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. 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.

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, Kinshasa
  • Boboto Cultural Center, Kinshasa
  • Centre Mgr Munzihirwa, 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

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
  • Centro de Formação e Ação Social Loyola (ASAV), Cascavel
  • Centro dos Dereitos Humanos da Arquidiocese de Manaus (CDH), Manaus
  • Centro Pastoral Santa Fe, Bauru
  • Centro Social Pedro Arrupe, 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
  • Maison Dauphine, Québec
  • Mer et Monde, Montréal

Chile

  • Centro de Reflección y Acción Social (CREAS), Santiago
  • Hogar de Cristo, Santiago
  • Misión Mapuche Tirúa, Tirúa
  • Pastoral de Inmigrantes Pedro Arrupe, Santiago
  • Social Research Center A Roof for Chile (TECHO), Santiago
  • Training of the Populace Institute (INFOCAP), Santiago

Columbia

  • Amar y Servir, Bogota
  • Centro de Fe e Culturas, Medellin
  • Centro de Investigación y Educación Popular, Bogotá
  • Fundacion Servicio De Vivienda Popular – Servivienda, Bogotá
  • Instituto Mayor Campesino (IMCA), Buga, Valle del Cauca
  • Suyusama Program, 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

  • Envio, Managua
  • Instituto de Accion Social Juan XXIII, Managua
  • Instituto de Investigacion y Desarrollo Nitlapan de la UCA (NITLAPAN), Managua
  • Instituto Historico Centro Americano (IHCA), 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

US

  • Appalachian Institute, Wheeling
  • Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship, Boston
  • Boston College Center for Human Rights, Boston
  • Boys Hope Girls Hope (BHGH), Bridgeton, Missouri
  • Center for Faith and Public Life, Fairfield, Connecticut
  • Center for Community Service and Justice (CCSJ), Baltimore
  • Center for Service and Community Engagement, St. Louis
  • Center for Service & Social Action (CSSA), Cleveland
  • Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching, & Service (CSJ), Washington, D.C.
  • Center for Urban Research and Learning (CURL), Chicago
  • Center of Concern, Washington, D.C.
  • Cristo Rey Network, Chicago
  • Detroit Collaborative Design Center (DCDC), Detroit
  • Detroit Mercy Law Clinics, Detroit
  • Doerr Ctr. for Social Justice Education & Research, SLU, St. Louis
  • Dolores Mission, Los Angeles
  • Dorothy Day Center, Bronx
  • Dorothy Day Center for Faith and Justice (CFJ), Cincinnati
  • Foley Center, Mobile
  • Harry Tompson Center (HTC), New Orleans
  • Homeboy Industries, Los Angeles
  • Homeboyz Interactive, Milwaukee
  • Hopeworks 'N Camden, Camden
  • Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education, Santa Clara
  • Jesuit Migration Academic Network, Fairfield
  • Jesuit Outreach, Segundo Barrio, El Paso
  • Jesuit Social Research Institute (JSRI), New Orleans
  • Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC), Baltimore
  • Kateri Northwest Ministry Institute, Spokane
  • Kino Border Initiative (KBI), Nogales
  • Kripke Center, Omaha
  • LU Center for Environmental Communication (LUCEC), New Orleans
  • LU Community Action Center (LUCAP), New Orleans
  • Marquette Center for Peacemaking, Milwaukee
  • Marquette Service Opportunities, Milwaukee
  • PICO National Network, Oakland
  • Red Cloud Indian School, Pine Ridge
  • Regis College Center for Service Learning, Denver
  • Saint Louis University School of Social Work, St. Louis
  • St. Francis Mission, St. Francis, South Dakota
  • St. John Learning Center, Columbus
  • Twomey Center for Peace Through Justice, New Orleans

Venezuela

  • Centro Gumilla, Caracas

Asia

Australia

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

China

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

Cambodia

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

India

Assam

  • North Eastern Social Research Centre (NESRC), Guwahati

Bihar

Chhattisgarh

Goa

Gujarat

Haryana

  • Guru Kripa Society, Delhi
  • Indian Social Institute, New Delhi
  • Loyola Vocational Institute, Delhi

Jharkhand

  • Agriculture Training Centre (ATC), Namkum
  • Animation Rural Outreach Service, Simdega, Lohardaga
  • Arrupe Center for legal education research & training, Hazaribagh
  • Bagaicha, Ranchi
  • Cenderet (Xavier Institute of management), Ranchi
  • Dalit Vikas Kendra, Hazaribagh
  • Gram Utthan Kendra, Gumla
  • Issue based Social Apostolate, Ranchi
  • Johar Human Resources Development Centre, Dumka
  • Kishor Nagar, Bargawan
  • Paharia Samaj Seva Kendra, Santhal Pargana
  • Prerana Resource Center, Hazaribagh
  • Sahodaya Samaj Vikas Kendra, Hazaribagh
  • St. Joseph’s Community College, Namkum
  • Tarwa Dalit Centre, Hazaribagh
  • Tribal research and training center (TRTC), Ranchi
  • Xavier Institute of Social Service (XISS), Ranchi

