S01E07 - on Staff Wellbeing in Faith Based Organizations with Melly Preira

Today we speak to global HR Director Melly Preira with the Jesuite Refugee Service (JRS), a global faith-based organization based on the Jesuit philosophy and values.

We will be talking about some of these values and how they have been used to inform a specialized staff wellbeing programme for JRS staff firmly grounded in the religious traditions and values, while also catering to staff of other or no faiths.

One of my key questions walking into this conversation was whetehr staff in faith-based organizations might be affected by the daily toll of their work in a different way than non-religious aid workers. Many staff working in FBOs go into this work as part of their Christian value of serving others and being closer to God – will this impact their vulnerability or build their resilience in different ways?

Tune in and find out in my conversation with Melly in this week’s episode.

You can also read more about JRS' work here: https://jrs.net/en/home/

 

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