JRS EOI outlines the Terms of Reference for the final impact evaluation of the project “Strengthening the Socio-economic Integration of Internally Displaced Persons from the Central African Republic in the Mbéré and Vina Divisions of Adamawa Region, Cameroon.” The project is implemented by JRS Cameroon with funding from Mission Aachen through the German Catholic Central Agency for Development Aid (KZE).

JRS was founded in November 1980 by Fr Pedro Arrupe SJ, the then Superior General of the Society of Jesus, to respond to the plight of Vietnamese refugees fleeing their war-ravaged homeland. Following the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, hundreds of thousands of South Vietnamese fled their homes, setting out in overcrowded boats across the South China Sea. Many did not survive the journey; they were killed by pirates or drowned because of storms and rough seas.

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JRS Fr Arrupe wrote to over 50 Jesuit provinces regarding the situation, recognising that the Jesuits, then numbering 27,000 men across the world, were well-placed to coordinate a global humanitarian response. As conflicts broke out in Central and Latin America, southeastern Europe, and across Africa, JRS rapidly grew from helping Vietnamese boat people in a few camps in Southeast Asia to working with refugees around the world. Nearly 20 years after our founding, JRS was officially registered as a foundation of the Vatican City State on 19 March 2000.

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JRS believes in the intrinsic dignity of every person. We work with refugees and other displaced persons regardless of race, gender, religion or politics.

Solidarity

JRS is a work of the Society of Jesus, carrying out the Society’s mission of faith and justice through humble and respectful service in solidarity with refugees from diverse cultures, nationalities and religions.

Participation

JRS upholds the principle of subsidiarity, endeavouring to be openly accountable for its work and transparent in its decision-making. We work in partnership with other religious congregations, humanitarian organisations, and with refugees themselves, encouraging co-responsibility, discernment and participative decision-making.

Compassion

The JRS mission is built on our faith in God who is present in human history, even in its most tragic moments. We are inspired by this faith and by core values that inform all the work we do.

Hospitality

JRS aspires to be hospitality in action. We walk alongside, accompany, and offer hospitality to the most vulnerable, those “at the frontiers of humanity”, giving priority to situations of great need, in places where a more universal good may be achieved, and to needs to which others are not attending.

Hope

JRS aims to give hope to refugees and other forcibly displaced persons. We provide a spiritual and practical response to their plight.

Justice

JRS is committed to a justice that empowers refugees to become “people with a voice of their own”, working together with them to challenge systems that deny human rights.

• Accountability: To provide a comprehensive and evidence-based assessment of
  the project’s relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact, and sustainability for the
  implementing agency (JRS), the donor (Missio Aachen/KZE), and the target
  communities.
• Learning and Future Planning: To identify key lessons learned and provide
  actionable recommendations to:
  ➢ Inform the design of potential follow-up phases or similar future projects.
  ➢ Strengthen JRS’s strategies for supporting displaced populations in
  complex contexts.
  ➢ Understand the differential impacts on various sub-groups (e.g., women
  vs. men, displaced persons vs. host community youth).

➢ Economic: Income levels, employment status, business start-ups, asset
acquisition.
➢ Social: Social cohesion between displaced and host communities, selfconfidence, reduction of stigma, changes in gender dynamics.
➢ Psychosocial: Mental well-being, coping mechanisms, sense of hope and
agency (particularly for Objective 1 beneficiaries).

• To what extent can these observed changes be plausibly attributed to the project
  interventions?
• What has been the project’s impact on the local economy and market systems
  (e.g., saturation of certain trades)?