The Jesuit Justice and Ecology Network Africa (JENA) is a diverse community of faith-
inspired Jesuit NGOs, also known as Social Centers, related Jesuit institutions,
individual Jesuit peace and development activists and scholars working collaboratively
to fight poverty and related injustices around Africa empowering marginalized voices,
communities and groups, and facilitating policy innovation to enable people to unlock
their potential, exercise their rights and manage their own lives
We work to challenge unjust policies and practices and to promote the respect of people’s rights.
The dignity of the Human Person. Cooperation & Collaboration .The common good. Equality •Preferential option for the poor •Integrity of creation •Cultural diversity
JENA works towards a just, poverty-free and ecologically regenerative Africa where people can unlock their full potential, free from direct, cultural, and structural violence.
JENA facilitates the establishment, extension, and strengthening of connections and relations among Jesuit organisations, scholars and activists from all over Africa, the world, across national, cultural boundaries and age barriers, passionate and committed to fostering development, justice, peace and ecological regeneration
The JENA Secretariat supports Affiliates, their partners and allies to coordinate their work in advocacy and campaigns, and humanitarian and development work with the intent to challenge and achieve positive change in six areas referred to as Change Goals. JENA shall focus its resources on six Change Goals through various Thematic Working Groups representing each of the following themes:
The close link between food security and peace and stability cannot be overlooked. Over the years, countries and regions with failed peace and stability are
Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah | June 24, 2022 | Barron’s The 2022 G7 leaders’ summit began on Sunday in Schloss Elmau in the Bavarian Alps and was set
By Bryan P Galligan, S.J In early June 1972, world leaders met in Stockholm, Sweden for the first-ever global conference on the environment and sustainable
By Charlie Chilufya, S.J. During this Week of the Environment, from the 30th of May leading up to the 5th June, the World Environment Day, nations of the
Webinar: Russia-Ukraine War a Thorn to Global Food Systems: Implications on Sub-Saharan Africa Countries .
Register for the webinar here: https://bit.ly/Food-Crisis-Russia-War
https://mailchi.mp/245441c036bc/webinarrussia-ukraine-war-a-thorn-to-global-food-systems-implications-on-sub-saharan-africa-countries
"Where people and ecosystems are already living precariously, coping with even incremental changes in climate becomes impossible". @galligan_sj
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/war-drought-flood
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JENA works towards a just, poverty-free and
ecologically regenerative Africa where people can unlock their full potential, free from direct, cultural, and structural violence.
