JRS Receives Arrupe Human Rights Award

Recently Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) received the Arrupe Human Rights award from the Institute of Migration Studies of the University of Comillas (Madrid).

During the awards ceremony in mid-May, the work of JRS Cambodia was shown through a video created by Sor Not. The video features Denise Coghlan rsm and many JRS co-workers. The opening scene with workers holding or standing by a variety of clay pots echoes words from the prophet Jeremiah and later Corinthians, ‘we (in our humanity) are only the earthenware jars that hold this treasure”.

During the awards ceremony in mid-May, the work of JRS Cambodia was shown through a video created by Sor Not. The video features Denise Coghlan rsm and many JRS co-workers. The opening scene with workers holding or standing by a variety of clay pots echoes words from the prophet Jeremiah and later Corinthians, ‘we (in our humanity) are only the earthenware jars that hold this treasure”.  The use of clay pots to which Denise speaks is a poignant reminder of the intrinsic dignity, value and beauty of each person and Earth regardless of colour, appearance, chips, cracks, beauty or functionality.

Throughout many years Denise and the JRS team have had at heart the great work of justice. The video (see below) was filmed by Sor Not. He is a bright man, who was born in Site 2 refugee camp, in the Thai-Cambodia border, and has been working with JRS since 1999. Besides the fantastic work to stop landmines, in the video you’ll also see Reth, who received the Nobel peace award on behalf of the campaign.

JRS Cambodia has been accompanying and really making the difference in offering unique support to severely persecuted refugees seeking protection in Cambodia: Uighurs, Rohingya, Ahmadis, Montagnards, amongst many others.

Messages to: Denise Coghlan rsm - Director, JRS Cambodia