On Tuesday the 1st of May partnership meeting took place. In the meeting representative of Dublin City Council – Gerry Folan took part and also representatives of Simon Community Detox – Mary Fleming, representatives of De Paul organization – David Carroll and Catherine Scully, representative of MendicityInsitution – Charles Richards and Barka IE staff – […]
Barka Reconnections project in Dublin has started on the 9th of January 2012. Barka staff Leader (Andrzej Sydoruk) and Barka assistants have been based in Mendicity Institution Day Centre as well as the Santa Maria Hostel. January 2012: 240 contacts with 40 beneficiaries February 2012: 519 contacts with 52 beneficiaries March 2012 (1st March – […]
During the 24th to the 28th of March Barka in Dublin conducted a recruitment process for the coordinator of the employment project. More than twenty applications were received by Barka IE. The Board selected five top candidates with whom the interviews were held. The interviews were conducted by the Director of Barka UK – Ewa […]
On the 26th of March the Partnership meeting was held with the participation of local government of Dublin and partner organizations. In the meeting participated: representative of Dublin City Council – Gerry Folan, manager of Mendicity day centre and Trustee of Barka IE – Charles Richards, manager of the “Santa Maria” hostel for the homeless […]
On the 25th and 26th of March two interviews with Barka IE representatives were held. The first interview was for the national Irish newspaper and a second for the Irish radio station. Both interviews were with regards to the problem of homelessness of Eastern European migrants in Ireland, the economic crisis and the general lack […]
Last weekend (24-25 March) a new hostel on North Frederic Street was opened. Eastern European residents of the Santa Maria hostel, where Barka IE representatives had worked successfully, moved to the new hostel. So 33 migrants in total changed their residence. In the new hostel there will be protection measures in place such as ban […]
A Board meeting of the Barka IE was held on the 25th of March in the headquarters of the Mendicity center, where the Barka representatives work with the A-10 migrants. In the meeting participated the following Trustees: Betty Sission, Charles Richards, Ewa Sadowska, Andrzej Sydoruk and Bartosz Pawlak. The meeting was a summary of the […]
On the 24th of March, a three-hour meeting with Polish organizations in Ireland was held at the premises of the Polish Embassy in Dublin. The meeting was attended by the representatives of the following organizations: Barka IE and Barka UK, “Caird”, “CKU”, “Crosscare”, “Forum-Polonia”, “Limerick”, “My-Mind”, “Razem-Together” and “Umbrella”. Meeting was chaired by Consul Wojciech […]
Na portalu polskiexpress.ie ukazał się artykuł poświęcony pracy Fundacji Barka w Irlandii: “O trudnym powrocie do godności, wzajemnej pomocy oraz nowym centrum wsparcia osób bezdomnych – z Dagmarą Szlandrowicz z Fundacji BARKA, rozmawiała Anna Paś. – Fundacja Pomocy Wzajemnej „Barka” powstała w 1989 roku w odpowiedzi na rosnące problemy społeczne okresu transformacji. Dziś działacie nie […]
