Yesterday, Barka UK CEO, Ewa Sadowska and 70 other Polish diaspora representatives met with the Polish President at the National Army Museum in London during his state visit to the UK.
Approximately 70 representatives of the Polish diaspora participated, including the long-standing Polish diaspora and the families of war veterans who came to London from Italy with General Anders. Also present were the families of President Sabat and President Kaczorowski, Polish presidents in exile.
In his speech, the President emphasized that the Polish Government-in-Exile continued in London throughout the war and after, until 1990. He spoke, among other things, about the historical relations between Poland and Great Britain and the waves of Polish emigration to the UK.
Ewa Sadowska spoke about Fundacja Pomocy Wzajemnej Barka and Barka UK work on cooperation with local governments and the Mayor of London, and Barka’s mission since 1989.
The president said he’d heard of the Barka Foundation, but thought we only worked in Poland, did not know that we were present in many European countries. He was also interested in Barka name – according to him it was such a symbolic name and asked how we came to name our organisation.
It was a very fruitful meeting and we are very pleased we could introduce Barka UK organisation to the Polish President.
