JOA Kenya view from a volunteer
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
JOA strategic plan
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
Minister visits Poland amid humanitarian crisis
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
Jersey’s Conservation Livelihoods development strategy conference
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
28 April 2022 JOA “Future of Volunteering” Network Event
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
Fund raising for Ukraine
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
Successful Zambia visit
‘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
International Finance Toronto 2021
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
Geneva 2021 International Development Opportunities Secured
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
JOA Community Work Projects – Community Centre in Nepal
8 March International Womens’s Day in Nepal. On 11th March 2017 shown here being greeted by villagers in Nepal as we visited to assess potential sites for a Community Centre the JOA volunteers would build as part of our Community