On the road outside of Misissi, Congo, the road overlooks the beautiful and rich agricultural land.

On the road from Misisi, Congo, Fr. Martin Bahati, S.J., and Mr. Luis Vizcano, SJ. walk toward another car that came from Goma to pick them up. The road had been blocked for 3 days because of the mud.

Jesuit Refugee Service director, Tom Smolich, SJ, and Fr. Joseph Kabamba, SJ, walk through a refugee camp outside of Goma, in the Congo.

A villager uses a home-made, two wheel cart to move supplies in the refugee camp outside of Goma. 

Sr Regina Missanga visits Cecilia, a resident of the Kalinga refugee camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) outside of Misisi. JRS provided her a shelter which cost about $29.

Tom Smolich, S.J., director of JRS discusses the possible site for a new school with fellow Jesuits, Martin Buhati, Luis Vizcaino, and Dieudonné Kapita.

Fr. Tom Smolich, International director of Jesuit Refugee Service, visits a JRS sponsored school building site with the local coordinator, a local priest and the construction manager, Lillan.

The stone has arrived for a school that JRS is building between two camps of Internally Displaced Persons.

Tom Smolich, SJ, met with school students outside of Goma, in the Congo. JRS built the school and pays their tuition. 

Outside of Goma, Congo, students study at a school built and supported by JRS

Outside of Goma, Congo, students study at a school built and supported by JRS

Outside of Goma, Congo, students study at a school built and supported by JRS

Students gather outside of their school that was built by JRS.

Outside of Goma, Congo, students study at a school built and supported by JRS

Outside of Goma, Congo, students study at a school built and supported by JRS