in the camp. JRS engages in Ecumenical dialogue with Christians from other denominations as well as inter-religious dialogue with the Muslim
majority in the camp.
Mr. C. Scott Berger
Rev. Peter J. Bernardi, S.J.
Sarah Bernstein
Carlton and Julie Blair
Rev. Dr. Judith Blanchard
MIchael Blasi
The Hon. and Mrs. Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.
Gene and Sandy Block
Kevin and Maria D. Boden
Michael and Clare Bonsignore
David Boone
Boston College
M. Jean Boston
Ollie and Patty Boynton
John Bradley
Louise A. Bradley
Rachel Brennan
Earl and Maureen Britt
Sherrill Britton
George C Brown
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United Way of Greater Twin Cities
Ben J. Clarke
Michael Coffey and Maggie Broeren
R.A Colberg
Michael VanZandt Collins
Mary Jane Collopy
Susan Collopy
Robert and Barbara Colyar
Tom and Sally Coman
Charles Conlon, M.D.
Randolph and Gloria Connolly
Michael and Patricia Connor
Patrick Cooney
Robert J. Conroy
Arlene Crane
A. Paul Cravedi
Ann Crawford-Roberts
Jere and Cynthia Crean
Creative Financial Concepts
Margaret Crocco
Dr. Maria P. DaCosta
School Sisters of Notre Dame
Mark Danis
Patrick J. Dauterive
Edward and Harriet DeBroeck
Ruthann R. DePonio
Robert Deahl
Edward and Ann Delaney
John F. Kane and Jean Demmler
Ann S. Dickson
Marilyn C. A. Dodd
Steven Donald
Patricia Donaldson
Thomas and Elizabeth Donovan
James and Mary Dudley
Charles Duffy and Lynn Terry
Mary Dulka
John and Catherine Dummer
Thomas Dunigan
Anthony and Mary Dunleavy
Clare M. Dunsford
Gabriel Melendez and Christina Duran
Elizabeth Early
Robert J. Edmondson
Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth
David Elloy
John Emmett
Dr. and Mrs. Erwin Engert, Jr.
John and Jean Entwhistle
Carolyn Eriksson-Ey
Mary Anne Ernst
Warren von Eschenbach
John and Denise Esmerado
Edward and Colleen Evert
Gloria R. Fahy
Kieran and Kathleen Fallon
M. Patricia Fallon
James J Fallon
Johnathan Farrar
Jeremy Fauber and Ann Hemmerle Fauber
Steve and Margaret Faughnan
John and Deborah Faust
Barbara Fay
Charles Feit
Brian and Veronica Felix
John Fellinger
Ron and Pat Ferreri
Sarah Fetterhoff
Joeli Field
Bruce M. Filak
Fine Pelts Corporation
Ellen Fishman
Patrick and Kristin Flora
Thomas and Dolores Floyd
Steven D. Fought
Baird Foundation
Mary A. Fox
Michael Frain
Donald L. Fuchs
Jacques and Rebecca Gagne
James Gallagher
Maureen Gallagher
Omar and Amy Garcia
Edward T. Garrity
Richard Gauthier
“I know that it is a disaster with so many countries at war and
uprooting millions of people from their homes, neighbors, relatives, etc. I cannot imagine what they experience during those
times. It is a blessing that JRS exists and can provide some comfort and hope. I am glad to provide a part of that work, at least
on a financial level.”
Blessings and peace,
Martha Pascual
Adam and Maureen Gavin
Jennifer Germanese
Theresa Gerold
Robert Gerut
Rev. William Francis Gerut, S.J.
