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 […]
Larisa Melinceanu – study visit in Barka Network in Poland report
Study visit to Barka Poland 24 February – 28 February 2014 General impressions During this study visit we were shown the main center of Barka foundation in Poznan, the social enterprise in Posadowek, the social co-operative in Wladyslawowo, the partnership with Association Gebiczyn and local authorities of Wielkopolskiego, the social enterprise in Chudopczyce, the city Rawicz […]
„I know, how it is to live on the street” – Gazet van Antwerpen
„I know, how it is to live on the street” – Ex-homeless guides Polish drifters back home. After great success in England, Ireland and the Netherlands also Antwerp invited Polish organisation Barka. They guide homeless people back to their home country. The team responsible for the project here has started this week.
Social economy is not a sector
By Lidia Wesierska Chyc (Barka Network) Abstract: The article aims to initiate a discussion about thinking of social economy as an integral part of social market economy, not as a ’social economy sector’. Basing on an entry in Polish constitution – about social market economy as a foundation of economic system in Poland, a short […]
