Hospitality Network

The project

Within the framework of the Jesuit Service for Migrants in Barcelona (Spain) and in the commitment to hospitality, the Hospitality Network of the Migra Studium Foundation was born. A network that seeks to generate links between migrants, foster homes and accompanying people. The purpose, from the sensitivity towards the welcomed person and with humility and sobriety, is that this one is finding tools to become self-sufficient.

During 2019, more than 50 foster homes have joined the Network and 39 foster homes have been set up, including 6 minors. The Hospitality Network makes the hospitality perspective on migration more visible than any other project of Migra Studium Foundation.

The impact of the good practice

Since the creation of the project, 63 families and communities have joined the network, providing shelter and hospitality to 65 people. The hospitality proposal, spread to other cities, is becoming a success: 85% of people who have switched to the Internet have achieved a more autonomous life.

During the context of the pandemic, 14 people have experienced confinement in the home of a family of the Network in the Barcelona area and, in response to a growing need for housing, the Network has been strengthened by opening the Arrupe Community, a hospitality community located in Sant Cugat del Vallès (Barcelona province) in a space provided by the Society of Jesus and which we can have thanks to the Casal Loiola. A maximum of 10 people will live together, accompanied by the Migra Studium team and volunteers. They need to strengthen hospitality, expanding the number of families willing to host and raising resources to maintain the new Arrupe Community.