We are proud to share that from the 1st of January till the 30st of September 2019, 55 people were reconnected via Barka IE to their home countries. The nationality breakdown of reconnected individuals: Country of origin Number of reconnections Poland 26 (47,3%) Lithuania 10 (18,2%) Latvia 7 (12,7%) Hungary 6 (11%) Slovakia 2 (3.6%) […]
On the 6th of November Aneta Kubas and Mirek Zaczynski from Barka Ireland took part in the Integration and Inclusion Conference hosted by the Immigrant Council of Ireland. Effective migrant inclusion needs political leadership and dedicated resources, conference heard. Te aim of the conference was to identify positive actions which promote effective migrant integration and […]
The Barka team was invited to the celebrations of Polish National Day of Independence hosted by new Ambassador in Dublin, Ms. Anna Sochańska. The event took place at the Royal Irish Academy. On the 11th November 1918 Poland re-gained their independence after the First World War and, similarly to Irish people, the Polish are very […]
Bad tenancies and ignorance of rights have seen more central and eastern European men become homeless in Dublin Aleksander Kurowski (41), a Pole, spent 12 years working in Ireland before he fell ill in January last year, requiring emergency bowel surgery. His illness, and the long recovery that followed, left him too weak to work. The […]
We are proud to share that from the 1st of January till the 30st of June 2019, 37 people were reconnected via Barka IE to their home countries. The nationality breakdown of reconnected individuals: Country of origin Number of reconnections Poland 16 (43,3%) Lithuania 10 (27%) Latvia 6 (16,2%) Hungary 4 (10.8%) Romania 1 (2,7%) […]
Fundacja Barka poszukuje pracownika programu pomocy bezdomnym obywatelom krajów Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej w Reykjaviku. Barka prowadzi od 10 lat programy pomocowe m.in. w Londynie, Dublinie, Hadze, Rotterdamie, Antwerpii. Projekt prowadzony będzie we współpracy z Urzędem Miasta Reykjavik. Jego celem jest pomoc obywatelom krajów Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej w wyjściu z bezdomności, uzależnień i innych trudności życiowych. Projekt będzie […]
On the 21th of May Barka team took part in Intercultural Day on World Day for Cultural Diversity, hosted by Merchants Quay Ireland. Seven countries in all were represented and it was a wonderful opportunity for participants to learn more about some of the cultures where the beneficiaries come from. There was delicious food sampled as […]
In February Barka team was invited to the Day of Restoration of the State of Lithuania celebration at the Lithuanian Embassy in Dublin. The event was hosted by Ambassador Egidijus Meilūnas and Minister consuelor Rasa Žemaityte. Highlight of the event was the performance of singer Raimonda Masiulyte. Barka would like to pass the greetings of […]
Barka team in Dublin had the honor to participate in the meeting with the Polish Parliamentary Committee for Communication with Polish Diaspora Abroad. The meeting took place in MyMind (Psychotherapy Dublin) on Tuesday 12th February. Members of Parliament and the Commission met with Poles working for Polish and Irish aid organizations. They are particularly interested in the […]
