Tomasz Sadowski, chairman of Barka Foundation for Mutual Help, was admitted to the Council of Elders of the Royal Tribe of Pokomo in Kenya. For the first time in 400 years, the white man has been adopted to the Council of Elders. A ceremony took place on the 5th of March in the Barka centre in Poznan, Poland. For this occassion the king of the Pokomo Dr Makorani-a-Mungase VII paid a special visit.
On the 25th of February 2015 at a festive gala at the European Parliament, Tomasz Sadowski and Ewa Sadowska received European Citizens Award on behalf of the Barka Foundation. The award was presented by Maired Mcguinnes, vice president of the European Parliament. Read more
On the 18th of February 2015 in Mumbai during the World CSR Congress and the World Day of Corporate Social Responsibility, Tomasz Sadowski chairman of Barka Foundation for Mutual help was presented with Leadership Award on Social Innovation. The prize is a statuette and a diploma. Read more
Dear Friends, Barka UK are honoured to be part of an extraordinary initiative : the auction of Jack White’s piano. This is a piano which served the White Stripes to record their ground-breaking album “Elephant”. Read more
On the 8th of February at the Poznan’s theatre ‘Teatr Nowy’ a festive gala was organised to celebrate the presentation of Barka Foundation with the European Citizen’s Prize. The organizer of the gala was Ms. Agnieszka Kozlowska-Rajewicz, MEP who nominated Barka Foundation for the award. Read more
On the 9th December, Consul Wojciech Dzięgiel and Embassy of the Republic of Poland invited leader and an assistant of Barka IE to a meeting with organisations working in Cork. Read more
Tomasz Sadowski, chairman of Barka Foundation for Mutual Help in Poland has been invited to speak at the World CSR Congress in Mumbai in February 2015. Tomasz will be also presented with a recognition in the field of social innovations. Read more
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
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
