The Loiolaetxea Association for Social Integration was founded in September 2000 under the Solidarity Community Model, promoted by the Society of Jesus. It develops intervention programs with people in a situation of social exclusion or at risk of suffering it, with people deprived of freedom, with migrants and with refugees. 

It is part of the Social Intervention network agreed with the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa and works in the areas of Community Sponsorship and Justice and Penitentiary, subsidized by the Basque Government. 

Loiolaetxea's Integral Program's model of care aims at all times to Accompany, Serve, Reflect, Influence and Transform the just causes of people who are in a situation of vulnerability and Social Exclusion. An additional objective of this program is to contribute to the development of a more humanized social outlook towards the most disadvantaged people. 

The student couple will support the accompaniment of people participating in the Loiolaetxea Intervention programs. Literacy, Knowledge of the Environment, Promotion of Participation and Voluntary Action and in a community camp. The activities to be carried out will be:

• School support and reinforcement 

• Participation activities - Leisure and free time within the assigned program. 

• Coffee-talk and reflections with other experts in topics of social interest. 

• Support for socio-educational intervention within the assigned program. 

• Other activities adapted according to the moment of the receiving group and CV of the volunteers. 

• Scheduled summer activities (to be determined) 

Before starting the project, an online Safe Environment training will be conducted and at the time of arrival, a Negative Certificate of Sexual Offenses will be provided. 

Schedule: Monday to Sunday, mornings (10:00 - 14:00) and afternoons (16:00 - 20:00). 

The beneficiaries are adults, over the age of majority, who are in vulnerable situations: cultural, religious, origin and gender diversity. Especially people in prison reintegration processes.

All students selected for the VUELA program will receive common training for participation in volunteer activities. 

Consult YOUR UNIVERSITY in the following links for training dates, location and conditions.  Don't forget to mark them in your calendar. This training is mandatory and is part of the project. 

The on-site accompaniment will be carried out by the organization itself throughout the project. 

The welcome to San Sebastian and the follow-up of any incident will be supported by the reference person of the University of Deusto Campus Donosti.

Shared accommodation in San Sebastian with the volunteers of the Vuela projects in the city. Meals will be provided in the shared accommodation. 

The University of Deusto will help in the search of accommodation and will facilitate the entrance. Each volunteer will have to contribute individually an equal amount to the common bag to cover the costs of accommodation and meals (dinner and breakfast). The amounts will be communicated prior to arrival, as well as the method of payment. 

Information on the possibility and conditions of financial support for these concepts can be found below, by consulting YOUR UNIVERSITY:

The student is responsible for arranging and paying for transportation to the intervention site, and must inform the project's reference university of the date and time of arrival at least 15 days in advance.

Deusto University (Yajaira kortabitarte Jauregi)