Barka IE na szkoleniu “Senat Polonii Europy”
Przedstawicielka Barki IE wzięła udział w szkoleniu “Senat Polonii Europy”, w Warszawie. Jest to projekt skierowany do działaczy polonijnych. Łącznie uczestniczyło w nim 25 aktywistów z 7 krajów: Irlandii, Litwy, Łotwy, Grecji, Finlandii, Malty i Armenii. Projekt rozpoczął się 21.09, uroczystą inauguracją w Muzeum Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, „Senat Polonii Europy” to 10-dniowy interdyscyplinarny projekt edukacyjno–integracyjny, […]
Christmas wishes from BARKA’S community
2020 will be a year seared into all our memories, just like this Christmas. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought so many changes and challenges into our lives. We would like to thank all our partners and stakeholders for their commitment and dedication during these uncertain times. We wish that all of BARKA FOUNDATION IE partners, […]
Videos and publications about BARKA in Ireland and Poland
“According to Thomas” – a film about the story and the vision behind Barka – with English subtitles: https://youtu.be/QkPWRqOBJME The film “Domino Effect”- presents the Barka organic farm rehabilitation community in the village of Chudobczyce, near Poznań, Poland (English subtitles): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7PylVdbtpw&feature=youtu.be a 3-minute introduction to Barka’s work in Poland : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51EfULRSrzQ THE IRISH TIMES: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/covid-quarantine-centre-many-are-completely-destitute-they-have-nothing-1.4405527 […]
Reconnections of vulnerable citizens of EU – Summary for the 3. Q of 2020
From the 1st of July till the 30 of September 2020, 13 persons were reconnected via BARKA For Mutual Help IE to their home countries: 8 men, 4 women and 1 child. Most of the people we dealt between July and September of 2020 were Polish citizens (67%), but our team was also in good contact with […]
Reconnections of vulnerable citizens of EU – Summary for 01-06/2020
We are happy to share that from the 1st of January till the 30 of June 2020, 29 persons were reconnected via BARKA For Mutual Help IE to their home countries: 17 men, 10 women and 2 youngsters. Since the Irish government introduced special regulations due to rise of the COVID-19 pandemic, we applied an […]
O Barce w TVP Polonia
Działania Barka for Mutual Help Ireland zaprezentowała w maju polonijna stacja TVP Polonia. Pracownicy z Dublina opowiedzieli o flagowym programie Powroty, dzięki któremu do swoich krajów powróciło tylko w ubiegłym roku 77 Polaków, Litwinów, Łotyszy, Słowaków, Węgrów, Bułgarów, Brytyjczyków i Rumunów. Przybliżyli także sposoby wspierania osób potrzebujących na miejscu, w stolicy Irlandii. Program został nagrany […]
Dyplomacja w czasach pandemii – wywiad z Ambasador RP w Dublinie
Spotkania online, jogging w ogrodzie, zdalne nauczanie. W Irlandii rozpoczyna się właśnie 5. tydzień wprowadzonych przez rząd obostrzeń związanych z pandemią COVID 19. Dotyczą one jednakowo wszystkich, w tym Panią Ambasador RP w Dublinie. O pracy placówki w czasach pandemii Anna Sochańska opowiedziała Anecie Kubas i Kasi Forest (103,2 Dublin City FM) ze swojej rezydencji. […]
Infolina NFZ w spr. koronawirusa dla dzwoniących zza granicy
Od teraz z infolinią NFZ połączysz się z zagranicy Polski NFZ uruchomił dodatkowy numer Telefonicznej informacji pacjenta dla osób dzwoniących z zagranicy w sprawie koronawirusa. Od teraz osoby korzystające z usług zagranicznych operatorów mogą zadzwonić pod całodobowy numer infolinii: (+48) 22 125 66 00 Więcej informacji: https://www.nfz.gov.pl/aktualnosci/aktualnosci-centrali/od-teraz-z-infolinia-nfz-polaczysz-sie-z-zagranicy,7676.html
Reconnections of vulnerable citizens of EU – Annual Summary for 2019
We are happy to share that from the 1st of January till the 31st of December 2019, 77 persons were reconnected via Barka IE to their home countries. 5 people was reconnected to Barka Communities in Poznan and Chudobczyce where they are in process of rehabilitation and job training. The nationality breakdown of reconnected individuals: Country […]
Barka na pomoc imigrantom na Wyspach
Ponad 5,5 tys. osobom pomogła od początku działania na Wyspach organizacja Barka for Mutual Help. W związku z Brexitem pracy jest coraz więcej. O tym jak zmienia się sytuacja imigrantów w Irlandii i Wielkiej Brytanii rozmawiamy z Ewą Sadowską, koordynatorką organizacji w Londynie i Dublinie. Jak zaczęła się historia Barki za granicą? – Barka UK […]
Reconnections of vulnerable citizen of EU of January – September 2019
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%) […]
Barka at the Integration and Inclusion Conference
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 […]
Polish Embassy hosted annual celebration of National Day of Independence
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 […]
‘There was no key to the room so I couldn’t lock the door and people were on drugs’
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 […]