Marianne and Michael Gick
Ben and Kathleen Gill
Frederick Philips Gilliam
Diane M. Giova
John and Denise Girardi
John and Irene Glynn
Gonzaga College High School
Robert Gorman
Denise Gorss
Silvia Gosnell
Margaret Gould
Daniel M. Grant
Lisa and Linda Graumlich-Simonsen
Mrs. Eileen Greene
Arthur R. Greenwood
Timothy and Courtney Griffin
Susan Alice Griffiths
Frank and Anne Louise Grippo
Donald Gross
Thomas Grossman and Sarah Saltzer
Victor Haburchak
Joan C. Hadden
Dr.Howard Hammett
Robert Hansen and Claire Foley
John and Judith Hardin
Candice D. Harris
Richard and Henrietta Harrison
Gerard Hart and Annamarie Camoratto
Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. X. Hart
Harold and Jean Hartman
Davis and Jane Hartwell
Robert and Patricia Hasenstab
James Hathaway
John and Kathleen Hayes
Scott Hayes
Robert and Janet Heaney
Bob Hernandez
Lillian Hess
Reverend James Hewes
Thomas Hickey and Patrizia Gemperle
Ann G. Hill
David and Karen Hinchen
William Hobbs
Dr. Ronald Modras & Ms. Mary Hogan
Holy Redeemer Grade School
Paul and Maryann Homan
David and Mary Anne Hoover
Ted Horn
Richard and Martha Horwitt
Wayne P. Hubert
Kenneth J. Hughes, Jr.
Paul W. Humphreys
Nicholas and Susan Inzeo
George and Pat Irwin
David and Maria Ivanov
Gregory and Margarita Jannasch
Thomas J. Jenkins, Jr.
John Loughlin and Darlene Jeris
Jesuit Community, Campion Residence
and Renewal Center
Jesuit Community, Casa Luis Espinal
Jesuit Community,
Dallas Jesuit College Prep
Jesuit Community, Fairfield University
Jesuit Community, Fresno
Jesuit Community, Jogues Retreat Center
Jesuit Community, Kino
Jesuit Community, Loyola House, CA
Jesuit Community, St Peter’s
Jesuit Community, St. Isaac Jogues
Jesuit Community, Walsh
Jesuit Community, Xavier High School
Jesuit International Missions
Denise Jobin-Welch
Timothy and Patricia Johnson
Anthony and Beth Johnson
Richard and Donna Johnson
Walter Johnson
Albert Jonsen
John B. Joseph
Robert and Sarah Joseph
Jeffrey Kaczka
Joseph and Mary Kalista
Christopher Kane
Kevin and Anne Kane
Bernard O. Kelly
Joseph Kelly
Mary S. Kelly
Terence and Jan Kelly
Thomas Kelly
Thomas and Lydia Kennedy
Donald and Mary Jo Ketchum
Mary L. King
Richard and Juliann Kirk
John and Artemis Kirk
Beverly Kirsch
Gloria M. Kittel
Michael and Patricia Kleinman
Vincent and Colette Klink
Thomas E. Knauer
Robert and Sandra Konerman
Barbara K. Kopp
Susan Kral
Otto and Ann Marie Kreuzer
Edward and Margaret Kruse
Avalere Heath LLC
Lawrence, Cable and Company, LLP
James LaFave
Michael J. Lagas
Vern and Eileen Lahart
Jeanette & Robert Latta
Neal & Anne Laurance
Sherry and Thomas Lazore
Robert and Jean Lefebvre
Joyce Legaz
Robert Leonardo
Martin and Eileen Lilly
Grace Link
James Lockard
Maurice and Ernesta Lonsway, Jr.
Amy Losito
Tony Louie and Anna Gavin
Sandra J. Lovinguth
James K. Low
Robert and Monique Lowd
Loyola House of Retreats
Matthew Luby
Anthony and Caroline Lukaszewski
James and Donna Lutton
Joseph Lyons
Joan MacDonnell
Teresa Maciejczyk
Frank and Theresa Mack
John and Leticia Macleod
George and Anne Madaus
Marlene A. Maddalone
Kathleen A. Makoid
Margaret M. Maloney
Nora Maloy
Marisa March
Drs. Ted and Teresa Marchese
Gerardo Marin
Elizabeth Mark
Philip Market
Herbert and Betty Martin
Francisco and Elizabeth Martorell
Sisters of the Presentation of the
Blessed Virgin Mary
William and Stacia Masterson
Rev. John J. Mattimore, S.J.
