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.

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.

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.

Jesuits in Timor-Leste responded to the widespread destruction of Tropical Cyclone Seroja, an Easter Sunday nightmare that brought flash flooding and 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.

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.

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.

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.