Reimagining the JCAM Ministries to Refugees and Migrants

The goal of our collaboration proposal is

When the Global Ignatian Advocacy Networks (GIAN) Migration group met in Johannesburg at the beginning of the year (2018) it was observed that the ministry to migrants and refugees in Africa needed to be more networked and coordinated beyond JRS. Thus, as a learning organization reflecting on our own reality and learning from other Jesuit Conferences we are trying to develop a Jesuit Network (s) for migrants and refugees in the Jesuit Conference of Africa and Madagascar.

Description of our collaboration proposal

Venue of the Meeting: Nairobi, Kenya. Dates: 20th to 22nd January 2020

Objectives of the Meeting

The meeting will have the following broad goals:

  1. To complete the mapping exercise of the Jesuit ministry to refugees in Africa
  2. To develop strategies for the coordination of the Jesuit Migrants and Refugees ministries in Africa.
  3. To develop common change goals for the Euro-Africa Jesuit Migration and Refugees ministries.
  4. To develop strategies for international institutional collaboration among the Jesuit ministries in Africa and in Europe.

Needs, support or request

Participants invited to the meeting

The following were proposed to be invited to the meeting through an invitation letter:

  • The JRS International Director
  • JRS Regional and Country Directors in Africa
  • JRS Europe JRS Europe
  • The Vatican, Migrants and Refugees Section
  • Researchers and academics in the field of migration
  • JENA members involved in the work of migration
  • Institute of Migration, Comillas University
  • Entreculturas
  • Jesuitenmission, Germany

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