«The message I try to send through my paintings are that Eritreans are dying in horrible ways,» said Filmon, an Eritrean refugee painter and cyclist in a northern Ethiopian refugee camp.

The #JRS #MercyinMotion campaign aims to provide 240,000 refugee children and youth with access to education by the year 2020. The campaign was launched on 8 December 2015 with the Holy Year of Mercy.

To learn more about the JRS Global Education Initiative click here. 

Next Week: Luwam the Eritrean dancer…