Thirty-three Irish Jesuit priests and brothers work in Africa in Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Sudan and Rwanda.  They also work in Asia - Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and Cambodia. Thirty volunteers supported by the Mission Office work in the Philippines and Eastern and Western Africa.  Jesuits and volunteers work in the fields of:

• Education
• Medicine and HIV/Aids support
• Agriculture and food production
• Psychosocial work with refugees and internally  displaced people.
• Pastoral work and spirituality
• Human rights and advocacy
• Administration
• Leadership formation
• Environmental work

The aim of all our work is to enhance the dignity of each person, to empower local communities and to provide services to poor and marginalized people which enable them to become self - sufficient in the future.