List of Jesuit development centres

This is a partial list of centres founded worldwide by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) which are directed primarily toward social and economic development for the poor and marginalized. Included in this would be research, training, advocacy, and action for human development, as well as direct services.^[1] While a city is listed for most of the organizations, it is difficult to describe the locale in which many of them operate, as with the Jesuit Refugee Service which in 2015 was active in 51 countries.^[2]

Africa

Canary Islands

• Radio ECCA, Las Palmas

Central African Republic

• Centre d'Animation et d'Encadrement des Dirigeants Chrétiens

Chad

• Centre for Studies and Training for Development (CEFOD), N'Djamena

Democratic Republic of Congo

• Action sociale CHECHE, Bukavu
• Boboto Cultural Center, Kinshasa
• Munzihirwa Centre, Kinshasa
• Institut Supérieur Agro Veterinaire, Kinshasa
• Studies Centre for Social Action (CEPAS), Kinshasa

Ivory Coast

• Centre for Research and Action for Peace (CERAP), Abidjan

Kenya

• African Jesuit AIDS Network (AJAN), Nairobi
• Hekima Institute of Peace Studies and International Relations (HIPSIR), Nairobi
• Jesuit Hakimani Centre (JHC), Nairobi
• Nyumbani Orphanage, Nairobi

Madagascar

• Center Culturel Adolphe Razafuntsalama (CCAR)
• Centre Foi et Justicen (CFJ)
• Centre Social Arrupe (CSA)
• Cours de Formation Generale pour Adultes Ruraux (CFGR), Antsirabe

Malawi

• Jesuit Centre for Ecology and Development, (JCED), Lilongwe

Mozambique

• HIV/AIDS Orphans-Fonte Boa Missin, Tsangano District

Rwanda-Burundi

• Centre Misero
• Centre Socio-culture Urumuri
• Service Yezu Mwiza (SYM), Bujumbura

South Africa

• Jesuit Institute South Africa, Johannesburg

Zambia

• Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR), Lusaka
• Kasisi Agricultural Training Centre (KATC), Lusaka

Zimbabwe

• Makumbi Children's Home, Makumbi
• Pedro Arrupe Centre at Musami Mission, Musami
• Silveira House, Chishawasha
• Zambuko House, Harare

Americas

• Fe y Alegría (19 countries)

Argentina

• Center for Research and Social Action (CIAS), Buenos Aires

Bolivia

• Center for Research and Promotion of Farmers (CIPCA), La Paz
• Centre for Research and Popular Service (CISEP) Oruro
• Centro Multidisciplinar Vicente Cañas, Cochabamba
• Loyola Cultural Action Foundation (ACLO), Sucre

Brazil

• Alternative Culture Centre (CAC), Belém
• Center for Studies and Social Action (CEAS), Salvador
• Jesuit Center for Citizenship and Social Action (CJCIAS), Cascavel
• Padre Arrupe School, Teresina
• Equipe Itinerante de Amazonia, Manaus
• Institute of Economic & Social Development (IBRADES)
• Instituto Humanitas UNISINOS, Curitiba
• Nucleo UNICAP de apoio aos movimentos populares (UNICAP), Recife
• Research and Workers Support Center (CEPAT), Curitiba
• Youth House Father Burnier, Casa de Juventude, Goiânia

Canada

• Anishinabe Spiritual Centre, Espanola
• Jesuit Forum for Social Faith and Justice, Toronto
• Centre for Justice and Faith (CJF), Montréal
• Carrefour d'Action, Québec
• Mer et Monde, Montréal

Chile

• Center for Reflection and Social Action (CREAS), Santiago
• Hogar de Cristo, Santiago
• Jesuit Mapuche Mission, Tirúa
• Jesuit Service to Migrants, Santiago
• Social Research Center A Roof for Chile (TECHO), Santiago
• Training of the Populace Institute (INFOCAP), Santiago

Colombia

• Amar y Servir Foundation, Bogota
• Faith and Culture Center, Medellin
• CINEP / Peace Program, Bogotá
• Fundacion Servicio De Vivienda Popular – Servivienda, Bogotá
• Instituto Mayor Campesino (IMCA), Buga, Valle del Cauca
• Suyusama Foundation, San Juan de Pasto

Dominican Republic

• Centro Bonó, Santo Domingo

Ecuador

• Working Boy Center, Quito
• Hogar de Cristo, Guayaquil

Honduras

• Radio Progreso & ERIC-SJ, El Progreso

Mexico

• Miguel Pro Human Rights Center (PRODH), Mexico City
• Centro de Derochos Indigenas A.C.
• Fomento Cultural y Educativo (CEREAL)
• Intercultural Institute of Ayuuk, Oaxaca
• Servicio Jesuita Migrantes (SJM), Mexico City

Nicaragua

• Instituto de Accion Social Juan XXIII, Managua
• Instituto de Investigacion y Desarrollo Nitlapan de la UCA (NITLAPAN), Managua
• Central American Historical Institute, Managua

