‘Polish Woman of the Year’ competition is being organised by the Congress of Polish Women in the UK. The aim of the contest is to honour the outstanding women which would inspire others with their passion and actions, making a positive difference in the world around them. Ewa Sadowska, the Chief Executive of Barka UK, […]
On the 3rd and 4th of March, the Barka Foundation, the Barka network and its associations, the community as well as friends and partners celebrated the 70th birthday of Tomasz Sadowski, the co-founder of Barka. The first part of the ceremony took place in Chudobczyce near Pniewy, with members of the Barka community on an organic […]
Leszek, leader at BarkaIE celebrated his 60th birthday on January, the 10th . There was birthday cake, singing Polish ‘Sto lat’ and lots of congratulations to honour his day.
It is just a year ago that Barka for Mutual Help Ireland was invited by the The Mendicity Institution and Dublin City Council. Now we can proudly say, that we have found our place in the your ‘fair city’. Barka joined a network of Irish organisations in order to support the migrants from Central and […]
From the beginning to the end of November 2012, 7 citizens from Central and Eastern Europe went back with Barka IE’s support to their homeland and to the communities of Barka in Poland. Return to Poland – 5 persons; (to Barka’s communities); Return to Romania – 1 person (to family); Return to Germany – 1 […]
The Dutch daily , ‘Trouw’ published an article about Barka’s work for the homeless migrants from Poland and other Middle and Eastern European countries in Holland, Great Britain and Ireland. The Trouw journalist visited Barka Network programmes around Poznan in Poland, among them: a community home in Posadówek, where he spoke to persons, who returned […]
Throughout October 4 citizens from Central and Eastern Europe came back to their countries or Barka communities with help of Barka IE. Return to Latvia –2 persons(to family); Return to Poland –2 persons (1 person to family and 1 person to Barka’s community).
On the 10th of October Ewa Sadowska ( Barka UK ) and Magdalena Chwarscianek ( Barka NL) participated in a seminar on social franchising in Europe organized by REVES Network in Brussels. During the seminar, the representatives of international networks ( Social Economy Europe, European Social Franchising Network) spoke about possibilities for development of social […]
The representatives of Dutch municipalities, who invited Barka in January this year to start homeless migrants’ support programmes in 3 big cities in Holland ( Utrecht, The Hague, Amsterdam) came to visit Barka Network in Poland on 14-17 October. Representatives of organisations helping the homeless in those cities, the police and NOS journalists took part […]
