On Thursday the 17thof May,Mendicity and Barka IE organized a manual handling course for the residents of the North Frederic Hostel. 15 people from the hostel took part in it. The manual handling certificate is useful for jobs in catering, retail, warehousing.
On Wednesday the 16th of May Barka staff participated in meetingofMendicity’s Board members. During this meeting Barka staff talked about the results of the reconnection and employment project, aboutthe current events, courses, meetings and about plans for future. The Board Members were impressed by the work that Barka is doing in Dublin. The Members expressed […]
On Tuesday the 15th of May Barka IE staff went to visit another hostel in Dublin – Camden Hall. It is a one-night hostel and there are around 80 people using it every night. There are around 10-12 people from Central and Eastern Europe (among them 4-5 Polish people). BarkaIE staff talked to few Lithuanian […]
Barka IE had requited a new employment project worker. The new employee started work on the 15th of May. The responsibilities of the employment worker are: preparing CV, organizing job interviews, issuing PPS number, encouraging to attend English classes and other courses like safe pass course or manual handling course.
On Monday the 14th of May the meeting of partners was held in Homeless Agency. In the meeting there were present representatives of: Dublin City Council, Mendicity Board, CrossCare, De Paul, Simon Community Detox, Polish Consulate and Barka IE. Partners discussed the two weeks report and the results of Barka IE work in reconnection and […]
Barka IE received a grant of €23,507.00 from Leonadro da Vici Mobility 2012 program. The grant is to be spent on organizing 2 weeks training program in Barka Network in Poland for 15 people from Ireland: social workers, counselors, employees of integration centers in Ireland, Dublin City Council employees, representatives of charity organizations, etc. The […]
Barka organized a meeting in the hostel with Larkin Job Centre on Friday the 11th of May. People from the Job Centre talked about possible option of help in looking for job, writing CV, preparing for interviews, etc. They made appointments for Larkin Centre to work personally with the people interested to extend their job-seeking […]
Between the 10thof May and the 19thof May Barka IE organized a safe pass course for 9 people from the hostel. The safe pass certificate is needed for working in construction.
Barka IE staff visited Polish consulate on the 9th of May to talk with the General Consul about situation of Polish migrants in Dublin and in Europe. The Consul was interested in the work Barka is doing in “reconnection projects” across Europe. We talked about the cooperation – the Consul thanked Barka for the work […]
Barka IE staff had a meeting concerning the residents of North Frederic St. hostel with De Paul organization. To workers form De Paul and Barka leader and assistant will work jointly on changing the situation of the residents. At the moment there are 34 men living in the hostel. Barka and De Paul are undertaking […]