Richard and Helen Mattis
John F. May
Michael and Barbara McCann
Julie McClellan
Michael J. McCrystle
Pat and John McDermott
Mary T. McEnany, M.D.
Fred and Diane McGoldrick
Rev. Anthony McGuire
Patience and Michael McGuire
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Kenya: JRS initiated a parish assistance program in 1991 to respond to emergency
needs of refugees by working through parishes in the Archdiocese of Nairobi. A
$25,000 grant from The Raskob Foundation in support of psychosocial and education
services for urban refugee children in Nairobi helped JRS implement a project to enhance the protection of urban refugee children susceptible to sexual and gender-based
violence and other forms of exploitation by facilitating access to psychosocial support
and education. (Christian Fuchs — JRS/USA)
“The Raskob Foundation is fortunate to be able to support Jesuit
Refugee Service/USA in its important ministry in Venezuela and
Kenya. As the number of refugees and displaced persons continues to increase at rapid pace, the mission of JRS to accompany,
serve and advocate for the rights of these people becomes even
more critical. JRS is an important organization working to provide
hope and opportunity to so many around the world.”
Maria R. Robinson, M.D.
Trustee, Raskob Foundation
Francis and Clare McLaughlin
Joan McSherry
Vincent P. McTighe
Scott and Kathy McWilliams
Thomas & Josephine Medico
Merck Partnership for Giving
Michael Coyne and Victoria Merlo
Matthew V. Merola
Michael and Judy Michalek
Chris Michels
Glenmary Home Missioners
James Moore
Jose Miguel Moracho
Joseph and Marguerite Moran
Anne Marie & Dennis Morgan
Eugene Morris
Barbara Morrissey
Rev. Brian Morrow
Tom and Susan Mountin
Thomas and Janet Mug
Joseph M. Murphy
Michele & Robert Murphy
James Murray
Jennifer Najera
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Charles and Margaret Nastro
Thomas Neeley
Network for Good
Tho Anh Nguyen and Conganh Pham
Nga Nguyen
G. Michael Nidiffer, M.D.
Mairead T. Nolan
Mike Nonn
Notre Dame School
P. Andrew and Karen Nousen
Walter and Karen Novak
Donald Nugent
Kenneth O’Brien
Kevin J. O’Brien
Laurie O’Bryon
William T. O’Connell
Martin V. O’Connor
Clark and Marilyn O’Donoghue
Edward and Frances O’Neill
Walter P. and Kim Thi O’Brien
William and Marianne O’Connell
Nicholas and Patricia O’Neill
Fred and Margaret Ogden
Keith Ogden
Mary T. Ogles
Our Lady of Victory Missionary Sisters
Christopher T. Owen
John and Nancy Paar
August and Trena Pacetti
Anthony and Carol Ann Pamelia
Anne and Roy Pardee Jr
Young Sin and Joon Park
Laurence and Dorthea Parrish
John Garate and Mary Patrick
Mike Peck
Carlo A. Pedrioli
Christopher and Kathleen Pelley
Walter Petri
Christopher and Maria Phelps
Dorothy Pickett
Plantes Company
Stephen Plunkett
Suzanne Polen
Stephen Pope
Kathleen M. Potts
Virginia Quick
Vincent D. Quinn
Marilyn McMorrow, RSCJ
Sr. Margaret Donohue, RSM
Una Rand
Drs. N. and Vimala A. Ranjithan
Stanley and Mai Rashid
Madlen L. Rassam
Alex and Susan Ravnik
Randy and Cindy Rice
Gregory and Martina Rickerd
Tom and Mary Riley
Martin and Nancy Robb
Brad Roberts
Diocese of Little Rock
Mary Rocks
Mary M. Roda
Joseph and Carol Jo Roeder
Jason and Amy Rogers
Michael Rossi
Allison Ruedig
Luke H. Ryan
Dr. J. Michael Ryan and Dr. Linda Ryan
Thomas S. Ryscavage
Stephanie Saldana
Brian J. Samway
Gary Sander
Tracy Schaal
Timothy Schimpp
John P. Schmidt
Robert and Catherine Schneider
William Schneiders
Mitzi J. Schroeder
Veronica Schroeder
Patricia J. Schulz
Jo Ann Scott
Rev. Robert Scully S.J.
