Between 10th and 14th October 2022, a delegation from one of the largest non-UK national prisons visited Barka Network in Poland. This is the report.
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Last Friday, Barka UK took part in a meeting with a 15-persons delegation of the FEANTSA Network (The European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless).
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Last week, Barka in Poland hosted a delegation of representatives of British prisons. The purpose of the visit, organised in partnership with BARKA UK, was to establish cooperation between the prison system and civic organizations in Poland and Great Britain.
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Last weekend, the representatives of Barka UK team visited the projects of Emmaus Community in Cambridge. Emmaus movement was started by Abbe Pierre - a French Catholic priest, member of the Franciscan Capuchin Order.
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On 22nd of July, Barka's representative, Włodzimierz Płacewicz, took part in a meeting with Deputy Minister of Justice, Michał Woś in Warsaw. The meeting concerned the cooperation between Barka Foundation and British prison services in Great Britain.
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On 21st of July, 2022, the Consular Section of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in London, represented by Consul Tomasz Balcerowski and Consul Jolanta Srebrakowska, handed over to the Barka UK delegation vouchers to the British bakery chain Greggs for a total amount of £ 1,500.
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Members of the Barka UK team took part in the study visit to the Barka Network in Poland in June. The visit stretched over 4 days and started with a visit to Barka Headquarters in Poznań, where the study group was welcomed by Maria Sadowska, Vice President of the Board of the Barka Foundation for Mutual Help and the Barka Network.
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Our Network of Community Centres across Poland has been asked to provide accommodation for 400 Ukrainian Citizens, mainly women and children. We hope that 500GBP per person will be enough to maintain their living support needs over the next 6 months.
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