Paraguay

• Centro de Estudios Paraguayos "Antonio Guasch" (CEPAG)

Peru

• Centro Cristo Rey del Niño Trabajador
• Centro de capacitacion agro-industrial Jesus Obrero (CCAIJO)
• Centro de Educacion, Organizacion y Promocion del Desarrollo "Ilo" (CEOPILO)
• Centro de Reflexion Loyola, Castilla
• Centro de transferencia tecnologica a universitarios (CTTU), Trujillo
• Instituto Etica y Desarrollo, Uni Ruiz de Montoya (IED), Lima
• Radio Marañón, Maranon
• Servicios Educativos 'El Agustino' (SEA), Lima

San Salvador

• Proyeccion Social de la UCA (IDHUCA), El Salvador

USA

Venezuela

• Centro Gumilla, Caracas

Asia

Australia

• Corpus Christi Community, Greenvale, Victoria
• Jesuit Mission Australia, North Sydney
• Jesuit Social Services, Richmond, Victoria
• Uniya, Sydney (closed 2007)

China

• Caritas Macau, Macau
• Casa Ricci Social Services, Macau

Cambodia

• Jesuit Service Cambodia (JSC), Phnom Penh
• Metta Karuna Reflection Center, Siem Reap

India

Indonesia

• Jakarta Social Institute (JSI), Jakarta
• KPTT Agricultural Training Center, Java

Japan

• Institute of Global Concern (IGC)
• Institute for the Study of Social Justice, Sophia U., Tokyo
• Jesuit China Center, Tokyo
• Jesuit Social Center Osaka
• Jesuit Social Center Tokyo
• Labor Education Center, Shimonoseki

Malaysia

• Indigenous People Service
• Migrant Workers

Micronesia

• Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC), Chuuk, Pohnpei
• Migrant ministry in Guam, Palau

Nepal

• School for the handicapped, Pokhara
• St. Xavier Social Center, Jawalakhel

Philippines

• Ateneo Center for Social Policy and Public Affairs, Quezon City
• ADZU Social Development Council, Zamboanga City
• Ateneo Social Science Research Center (ASSRC), Naga City
• Institute of Philippine Culture (IPC), Quezon City
• Philippine Jesuit Prison Service Foundation (PJPS)
• Ugat Foundation, Quezon City

Sri Lanka

• Center for Social Concern, Hatton
• Jesuit Social Centre South
• Lilies of the Field, Batticaloa
• Satyodaya Centre, Kandy
• Shanti Community Animation Movement, Dehiwela
• Trincomalee Centre

Taiwan

• Catholic Social Service Center, Hsinchu
• Rerum Novarum Centre, Taipei
• San-Tao Social Service Center, Kaohsiung
• Socio-Cultural Research Center at Fu Jen University, New Taipei City
• Taipei Ricci Institute

Thailand

• Jesuit Foundation – Prison Ministry, Bangkok
• Jesuit Social Service Thailand (JESS), Bangkok

Vietnam

• Vietnam Service Desk

Europe

Austria

• Catholic Social Academy of Austria, Schottenring
• Teologická fakulta Trnavskej university, Bratislava

Belgium

• Centre Avec, Brussels
• Fondation Universitaire pour la Cooperation Internationale et le Developpement (FUCID), Namur
• Jesuit European Social Centre, Brussels
• Universitaire Stichting voor Ontwikkelingssamenwerking (USOS), Antwerpen

England

• British Jesuit Missions, London
• Heythrop Institute: Religion and Society (HIRS), London
• Mount Street Jesuit Centre, London

France

• Association forézienne d’Ecoles de production, (AFEP), Saint-Etienne
• Catholic Office of Information and Initiative for Europe (OCIPE), Strasbourg
• Centre de Recherche et Action Sociales (CERAS), Paris
• Institut Ricci de Paris Centre d’Etudes Chinoises, Paris
• Jésuites en monde populaire (JEMP), Marseille

Germany

• Jesuitenmission, Nürnberg
• Missionsprokur
• Heinrich Pesch House, Ludwigshafen
• Institut für Gesellschaftspolitik, München (IHS), München
• Oswald von Nell-Breuning-Institut, Frankfurt

Hungary

• Hungarian Institute for Sociology of Religion

Italy

Ireland

• Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice, Dublin

Malta

• Paulo Freire Institute. Zejtun
• Centre for Faith and Justice, Sliema

Poland

• Angelus Silesius Meeting House, Wroclaw
• Center for Education and Dialogue Theotokos, Katowice
• European Centre of Communication and Culture (ECCC), Warsaw
• OCIPE
• Pedro Arrupe Formation Center for Educational Leaders, Gdynia
• Rupert Mayer Foundation "Helping Children", Krakow

Portugal

• Gonçalo da Silveira Foundation, Lisbon
• Leigos para o Desenvolvimento, Lisbon

Scotland

• Lauriston Jesuit Centre, Edinburgh

Spain

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