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20 Nov 2025

AidEx 2025 – Navigating the Future of Humanitarian Finance

Last month, JOA's Programme Associate, Athene Jackson, had the opportunity to attend AidEx, a highly reputed...
  • Programme Associate (Intern)
  • Humanitarian
  • Blogs
04 Sep 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...
  • Blogs
  • Humanitarian
  • News
04 Sep 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...
  • Blogs
  • News
04 Sep 2025 | Amber Mezbourian

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...
  • UN Junior Professional Officer
  • Blogs
26 Aug 2025

Meet Matthew Mourant our 12th Programme Associate

Matthew Mourant joined JOA as a Programme Associate in June 2025. He will be working with the JOA team for...
  • Programme Associate (Intern)
  • Blogs
18 Aug 2025 | Athene Jackson

Farewell JOA, hello BRC

Athene Jackson, our eleventh Programme Associate, looks back on the first 6 months of her internship with...
  • Programme Associate (Intern)
  • Blogs
  • News
04 Aug 2025 | George Le Quesne

Transforming Lives through Digital Financial Inclusion

Mercy Corps’ three-year JOA-funded project is set to come to an end in September 2025. In this period, Mercy...
  • Blogs
  • Financial Inclusion
01 Aug 2025

How protecting the natural world is creating pathways out of poverty

“I can now write, read, and count...It has changed everything for me.”
  • Blogs
  • Conservation Livelihoods
30 Jul 2025 | Harriet Hall

Champions of Change: How Community-Led Models Are Driving Gender Inclusion and Economic Empowerment in Zambia

Harriet Hall, JOA's Monitoring and Impact Officer, and Gillian Challinor, Head of Programme, were recently...
  • Financial Inclusion
  • Blogs
26 Jun 2025

Clean stoves fuelling change

Early in 2025, the three and a half year JOA-funded project with UNICEF came to its end. Over this time,...
  • Conservation Livelihoods
  • News
  • Blogs
19 Jun 2025 | Gillian Challinor

Rethinking Resilience: Why Inclusive Finance Matters More Than Ever

As floods, droughts and climate shocks increase, low-income communities are paying the highest price often...
  • Blogs
  • Financial Inclusion