Education empowers refugee families to rebuild their lives
JRS Romania helps refugee families integrate through Romanian language classes, educational support for children, and vocational training for adults. Education is the foundation for independence – for dignity, and hope.
Standing with refugees for 25 years and always will
Our Mission
We walk alongside refugees to rebuild their lives
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 in community.
Who we are
JRS Romania is a non-profit organisation that has supported refugees and other forcibly displaced people in Romania since 2000. As part of the global Jesuit Refugee Service network active in 50+ countries, we help people find safety, rebuild their lives, and regain dignity. Our work spans education and language learning, housing and livelihoods, legal aid, medical and psychosocial care, and community integration – reaching over 100,000 people so far.
Critical needs unfunded
Some urgent needs remain uncovered.
Most humanitarian funding arrives late or covers only part of what’s needed. Your gift works faster. It fills the gaps immediately. Every euro goes directly to refugees and displaced people in need. The only deductions are small payment processing fees — we take nothing for administration. That’s what real change looks like.
Help Palestinian families settle safely in Romania
Palestinian families evacuated from Gaza can’t cover rent deposits, household basics, utilities, transport, or daily health-related costs. Your gift covers the simple but impossible costs and meets urgent everyday needs — so they can secure a stable home, their children can heal and return to school and rebuild their lives.
€45,000 needed
Education & therapy for Ukrainian refugee children
Most Ukrainian refugee children with disabilities are refused by schools in Romania. There are no adapted programs or support in their language. Your donation funds what they actually need: personalized learning plans, therapy, parent coaching. So these children can communicate, learn, and have a school.
€90,000 needed
Health care for seniors in exile
Many elderly refugees live with diabetes, hypertension, chronic pain, and even cancer—without stable income or health insurance. They fled war and now struggle with expensive prescriptions and long journeys to doctors. Your donation covers medicines, medical tests, and home care supplies—the kind of care that can’t wait.
€80,000 needed
Emergency support for people in crisis
When a boat arrives with refugees, when a family is evacuated overnight, when someone escapes sexual violence or trafficking, there is no time to wait. Your donation becomes immediate shelter, hot meals, safe transport, medical care, protection and legal support. Your gift turns panic into safety and gives people one simple message: you are safe now.
€20,000 needed
Care and dignity for people with “tolerated status”
In our centre Pedro Arrupe, we host people who survived war, violence, or serious illness, and then ran out of options. They have “tolerated” status, no health insurance, and no stable income. Many live with disabilities, in a body that can’t wait for paperwork. Your donation covers medical checks, life-saving medication, psychosocial support and meals.
€20,000 needed
Support migrant workers in Romania
Migrant workers from Nepal, Sri Lanka, the Philippines and beyond keep Romania running, yet many endure overcrowded housing, long hours, broken contracts and abuse. Your gift offers what is missing: legal aid, safe shelter, translation and medical care—so they can stay safe, claim their rights and support their families with dignity.
€35,000 needed
JRS Updates
Intensive English course at JRS Romania: How Nadiia found her voice
“I used to be afraid to speak English. Now I can — and it’s opening new doors” Nadiia Horovenko arrived in Bucharest from Odesa on March 7, 2022. Like many Ukrainians in the early days of the war, she was searching for...
Integration Through Language: Dmytro’s Story
„I learned Romanian by myself, but for the tricky parts I needed a proper course.” Dmytro Burlachenko is a Ukrainian seafarer from Odesa. He has been living in Romania for more than three years, but only recently...
When help is within reach
We continue sharing the stories of Ukrainians who, like so many others, were forced to leave their homes, their jobs, and everything that made up their daily lives, in search of safety in a foreign country. Today, we...
Our impact, 2021–2025
Five years of support for refugees and displaced people. Explore the results by year and programme area.
Compare all five years
Donors and supporters
- Airbnb
- Arise Foundation
- Caritas Austria
- Caritas Spain
- Catholic Agency for Overseas Development
- Catholic Relief Services
- Center for International Migration and Integration
- Choose Love
- Comic Relief
- CORE
- Dalhousie University
- Disasters Emergency Committee
- Entreculturas Foundation
- Erste Bank
- ERSTE Foundation
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- European Union / European Commission
- General Inspectorate for Immigration
- GHR Foundation
- HP Inc.
- Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway
- IKEA Romania
- International Rescue Committee
- Japan Platform
- Jesuit Mission Australia
- Jesuit Refugee and Migrant Service
- Jesuit Refugee Service Canada
- Jesuit Refugee Service Europe
- Jesuit Refugee Service USA
- Jesuit Refugee Service, International Office
- Jesuiten Weltweit Foundation
- Jesuits of Canada
- Linsi Foundation
- Maltese Jesuit Province
- Menschen für Andere / Jesuitenweltweit Austria
- Oak Foundation
- Opus Prize Foundation
- Petro Ventures Resources SRL
- Philip Morris Romania
- Plan International
- Plan International Japan
- Porticus
- Project HOPE
- Renovabis
- Sacré Cœur Parish
- The Canadian Jesuit Missions / Canadian Jesuits International
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- U.S. Embassy in Romania
- Uber Romania
- UniCredit Foundation
- United Nations Children’s Fund
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Vodafone Romania Foundation
- World Vision
- Xavier Network
Safeguarding contact
Please contact us if you have experienced violence, abuse, exploitation or neglect, or witnessed any such situation.
Submitting a concern will never affect the support or services you receive from us.
We also welcome suggestions and feedback about our activities. Your feedback helps us provide support in a safer, more dignified and fairer way for everyone. All our services are free.
You can send your message anonymously or include your contact details. If you choose to share these details, we assure you that your identity will remain strictly confidential.
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