Barka IE’s leader Andrzej Dawidowski and assistant Jadwiga Sadowska at a meeting with Mr Piotr Rakowski, Charges d’affaires of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Dublin. Read more
Please find attached a report by Adrian Kearns, volunteer at Mendicity Day Centre about the study visit to Barka Centres in Poland and its partner organisations and local authorities on 3 – 7 November 2014. Read more
Dear Friends, In the magic time of Christmas let us not forget about those of us who experience suffering and struggle, those who are lonely, those searching for a helping hand, acceptance and love. Read more
Pani Jadwiga Sadowska Asystent lidera Barka Irlandia
Chciałbym Pani serdecznie podziękować za współpracę z Ambasadą RP w Dublinie prowadzoną w ramach działalności Barka For Mutual Help Ireland. Program Barka Irlandia, realizowany w Dublinie od stycznia 2012 r., stanowi przykład udanego projektu pomocowego adresowanego do obywateli Polski. Działalność polskiej organizacji społecznej udzielającej bezpośredniej pomocy za granicą to unikatowa formuła, która przynosi wymierne rezultaty. Współpraca z lokalnym samorządem i partnerami społecznymi w Dublinie pozwoliła na stworzenie ośrodka dla osób najbardziej potrzebujących wsparcia. Read more
On the 6th December in Embassy of the Republic of Poland on Ailesbury Road the place had a meeting of Polish Diaspora in Ireland. Members of Barka IE were also invited. We had a chance to meet there many interesting people representing Polish businesses, organisations, administration and religious communities. Read more
Rev Lord Roberts of Llandudo hosted a presentation of the work of Barka UK, a charity which has reconnected thousands of homeless East European migrants to their families or to support centres in Eastern Europe, in the House of Lords on 2nd December. Amongst the guests were ambassadors and consulate staff from several Eastern European embassies and Consulates, as well as staff from London local councils and the Home Office. Read more
Barka Foundation has been awarded for supporting those most affected in the process of political transformation in Poland, and for popularizing the Social Economy in the world. One of the most important awards for outstanding citizens and organisations in the EU – the European Civic Award – will be presented to the Barka Foundation for Mutual Help. Justification and the nomination for this award was presented by MEP Agnieszka Kozłowska-Rajewicz. Read more
At Barka homeless doesn’t mean hopeless
Since the start of the project the disruption of public order caused by the homeless Middle and Eastern Europeans significantly decreased. Barka helps to encourage them to look for jobs or to go back to the country of origin. Read more
Arnhem – Barka Foundation Netherlands is active again since this month in Arnhem. The foundation helps homeless people from Central and Eastern Europe to return to their own countries. According to the municipality the approach of Barka is successful. In one year alone 28 people were helped to return home.
Please see the link to the fourth publication of European Commission (from March 2013) on social economy and social entrepreneurship.
On page 27 there is an information on the Barka projects developed during the 25 years of experience of both the Barka Foundation and the Barka Network. Mentioned are the international projects initiated by Barka, among others in Africa, within INISE Internatonal Network for innovative Social Entrepreneurship (www.inise.org).
The author of the information on Barka in the publication is Gerhard Braunling, a former employee of the European Commission (currently an expert of the Commission). Gerhard Braunling was in chagrge of administering and developing the EQUAL community Initiative in old and new Member States.