Karnataka

  • Ashirvad Karnataka Jesuit Educational Society, Bangalore
  • Centre for Integral Rural Welfare (CIRW), Bangalore
  • Divine Light Trust, Bangalore
  • Indian Social Institute, Bangalore
  • Loyola Pragati Kendra, Haliyal
  • Loyola Vikasa Kendra, Mundgod
  • Maitri Sadhana, Vijayapur

Kerala

  • Institute of Cultural Research and Action, Bangalore
  • Loyola College of Social Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram
  • Sneharam Centre for Social Work, Thiruvananthapuram
  • Tribal Unity for Development Initiative (TUDI), Panamaram

Madhya Pradesh

  • Xavier Institute of Development Action and Studies (XIDAS), Jabalpur

Maharastra

  • Social Action for the Development of Displaced and Abandoned Children, Pune

Nagaland

  • Gana Chetana Samaj, Sonitpur

Odisha

  • Centre for Development Research and Training (CENDERET), Bhubaneswar
  • Human Life Centre, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
  • Odisha Citizens' Initiatives, Tumudibandha, Odisha
  • Peace Mission, Kandhamal

Tamil Nadu

  • Action for Human Rights and Liberation (AHAL), Kilpennathur
  • Dalit Human Rights Centre (DHRC), Chengalpattu
  • Doctor Ambedkar Cultural Academy (DACA), Perungudi
  • Gandhian Society Village (GANSOVILLE), Karaikudi
  • Institute of Development Education Action and Studies (IDEAS), Chennai
  • Kamaraj District Rural Institute for Social Action and Leadership (KARISAL), Virudhunagar
  • Loyola Industrial Training Institute, Ranipet
  • Peoples Action Liberation Movement in East Ramnad Area (PALMERA), Ramnad
  • People's Education for Action in Kodaikannal (PEAK), Kodaikanal

Telangana

  • Centre for Information, Training, Research and Action (CITRA), Secunderabad
  • Loyola Integrated Tribal Development Society (LITDS), Bhadrachalam

Uttarakhand

  • Xavier Seva Kendra, Almora

West Bengal

  • Educational Media Research Centre (EMMRC), Kolkata
  • Gandhi Ashram School, Kalimpong
  • Hayden Hall, Darjeeling
  • Jisu Niketan School, Matigara
  • Loyola Vocational Training Centre, Siliguri
  • Society of Jesus Agricultural and Social Institute (SOJASI), Chimney
  • Udayani Social Action Forum (USAF), Kolkata
  • Vikas Kendra, Darjeeling

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 Social Service Centre, Taipei
  • San-Tao Social Service Center, Kaohsiung
  • Socio-Cultural Research Center at Fu Jen University, New Taipei City

Thailand

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

Vietnam

  • Vietnam Service Desk

Europe

Austria

  • Katholische Sozialakademie Österreichs (KSO), 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
  • Village Reconstruction Organisation

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 Haus (HPH), Ludwigshafen
  • Institut für Gesellschaftspolitik, München (IHS), München
  • Oswald von Nell-Breuning-Institut, Frankfurt

Hungary

  • Hungarian Institute for Sociology of Religion

Italy

  • Apostleship of Prayer, Rome
  • Arrupe Institute, Palermo
  • Associazione del Centro Storico
  • Associazione Popoli Insieme, Padova
  • Centro Accoglienza per Immigrati
  • Centro Animazione Missonaria (CAM), Naples
  • Centro Astalli Sud, Napoli
  • Centro Poggeschi, Bologna* Centro Astalli JRS, Rome
  • Comunità Emanuel, Lecce
  • Comunità Marana-tha, Bologna
  • Consultorio "La Famiglia", Naples
  • Fondazione San Ignazio, Trento
  • Fondazione S. Giuseppe Moscati, Napoli
  • Istituto Ricerche per l'Integrazione Sociale, Busto Arsizio
  • Jesuit Encounter Service, Genoa
  • Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS), Rome
  • MAGIS Italian Jesuit Missions Network, Milan
  • Maranatha' Progetto "Scampia", formazione per lo sviluppo
  • San Fedele Cultural Foundation, Milan
  • San Marcellino, Genoa
  • Sixth Work San Fedele, Milan*Scuola Superiore di Servizio Sociale
  • Social Justice and Ecology Secretariat, Rome

Ireland

  • Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice, Dublin

Malta

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

Poland

  • Angelus Silesius 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

  • ALBOAN, Vitoria-Gasteiz
  • Asociación Atalaya Intercultural, Burgos
  • CeiMigra, Valencia
  • Cristianisme i Justícia, Barcelona
  • Educación y cursos, Vitoria-Gasteiz
  • Ellacuría Foundation, Bilbao
  • Entreculturas, Madrid
  • Escuela Universitaria de Trabajo Social, Bilboa
  • Fundación Civil San Francisco Javier, Centro Lasa, Navarre
  • Fundación Civil San Francisco Xavier, Valladolid
  • Fundación Escuelas Profesionales de la Sagrada Familia (SAFA)]
  • Fundación San Juan Del Castillo, Madrid
  • Instituto de Derecho Humanos Pedro Arrupe, Bilboa
  • Loiolaetxea, San Sebastián
  • Migra Studium, Barcelona
  • Nazaret, Alicante
  • Red Incola Foundation
  • Seminario por la Paz - Centro Pignatelli, Zaragoza
  • Voluntariado Pedro Claver, Seville

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