From the 1st of January 2023 until the 31st of December 2023, there were 155 persons reconnected with BARKA’s support: 97 men 34 women 24 youngsters Including 11 families COUNTRY OF ORIGIN Total: 155 Romania 63 Poland 36 Latvia 16 Ukraine 8 Slovakia 5 Portugal 3 Hungary 4 UK 4 Italy 3 Czech Rep 2 Lithuania 2 Croatia […]
From the 1st of January until the 30th of September 2023, there were 120 persons reconnected: Romania 56 Poland 28 Latvia 8 Ukraine 5 Slovakia 5 Portugal 3 Italy 3 Hungary 3 Croatia 1 Dutch 1 Germany 1 Turkey 1 Iraq 1 Belgium 1 Czech Rep 1 Canada 1 Lithuania 1 Of which: 72 men 29 women 19 youngsters Including: 9 families […]
On the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of Barka NL (Stichting Barka), a study visit involving the international Barka network, co-funded by the EU Erasmus Plus programme, took place with the following participants: Barka NL, Barka UK, Barka Ireland, the Barka For Mutual Aid Foundation in Poland and Barka Germany By Anna McKeever Tuesday, 26th September […]
From the 1st of January until the 30th of June 2023, there were 83 persons reconnected: Romania 42 Poland 17 Latvia 7 Ukraine 4 Slovakia 3 Portugal 3 Italy 2 Croatia 1 Hungary 1 Dutch 1 Germany 1 Turkey 1 Of which: 47 men 23 women 13 youngsters 7 families The Barka team also supported […]
‘Property prices here are much too high…The difference for what they’d get in Poland is mad’ Marta Starosta has lived in Ireland for almost 20 years now, having moved here as part of a large wave of Polish people who emigrated in search of better working opportunities in 2004, when Poland joined the EU. Ireland […]
Barka Ireland would like to thank Mary Flynn, Deputy Director at DRHE Housing and Community Services who is leaving Dublin City Council to enjoy her retirement, for her dedication and service to the citizens of Dublin Region, and for her support to civil society. Mary has been very passionate about ending homelessness and rough sleeping […]
Our representative of Barka Ireland took part in the meeting with Jerzy Owsiak – the charismatic leader of Poland’s biggest non-governmental, non-profit, charity foundation, The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity. This charity raises money for pediatric and elderly people’s care. The GOCC aims to improve health care in Poland by purchasing state-of-the-art medical equipment for […]
Housing charities report growing concerns over the number of migrants falling into homelessness Living in precarious, often overcrowded housing, in sometimes informal arrangements, migrants more than most find themselves at the sharp end of the housing crisis. Now housing and migrant charities warn the shortage of affordable rental accommodation is increasingly seeing migrants fall […]
Barka w Dublinie poszukuje pracownika do pomocy w sprawach biurowych i administracyjnych. Barka Irlandia poszukuje pracownika do pomocy administracyjnej związanej z prowadzeniem biura w ramach programu Powroty bezdomnych obywateli Polski i innych krajów Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej. Od 2007 roku Barka prowadzi programy pomocowe zagranicami Polski m.in. w Londynie, Dublinie, Hadze, Rotterdamie, Antwerpii i Rejkiawiku. Celem działań […]
During the year 2022, 113 people were reconnected via BARKA For Mutual Help IE to their home countries: 1) Romania – 61 2) Poland -26 3) Latvia – 6 4) Lithuania – 5 5) Slovakia – 4 6) Ukraina – 3 7) Czech Rep. – 3 8) Germany – 2 9) Hungarian – 1 10) Denmark […]