James Hogan Sealey
John & Dorothy Sealey
George Seeber
Gerard L. Seissiger
Robert Selig and Maureen Patrick
Nicholas Senzamici and Elizabeth Fragola
Margaret Maureen Sheridan
Jacqueline & Charlene Shoen
Clifford and Katherine Shultz
Therese Sickles
Robert Sigler
Kathryn S. Singer
Sukhmander Singh
Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth
Sisters of Mercy Shalom Convent
The Sisters of St. Francis
(Mount St. Francis)
Sisters of St. Ursula
George Spera Jr. and Jane Ginsburg
Thomas Spicuzza
St. Francis Xavier Church
St. Ignatius Church
St. Michael’s Parish
St. Paul’s Mission
James G. Steiner
Dr. and Mrs. Richard Stoebner
Koleman Strumpf
Edward Sunshine and Ann Connor
John August Swanson
Suzanne Szescila
Myron and Maureen N. Tantum
Viguen and Teresa Terminassian
Joan and Patricia Terracina
Elisabeth Tetlow
William Thibeau
Michael & Karen Thomas
Michael Thompson and Mary Harms
Matt and Jen Tilghman-Havens
Hon. V. Paul Timko
William E. Toner
Mike Touhey
James and Elaine Tourtelotte
Mike Trehy
Dzung Huu Tran and Mary Diem Nguyen
Richard and Dolores Tunney
United Way Greater Twin Cities
United Way Metro Chicago
University of Southern California
Robert and Mary Vacek
Joseph Vallely
Josephine R. Varni
Francisco A. Villaronga
Frank Villaume
Virginia Keenan
Dan and Rose Vodvarka
Sophie Vodvarka
James and Maureen Waldron
Ronald and Mary Ann Wallace
Regina A. Walsh
Mary Walter
Matthew Walter and Mary Klingler Walter
Diane M. Warner
James and Susan Watson
Elizabeth A. Weaver
Lawrence and Alice Weiner
Jim Welch
William and Terese Weld-Wallis
Wells Fargo Community Support/
United Way Campaign
Ruth Werts
William F. Werwaiss
Maureen Wesolowski
Myles V. Whalen, Jr.
Sr. Joanne Whitaker, RSM
Eugene and Marjorie Wiemels
Leon and Elaine Wilczynski
Claudia Woodward
Sonia Yam
Engin Edwin and Yvonne Yaz
Clifford M. Yeary
Joseph W. Yockey
Ted & Mary Francis Yurek
Gary and Maureen Zack
Kathleen M. Yadrick and Francis Zipple
Mary Carol Zuegner
Friend of JRS
Lorraine M. Abt
Ed and Cynthia Allen
Brenda Lee Allor
Robert J. Ansaldi
John Ardner
Marilynn and Jerry Arington
Robert J. Armbruster
Peter and Kathleen Arnold
Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement
Joanne Baecher-DiSalvo
John Baesch and Evelyn Herzog
Peter Bailey
Anna May Barclay
Joseph A. Barreca
Timothy and Michelle Barrett
Brian Bartolini
Robert W. Bauman
Stephen and Judith Beall
Luke Beland
Paul Bell
Leo and Joanne Bergin
Joseph and Ann Berrigan
Shannon Berry
Gary Bertuccelli
Kathleen E. Betz
Michael Bloom
Jane Bloom
Allan and Judith Bogar
Joan M. Bolger
William J. Bollwerk
Ellen M. Bourbon
John and Margaret Boyle
Venezuela: A $25,000 grant from The Raskob Foundation supports vocational
training and awareness of vulnerable women in Venezuela. JRS provides emergency
assistance to refugees living in areas along the border with Colombia. JRS works to
create opportunities for training to accompany the psychosocial recovery processes
for female refugees and members of host communities, shaping support networks that
facilitate the local integration processes. (Paola Cordoba Maldonado — JRS)
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Barry Bradford
Jennifer Brandmaier
Rebecca and Stephen Brandmaier
Thomas B. Brennan
Larry and Marjorie Brennan
Richard and Angela Brennan
Michael J. Briggs
Jane R. Brim
Juan and Maria Brito
Ian and Elaine Brock
Richard and Jeanette Browne
Val Bruech
Renato and Mathilda Bulacan
Karen Burke
Diana Burns
David and Dolores Burroughs
John A. and Ann C. Bushnell
William Byrnes
Letitia Capristo
Francis X. and Monika V. Caradonna
Anne Kilbourn Caretto
Rev. Richard J. Cerpich
Norbert Chausse
Yosuke Chikamoto
Urszula Chomicka
Elizabeth Chudy
Patricia S. Clock
Daniel and Patti Cmarik
Gerard and Grace Collins
Jennifer Compton
Congregation of Divine Providence, Inc.
