Jersey Overseas Aid is the Island’s official, publicly-funded relief and development agency.

JOA’s mission is to translate the generosity, skills and compassion of the people of Jersey into effective assistance for the world’s most vulnerable people.

 

Where we work - current grants

JOA concentrates its development grants on six countries selected for their need, low levels of corruption and strength of relationship with Jersey. Our target countries are Ethiopia, Malawi, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Zambia and Nepal. JOA also supports Jersey Charities working overseas and provides humanitarian assistance in many other countries.

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£36.4 m

Value of current portfolio of multi-year international development grants

687,000+

Number of people we are working to support through ongoing international development projects

£3.5 m

The amount JOA has allocated (so far) in 2023 to help people impacted by crises

1,000+

The number of islanders who have volunteered abroad with JOA

FROM THE MINISTER

“Jersey Overseas Aid continues to deliver ever-more effective assistance to hundreds of thousands of people. Our projects and partners achieve extraordinary things in some of the most challenging environments in the world.”

Deputy Carolyn Labey
Jersey’s Minister for International Development & Chair of the JOA Commission