In this week's episode of the Go Forth... podcast, Joan Rosenhauer shares how the Jesuit Refugee Service creates hope for the future through education, mental health initiative and pyscho-social emotional support to people in refugee camps and urban settlements in 58 countries as well as spiritual support for immigrants awaiting deportation in U.S. detention centers.
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During the podcast, Joan mentioned a program on the border between the United States and Mexico called Caminar Contigo, (We Will Walk With You), which works to provide safe refuge, support mental health wellbeing, and prevent violations to the legal rights of people in the Ciudad Juarez and El Paso. Learn more at the links below.
Joan Rosenhauer has served the church as a community organizer, at the USCCB, and now as leader of the Jesuit Refugee Service – USA. JRS seeks to accompany, serve, and advocate the cause of refugees and other forcibly displaced people, that they may heal, learn, and determine their own future.
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Joan Rosenhauer visiting with the JRS Inclusive Education program staff at Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya.
Joan Rosenhauer visiting a JRS Inclusive Education program classroom at Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya
Joan Rosenhauer visiting with refugee children at the JRS program site in Athens, Greece.