July 15 2024
JOA Director Simon Boas
It is with profound sadness, as Chair of Jersey Overseas Aid (JOA), that I announce the death of the Executive Director, Simon Boas, following his courageous battle with cancer. Simon was an inspiration and larger-than-life character who impacted thousands of lives
JOA is very important and high profile element of our work and is celebrating 50 years of volunteer projects. This fabulous article is written by one of our volunteers; Rachel Carlotti who last week, headed to Kenya to carry out preliminary
Earlier this year I published the first ever strategic plan for Jersey Overseas Aid Commission. This is the Press Release that went with it.
Jersey Overseas Aid sets out its objectives to meet the needs of the world’s most vulnerable Jersey Overseas Aid (JOA), the island’s official, publicly funded relief and
Jersey’s Minister for International Development, Deputy Carolyn Labey, visited Eastern Poland on Wednesday to follow up Jersey’s humanitarian support for the people of Ukraine.
In a warehouse near the border, she inspected medical trauma kits and oxygen concentrators like the ones which Jersey has already sent to the front lines. Jersey
Experts from around the world come together to discuss Jersey’s Conservation Livelihoods development strategy
April 13th 2022: Jersey Overseas Aid (JOA) hosted a two-day conference, ‘Shaping the Future of Conservation Livelihoods Funding Together’.
The event, which was hosted virtually from Durrell’s headquarters at Jersey Zoo on 7th and 8 th April and
The Future of Volunteering- 50th Anniversary of JOA’s CWP Event
Jersey Overseas Aid would like to invite islanders to join the first Jersey International Development Network event of the year – ‘The Future of Volunteering’ in celebration of the 50th anniversary of JOA’s Community Work Projects (CWPs) volunteering programme. The event
Jersey has committed £360,000 in response to the crisis in Ukraine
As at 2 March 2022, Jersey Overseas Aid (JOA), the island’s official, publicly-funded relief and development agency, has pledged an initial £360,000 in response to the crisis in Ukraine.
Today, JOA Commissioners agreed to make initial grants worth £360,000 to be
‘Moo-MoU’ Jersey cows help Zambia with Jersey Overseas Aid
February 23, 2022
Jersey’s Minister for International Development Carolyn Labey signed an agreement today with Zambia’s Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock to roll out Jersey’s renowned dairy aid programme to a fourth African country.
Minister for International Development to speak at prestigious international finance event
Financial Inclusion and banking the world’s poorest is one of JOA’s three sustainable development themes. My speech made at the virtual Toronto Centre’s Conference in October 2021 encapsulates why financial inclusion is important to the developing world:
This week,
Visit to Geneva October 2021 to meet representatives of International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) to discuss our Financial Inclusion projects and also to meet Filippo Grandi, the head of UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency) discussing refugee support. We also managed to secure two places this year for Jersey
