Surviving the camps
Nearly a million Rohingya were expelled from Myanmar last year, forced to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh. The Rohingya tribe, a Muslim ethnic group, has settled for centuries in the Burmese-Bengali…
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Lok Manch helps widows to defend their rights
Ruzli is a widow, a beneficiary of Lok Manch project, and lives in the village of Samalvat in the State of Gujarat. She belongs to the tribal group of Rathwa,…
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Jesuit Missions responds to the Kerala floods
Jesuit Missions has responded to the recent devastating floods in the South Indian state of Kerala, that has left over four hundred people dead and thousands more homeless. They are…
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The women fighting trafficking in India
Jesuit Missions’ Director, Paul Chitnis, meets women in India faced with poverty and exploitation. Darjeeling, with its vast tea plantations nestling against the sloping foothills of the Himalayas, is a…
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The Xavier Network in Nepal: serving remote communities
Some secluded villages in the north-east of Nepal can only be approached by crossing a hanging bridge. Now the Nepal Jesuit Social Institute, alongside Jesuitenmission Germany, has built another bridge,…
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MAGIS’ work with widows in Sri Lanka: Renuka’s Story
After the death of her husband, Renuka faced financial hardship and difficulties with mental health. Training, counselling and financial support from MAGIS, the international development organisation of the Italian Jesuits, is helping Renuka…
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