Kathleen L. Connor
Rev. Michael L. Cook, S.J.
Jason and Maria Crawford
David and Dorothy Crean
Joseph A. Crivello
Carolynn Cruver
Pierce and Roberta Cunningham
Anne M. Currie
Sara Damewood
Eileen M. DeAcetis
Sheila F. DeCosse
Russell J. DePaula
Dr. Robert Deahl
Wilfred F. Declercq
Maureen L Degnan
Norita J. Dela Pena
Peter Van Denbergh
Rosemary A. Deveer
Donna R. DiNardo
Margaret Mary Dietz
John Dinga
John and Janet Dolan
Joseph and Helen Donahue
Donna Dudeck
Kathleen Dunn
Andrew Emer
Lana Faber
Joanne L. Falck
Peter and Diane Fanelli
Henry Fardella
William and Ramona Ferrando
Susan Ferrantelli
Ron and Pat Ferreri
Kevin Mulcahy and Julie Fissinger
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Mary C. Fitzgerald
Robert J. and Patricia J. Fitzmyer
R. Michael and Lynne Fitzpatrick
Kathryn V. Fitzsimmons
Brian and Katherine Flinn
Patricia Fox-Riley
Christian Fuchs
Peter Furka
Joseph Gaglioti and Jane Hazen
Michael William Gambone
David and Yvonne Garcia
JF Garcia
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Garcia
Wilson and Julie Gautreaux
Salvatore Gentle and Beverly Lafferty
Katherine Gerlich
Patricia Geuting
Nat and Celia Giacobbi
Robert and Sally Ann Glenn
Gus and Margaret Goldau
Frank and Regina Grandizio
John and Cheryl Grandy
Casper and Carolyn Grathwohl
Kathryn Gravel
William and Amanda Green
Rev. Thomas Greene, S.J.
Gloria Greenspun
Frank Grimes
Frank and Maria Grimminger
James A Grinavich
John P. Groch
Jesus and Luz Gutierrez
Penny Kosick Hanks
Eric and Kathleen Hanson
Philomene & Joseph Haviland
John and Kathryne Hayde
Peter and Carol Hearne
Daniel and Margaret Hebert
Stephen E. Hebert
Andrew and Robin Hendricks
Christian Hennemeyer
Marylynn G. Hewitt
Christine and James Hill
John and Mary Hofstetter
Susan Hohe
Sr. Margaret Hohman
Christoper O’Brien and Karen Howard
Walter C. Hughes
Susan Humphrey
Kimberly Humphrey
Peter and Sheila Irmiter
Margaret L. Jansen, LLC
James and Louise Johnson
Judith A. Johnson
Richard and Mary Ann Johnston
Michael Kaplan
John and Kathleen Karkheck
Frank and Therese M. Kasmark
William T. Keller
David Kelley
Madelene J. Kenny
Christopher King
Maureen & Richard Kizer
Katherine M. Krefft, Ph.D.
Michael Kreutzer
John and Lorraine Krizel
Walter and Kathleen Krueger
Patric Kuh
Ann Kullman
Remee Kuo
Mandy Kwaiser
Wawa M Kyaw
Sebastian and Rosario Lacson
Peter and Jeanina Lamanna
Rev. George A. Lane, S.J.
