JMV is an integral part of the Jesuit Missions office. It provides opportunities for volunteers to live in solidarity with people in developing countries through long-term partnerships with missions in the Global South. Jesuit Missions responds to partner requests by placing volunteers to live in areas of the community where they will be of greatest service. Current needs include qualified midwives, civil engineers, teachers (especially science), houseparents at children's homes and computer specialists.

Jesuit Missions Volunteers may be graduates or mature professionals, school leavers or people changing career direction, but they all have a commitment to sharing their lives with people in developing countries, a flexible attitude, a desire to reflect on their experience, openness to Ignatian spirituality, positivity, humour, and a healthy sense of their own strengths and limitations.

To find out more visit www.jesuitmissions.org.uk

To read what a volunteer has to say about their experience, see A volunteer’s story