Emergency Response

As part of a global community of faith, love and service, Jesuit Mission responds to requests for support from communities devastated by humanitarian crises and natural disasters.

On 28 March, Myanmar was struck by a devastating earthquake, which has claimed the lives of over 3,600 people, with thousands more injured or missing.

With millions displaced since the coup, economic collapse, recent floods and now the earthquake, our Jesuit partners are providing vital food, shelter and essential supplies to our sisters and brothers suffering in Myanmar.

Widescale bombings in Lebanon since 23 September 2024 have caused devastation and rapidly escalated the humanitarian crisis, which has been developing since October 2023. We are assisting over 13,900 displaced women, men and children with shelter, bedding, food and hygiene kits.

As the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine deepens, your support will help our partner Jesuit Refugee Service in Europe to deliver emergency shelter, food and essential items, medical escorts, translation and accompaniment to Ukrainian people in desperate need.

On 6 February 2023 Syria and Turkey were hit by two catastrophic earthquakes that have claimed the lives of thousands of people. In response, Jesuit Mission Australia has launched a Syria Earthquake Response Appeal to provide immediate assistance to those people most affected living in Aleppo.

In August 2020, massive explosions decimated much of the city of Beirut, taking the lives of over 170 people and leaving thousands wounded.

Jesuit Mission supported 500 families affected by the explosion by providing shelter assistance, food, and mental health and psychosocial support.

As the Coronavirus crisis unfolds, Jesuit Mission and our partners are continually adapting and responding to the needs of vulnerable people, providing vital health and sanitation supplies and giving emergency support for people impacted by the virus.

In April 2015, Nepal was struck by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that devastated communities across the country.

The Jesuits supported the most rural communities, as well as establishing Women Safe Spaces in several communities.

In South Sudan our Jesuit Partners are welcoming refugees, distributing basic necessities, providing psychosocial support, safe spaces for children, safe transport for resettlement and referral of people in need of medical care and mental health services.

Jesuits in Timor-Leste responded to flash flooding that left 42 people dead, including a Timorese teacher at the Jesuit Mission supported Loyola College.

Mattresses, bed sheets, kitchen and cooking utensils were provided to the families most affected by the flood emergency.

Jesuit Mission supported families who were affected by the severe floods in Vietnam in late 2020.

In the immediate aftermath, emergency supplies of food and clean drinking water were distributed. Subsequently, we supported the rebuilding of family homes that were destroyed in the floods.