Jim and Karen Langford
Victoria Laudenbach
Ruth Leacock
William and Ellen Leibold
Richard and Mary Leiweke
Sheila A. Lemieux
Amie Leo
Leona L. Leo
John and Rose Ann Leonard
Patrick Lewis
James Littleton
Ignatius and Josephine Lo
Garry and Bonnie Loeffler
Annemarie Lopez
Patricia Lovejoy
Dennis and Pam Lucey
Joseph and Geraldine Lynch
Peter and Paulette Lynch
Matthew O. MacDonald
John and Anne F. Mack
Dr. M. Kathleen Madigan
John F. Makowski
Mark Seefeld and Mary Malley
Michael and Helen Mangan
Eugene and Mary Mann
Marianne Mannes
Helene Manning
Jose and Roberta Martin
Gerald M. Masar
Miniya Maskal
Oscar and Jill Mayorga
Edward McCartan
Robert and Alma McChesney
Charles and Alice McEnery
John P. McGuinn
Mary Ann McKeirnan
Rev. Gerard R. McKeon, S.J.
Mimi and Steve McKindley-Ward
John McLaughlin and Catherine Morley
Daniel and Mary McMahon
John and Joanne McParland
Peter and Kathleen Meler
Eric W. and Patricia Mooney Melvin
James and Larisla Mendez
Victor and Rosario Mendoza
Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Mercy
Thomas E. Miles
Anne Boardman Miller
John Millious
Peter Miron-Conk
Bill and Carol Mitchell
Mary J. Mondello
Michael E. Moran
Patricia Morris
Kara Morrow
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Chevallier
Michael Mulkey
Michael and Ann Mulvihill
Ann Murphy
Mary C. Murphy
NAFSA: Association of
International Educators
Fawaz Nassar
George and Grace Nedy
Robert and Mary Nespeco
Anne T. Nicastro
Anthony and Sharon Nicola
Napoleon and Afra Nobay
Edward and Anne Nolan
Grace I. Nuber
John and Mary Ann O’Connell
Maureen O’Connell
Bernard and Patricia O’Donnell
Mary T. O’Rourke
Robert and Catherine O’Sullivan
Joan O’Brien
Anne Offord
Robert Osipower Jr. and Kristin Osipower
Jeffrey and Alison Otto
Robert and Ellen Padberg
Maureen D. Pansky
Robert J. Parmach
David De Pastina
John and Rose Marie Pastizzo
Timothy and Maureen Peterson
Ernest and Martha Petti
Gregory and Linda Pietrzak
Pierre C. Pingitore
Jorge and Donna Pino
Elizabeth Pirman
Karl Pister
Susan Pixley, O.P.
Jonathan Pohl
Emily & Paul Porensky
Christin & Daniel Price
Kathleen M. Provenzano
The Prudential Matching Gifts Program
Sr. Janice Farnham, RJM
Mitchell Radycki and Sally Wysocki
David and Angela Rave
Andrew and Elizabeth Reck
Rev. James D. Redington, S.J.
R. Phillip Reed
John Reidy
Rev. William J. Reilly
Ann M. Reisel
Claire Robinson
Robert J. Rokusek
Oren Root
Ronnie Rosenberg
Robert C.& Marguerite Rourke
Peter and Kathleen Royse
Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Rutherford
Margaret and Maureen Ryan
Tim Ryan
Rev. Eduardo C. Fernandez, S.J.
Eugene L. Donahue, S.J.
Rev. John J. Begley, S.J.
Rev. Joseph A. Currie, S.J.
Rev. Alexander M. Santora
“I worked in Jordan as a private school teacher from 20112013, and the most meaningful part of my time there was as a
volunteer English teacher with the JRS refugee adult education
program in Amman. It was great to be a part of that community
and see the benefit and fellowship that it brought to participants
and teachers alike. I will never forget it, and I feel fortunate that I
am able to make a small recurring donation to that program and
others like it.”
