About Us
About Us
Our Mission
Our Approach
Our Governance
How JOA is Funded
Key Policies, Publications & Documents
FAQS
Our Team
Jersey Overseas Aid is managed by a small team of professional staff and governed by a Commission.
Meet the Team
Partner with JOA
Jersey Overseas Aid provides international development grants and humanitarian funding to approved partners only. Find out more about how to become a partner.
Partner with JOA
Our Work
Grant Programmes
International Development Grants
- Dairy For Development
- Financial Inclusion
- Conservation Livelihoods
Jersey Charities Grants
Humanitarian Grants
- Ukraine Response
Monitoring Impact
Discover how Jersey Overseas Aid monitors impact to ensure our aid is effective and sustainable.
Monitoring Impact
Volunteering Overview
Find out how JOA facilitates islanders to help in the world's poorest countries through volunteering and bursaries.
Volunteering
Get Involved
Volunteer
Volunteering Overview
Community Work Projects
Professional Volunteering (Accountants, Healthcare Professionals, Teachers)
Bursaries (Professional, Personal)
Learn
Events
Schools and Community Groups
Work with JOA
Jobs
Programme Associate (Internship)
United Nations Junior Professional Officer
Partner with JOA
News & Blogs

Jersey Overseas Aid is the Island’s official, publicly-funded aid 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.

 

What we do

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Development
Grants

Funding multi-year development projects
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Humanitarian
Response

Rapid response to emergencies
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Jersey
Charities

Local charities working abroad
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Volunteering
& Outreach

Providing opportunities to Islanders

Upcoming Events

Wednesday 1st October: Volunteer Launch 2026
Royal Yacht Hotel
6pm - 7.30pm

Thursday 23rd October: Jersey Cow, Global Impact
Jersey Arts Centre
6pm - 7.30pm

Find out more and book tickets

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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Dairy For Development Financial Inclusion Conservation Livelihoods Jersey Charity Grants Humanitarian

Did you know?

>1.1m

People benefitting from JOA funded projects 

17

Humanitarian emergency grants made in the first half of 2025

37

Volunteers deployed in 2025 to Kenya, Malawi and Nepal

>500

Young people explored global challenges through JOA’s school workshops this year 

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
Find out more about our work

News & Updates

04 September 2025

Maximising JOA’s Impact: Why Pooled Funds Work So Well for (Small) Government Donors

JOA needs to ensure humanitarian funding is strategic, flexible and well managed – as a small donor without...
04 September 2025

60 seconds with... Julia Hulme, Vice-Chair of the JOA Commission

Julia Hulme, JOA's Vice Chair, joined the JOA Commission in early 2025. Julia shares with us what drew her...
04 September 2025

UN Junior Professional Officer, Amber Mezbourian, shares her experiences working in Cox's Bazar

Amber is a UN Junior Professional Officer, funded by Jersey Overseas Aid. She's been working for over half a...
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