To Accompany

Accompaniment is an essential element of the mission and methodology of the JRS. To accompany means to be a companion.

We are companions of Jesus, so we wish to be companions of those with whom He preferred to be associated, the poor and the outcast.

"We are companions of Jesus,                              

so we wish to be companions of those with whom He prefereed to be associated,

                                     the poor and the outcast."

To accompany is a practical and effective action. Not infrequently it is precisely the way in which protection is given. It is a way to 'internationalize' a situation.

The presence of an international team can sometimes prevent an attack on refugees. Moreover, presence can be a sign. That a free person chooses willingly and faithfully to accompany those who are not free, who had no choice about being there, is itself a sign, a way of eliciting hope.

We in JRS Singapore accompany the refugees and internally displaced persons in Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Nepal by visiting them and providing them with spiritual and emotional support. Our accompaniment affirms that God is present in human history, even in its most tragic episodes.