Thank you and best wishes,
Luke Beland
In the photo above, Luke poses with young students from
Yemen, Somalia, and Sudan. “Also with me is Erin Wall, former
volunteer teacher who now works for the Jesuit Commons
Higher Education on the Margins program in Amman. She wants
me to add that Abubakr, lower right in this photo, worked his
way through all the levels of the JRS English classes and is taking
a placement exam for the community service learning track.
And that he is taller now.”
Kathryn and Thomas Sarachan
John & Mary Beth Savage
Chris and Michelle Scherer
Gerald and Rosemary Schmitt
David and Daly Schreck
John Schroeder
Stephen Schwarzbek
Brigid M. Scott
Paul Seliga
Carol A. Sellers
Peter and Phyllis Sequeira
Roger and Diane Serzen
James Sharp
Michael J. Shawver
William and Cynthia Sheehan
Lori Shemanski
Helen and Elvin Shew
Deacon Bill J. Simmonds, ObOSB
Daniel and Linda Sloan
Amazon Smile
Katherine Snitzer
Mariah Snyder
Marianne Sobkowiak
Leland and Angelina Soohoo
St. Francis Xavier School
John and Mary Stefaniak
Rev. Jim Stickney
John and Mary Strandquist
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Syria: The rising numbers of people injured directly
by the Syrian conflict are compounded by those with
“ordinary” health issues: chronic illnesses, disabilities, people in need of routine care who now lack the
resources to receive treatment. A $40,000 grant from
The J. Homer Butler Foundation enables JRS to provide
some medical services.
In Homs, where 50 percent of the city’s inhabitants
are displaced, JRS is uniquely situated to respond to
the needs of both the IDPs and families still in their
homes. JRS has coordinated a network of 40 local lay
people of all faith traditions to operate clinics in Homs
and Meshta el-Helou, and to conduct in-home services.
Professionals at each clinic provide medication, physiotherapy, medical consultations, psychological support,
surgical referrals, and supplies to 6,000 of the area’s
most vulnerable — namely women, children and the
elderly — who cannot afford care in the area’s seven
private hospitals.
James and Jeanne E. Stubenrauch
Timothy J. Sullivan
Yaakov Sullivan
Richard R. Super
Mary T. Sweat
Paula R. Sweeney
Helen Mary Szablya
Barbara and Stephen Szemenyei
Helen Taney
Brendan and Sandra Thomson
Thomas and Anne Tobin
Phyllis Townley
David and Erin Tressler
Anne Tropeano
John Samuel Tucci
Linda Tull
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Staff and volunteers risk their lives daily, navigating
checkpoints and road closures to secure medicines and
supplies from nearby cities. They assume the risks of
sniper fire during home visits, and reprisals from forces
on all sides of the conflict by attending to all in need
regardless of affiliation or ability to pay for services. JRS
volunteers and staff are compelled by the understanding that procuring insulin, undergoing surgery, or obtaining sound prenatal care are necessities that cannot
be suspended by war.
The devolution of public services and the rising cost of
private medical facilities has made healthcare inaccessible to Syria’s millions of displaced persons. Without
the services provided by JRS’ two charitable clinics, the
people of Homs and Meshta el-Helou would have no
recourse for healthcare. Although JRS cannot fully stem
the threat of violence against these populations, this
project can address the mortal threats indirectly caused
by the chaos of civil war. (Gebrail Saud — JRS)
Patricia and John Tweedy
David Uhl
Michael and Leona Ullery
Margaret and Charles Vail
Scott Vanderveer
Samir A. Vincent
Barbara E. Wacker
Sara A. Wagner
Sherri and Daniel Walker
Charles and Judy Weber
Laura A. Weber
Ann P. White
Daniel and Claire White
Gary and Betty Wiley
Joyce E. Wilkinson
Olga J. Williams
Daniel J. Wilson
Kevin Winter
J. P. Witte
Margaret Wollen-Olson
Amelia Wright
Xavier University
Eugenia A. Yesthal
Mee Yin Mary Yuen
Mark Evans and Danelle Zalfa-Evans
Susan and Phil Zera
Kenya: A $10,000 grant from The
Loyola Foundation provides bicycles for counselors, enabling them to
more efficiently conduct home visits
in the vastness of Kakuma camp. JRS
is currently the only organization
in Kakuma providing psychosocial
support. As part of those services,
540 refugees serve as peer counselors for more than 2,000 fellow
refugees. In addition to the direct
service provided those being counseled, the peer counseling program
serves as leadership development for
counselors as they strive to improve
their own community. This is in line
with our mission of accompaniment,
working with instead of for refugees,
empowering them to lead their own
communities and transform their
own realities.
