Christian Fuchs

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Title: 
Communications Director
Phone: 
202-629-5946

 

Christian Fuchs is the Communications Director of Jesuit Refugee Service/USA. Christian writes stories and produces photographs and multimedia for JRS/USA and other JRS Regions, and maintains the JRS/USA website and social media sites. It's not all online, though, as print products are designed and edited by Christian as well. 

Christian joined Jesuit Refugee Service/USA in Oct. 2008 after working as Director of Multimedia at The Washington Times. In 2008, Christian was part of a team at the paper that was awarded one of journalism's most most prestigious awards — the Society of Professional Journalists' Public Service Award — for its investigative series "Disposable Heroes." The series disclosed the unethical treatment of war veterans during a VA medical experiment. Christian previously held positions as photo editor and staff photographer at newspapers in D.C., Virginia, Texas and Florida.

After a high school education at Tampa Jesuit High School, Christian studied at the University of South Florida and then joined the U.S. Navy as a Journalist. Trained in print and broadcast journalism, Christian worked as a television producer, director and videographer on the islands of Crete and Diego Garcia, where he was named News Director. His next assignment took him to Tokyo, where he worked as a copy editor and section editor at Stars & Stripes for several months, before becoming a staff photographer at the newspaper and being recognized with several awards for his work. 

Christian has volunteed as an instructor during workshops teaching photography and multimedia storytelling at Syracuse University and Southern Illinois University; he also serves on the Board of the Multimedia Contest Committee of the White House News Photographers Association.

Christian's photo blog on The Huffington Post can be found by clicking here.

 

Online Education for Refugees

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Submitted by Christian Fuchs on Fri, 07/26/2013 - 1:54pm

(Washington, D.C.) July 26, 2013 — Jesuit Refugee Service and our partner Jesuit Commons: Higher Education at the Margins, have a unique program providing higher education to refugees in the Kakuma Refugee Camp in northwestern Kenya.

Urban Refugees Use Creativity on Road to Self-Reliance

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Submitted by Christian Fuchs on Thu, 06/20/2013 - 12:10pm

(Nairobi) June 15, 2013 — The nephew and daughter-in-law of a refugee from Rwanda make sandals June 14, 2013, in the home the tree share in Nairobi. The hand-crafted sandals will be sold via the the Jesuit Refugee Service Mikono Craft Shop in Nairobi.

Refugees Flee Somalia Seeking Security

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Submitted by Christian Fuchs on Thu, 07/05/2012 - 1:28pm

The Ethiopian Administration for Refugee and Returnee Affairs (ARRA) told Jesuit Refugee Service recently that the flow of refugees from Somalia into the Dollo Ado area has increased from about 300 a week to 1,000 a week. The influx is blamed on the al-Shabaab militant group. Refugees told JRS last month that the militants force rural Somalis to make a harsh choice: give up a son to join the fighters, or pay the militants off with camels or cash.

New School Provides Hope for Future in Haiti

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Submitted by Christian Fuchs on Fri, 01/13/2012 - 12:12pm

(Anse-à-Pitres, Haiti) January 13, 2012 — Two-hundred and forty students in this Haitian community have moved from a dilapidated building and outdoor desks protected only by tarps to a new school complex.

Although public education is ostensibly free in Haiti, the biggest challenge for parents is being able to buy their child one pair of shoes, two school uniforms, books and notebooks, and to be able to pay the $100 fee — $10 per month during the school year — to sustain the operations of the school.  

Water Project Highlights Recovery In Haiti

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Submitted by Christian Fuchs on Thu, 01/12/2012 - 9:16am

(Los Cacaos, Haiti) January 12, 2012 — Two years after an earthquake struck Haiti the community of Los Cacaos has demonstrated what happens when neighbors work together to solve a problem. Fresh, clean water is now available to 700 families thanks to the community’s commitment to build a positive foundation for long-term improvements.

Video: Meeting Emergency Needs Of Refugees In Ethiopia

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Submitted by Christian Fuchs on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 12:14pm

August 17, 2011 (Washington, D.C.) — The Jesuit Refugee Service Emergency Needs Program in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, serves the needs of asylum-seekers and refugees from Somalia and elsewhere in Africa who seek to escape famine, war and persecution in their homelands. The program was established in 1997, initially as a parish outreach program, and became the ENP in 2004.

Learn more about the Emergency Needs Program on the Jesuit Refugee Service/USA website.

Helping Refugees From Somalia In Ethiopia And Kenya

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Submitted by Christian Fuchs on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 11:03am

July 26, 2011 — In the midst of one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent times affecting the Horn of Africa, Jesuit Refugee Service has announced plans to step up ongoing work for Somalis in Ethiopia and Kenya, and establish new services in the former.