BARKA’s encounters with Japanese architects to create projects of support to communities hit by tsunami

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BARKA’s encounters with Japanese architects to create projects of support to communities hit by tsunami

On the 16th of July representatives of Barka UK met with Ms Shizuka Hariu, director of Shizuka Hariu & Shin Hagiwara Architecture Scenography. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss possibilities of cooperation in the north-eastern coast of Japan, which in March 2011 was affected by the earthquake and tsunami. Read more

Meeting with Jack White in Sopot

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A delegation from the Barka Foundation  met with Jack White, an American rock musician and creator of the band The White Stripes.

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New leader in Barka Ireland – Andrzej Dawidowski

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Since the beginning of July we are hosting a new leader in Barka Ireland – Andrzej Dawidowski. For fifteen years associated with Barka Poland where he received support and help in the output of homelessness and alcoholism. Read more

BNP Paribas Wealth Management Special Prize for Tomasz and Barbara Sadowski

BNP Paribas Wealth Management Special Prize for Tomasz and Barbara Sadowski

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Tomasz and Barbara Sadowscy, the founders of Barka Foundation for Mutual Help in Poland, were awarded the 7th BNP PARIBAS WEALTH MANAGEMENT PRIZE FOR INDIVIDUAL PHILANTHROPY HONOURS. ‘The Jury’s Special Prize was awarded for their social integration work and promotion of Barka social franchise model in Poland and abroad. The Barka Foundation for Mutual Help empowers and reintegrates socially marginalised groups through education, training, entrepreneurship and housing programmes. Read more

The concert ”Friends for Barka UK” in Embassy of the Republic of Poland in London

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The concert has as a purpose raising awareness about the issue of homelessness of Central and Eastern European migrants in the UK and the work of Barka UK in tackling it. Barka charity was established in the capital in June 2007 in response to an appeal by London boroughs and organizations, due to the growing concern about homelessness among Central and Eastern European migrants. Read more

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New leader in Barka Ireland

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Since the beginning of March we are hosting in Barka Ireland a new leader. Janusz Smura, used to be a rough sleeper for twenty years and street drinker in many countries in Europe. He get the support from the Barka Foundation and till now he is celebrating his soberness for 15 years already. He get also a lot of support from the AA meetings. Read more

Consular meeting

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On the 25th April 2014 with the assistance of Wojciech Dziegiel, the First Secretary of the Embassy of Poland in Dublin, we organised a meeting for consular representatives from Eastern and Central Europe. Read more

Barbara Sadowska participated in the EU- Africa Business Forum

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Barbara Sadowska , Vice President of the Barka Foundation, participated in the EU- Africa Business Forum, held on 31 March and 1 April in Brussels. The Forum, attended by over 1000 participants, was co-organised by the European Union and the African Union. Read more

Gazet Van Antwerpen: Polish ex-homeless guide compatriots back home

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Alderman Homans invests 170.000 euro in a mobile team. Antwerp launches in mid-February a social project of organization Barka which guides Polish homeless to Poland to help them rebuild their life there. The project has already proven to be a success in other European cities, but Polish homeless people in Antwerp are skeptical. Read more

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Barka helps Polish homeless in the streets of Antwerp

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„There is nothing worse than going back home as a loser”

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In January, the chairman of OCMV in Antwerp, Liesbeth Homans went to Utrecht to become acquainted with Barka. That Polish welfare organization tries to convince Polish people, who  abroad fell into problems and live in poverty, to go back to their own country and start putting their lives back together there. Read more