Meeting with social organisations in Cork
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.
World CSR Congress presents BARKA with social innovation award
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.
More than a roof at The House of Lords in the UK
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 […]
Barka Foundation for Mutual Help wins European Civic Award
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 […]
BARKA’s encounters with Japanese architects to create projects of support to communities hit by tsunami
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 […]
Meeting with Jack White in Sopot
A delegation from the Barka Foundation met with Jack White, an American rock musician and creator of the band The White Stripes.
New leader in Barka Ireland – Andrzej Dawidowski
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.
BNP Paribas Wealth Management Special Prize for Tomasz and Barbara Sadowski
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 […]
The concert ”Friends for Barka UK” in Embassy of the Republic of Poland in London
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 […]
New leader in Barka Ireland
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 […]
Consular meeting
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.
Barbara Sadowska participated in the EU- Africa Business Forum
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.
Gazet Van Antwerpen: Polish ex-homeless guide compatriots back home
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.
Volkskrant: Polish organization helps homeless in Utrecht
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.
Barka helps Polish homeless in the streets of Antwerp
„There is nothing worse than going back home as a loser” Before 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 […]