Despite efforts of peer counselors, one of the biggest issues they
face, especially women, is lack of
safety when traveling to and from
the counseling site in the sprawling refugee camp. Peer counselors,
many female, walk long distances
through what is essentially a large
town to reach refugee families needing psychosocial care. Bicycles allow
counselors to travel more quickly
and safely around Kakuma and to
reach many more families.
“Since I received the new bicycle,
counseling sessions are more effective in terms of time and the number
of sessions not missed or delayed. I
was so thrilled to receive the bicycle
because it has assisted me a lot,”
said JRS counselor Kavi Moran.
The grant enabled JRS to purchase
69 bicycles for the peer counselors
last year. JRS staff can access community members with greater ease
as visits and follow-ups are easier to
execute. Additionally, as traveling
time is reduced staff members are
able to handle more clients. (Christian Fuchs — JRS/USA)
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Detention Chaplaincy
Program Staff
National Staff
Armando Borja
National Director
Fr. A. Richard Sotelo, S.J.
Religious Services Program Director
Clare Inzeo Bonsignore
Development Director
Florence Service Processing Center
Florence, Ariz.
Christian Fuchs
Communications Director
Sr. Lynn Allvin, OP — Chaplain
Briana Barcelo — Program Assistant
Brenda Garcia
Grants Development Coordinator
El Paso Service Processing Center
El Paso, Texas
Sean Kelly
Program Officer
Sr. Mary Kay Mahowald, OSF — Chaplain
Lily Fernandez — Program Assistant
Pat McDermott
Assistant Development Director
Buffalo Federal Detention Facility
Giulia McPherson
Assistant Director of Policy
Batavia, N.Y.
Fr. Robert Moreno — Religious Services
Coordinator
Dcn. Daniel McGuire — Religious Services Specialist
Mitzi Schroeder
Director of Policy
Kevin White, S.J.
Mission & Identity Coordinator
Port Isabel Service Processing Center
Erin Stabile
Mary Doan
Outreach Coordinators
Los Fresnos, Texas
Rev. Jesse Araque — Chaplain
Rev. Zeke Duran — Program Assistant
Krome Service Processing Center
Miami, Fla.
Rev. Carlos Cordova — Chaplain
Carlos Bustamante — Program Assistant
Board of Directors
Richard Kelly, Board Chairman
The Bridgeford Group
Jennifer Bailey
Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project
Rita Bennett
Founder & Executive Director of
Bennett Associates [ret]
Michael Bloom
Now You Know Media
Kevin Burke
Trinity Capital
Rev. Thomas P. Greene, S.J.
Rector, First Studies at St. Louis University
Rev. Bob Hussey, S.J.
Provincial, Maryland Province
of the Society of Jesus
Jean-Louis Peta Ikambana
American Friends Service Committee
Rev. Timothy P. Kesicki, S.J.
President, U.S. Jesuit Conference
Thomas Loughlin
Promontory Financial Group LLC
Andy McMillin
The Coca-Cola Company
David McNulty
Midwest Province of the Society of Jesus
Paul Perez
Delegate Advisors, LLC
Marianna Pierce
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Joan Rosenhauer
Catholic Relief Services
Jenae Ruesch
Ruesch Family Foundation
Michael Schack
Joseph Academy
Andrew Serazin
Matatu, Inc.
Jennifer Thomas
Brookfield Global Relocation Services
Sr. Joanne Whitaker, RSM
Former Regional Director, JRS Southern Africa
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South Sudan: Teachers
walk through the primary
school after classes let out at
Gendrassa refugee camp in
Maban. (Angela Wells — JRS)
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