Stichting Barka

Barka NL organization was established in 2012 in response to the increasing number of Central and Eastern European migrants in the streets of The Netherlands, suffering from homelessness and substance abuse. In 2011 Barka was invited by the local municipality of Utrecht to come to start working with the homeless migrants in the city. The goal was to provide severely excluded Eastern European migrants (at the time mainly from Polish descent) with the opportunity to reconnect and socially reintegrate in their home country. This was possible due to the vast possibilities of support for individuals within the Barka Foundation Network projects in Poland, where people could go back to their families or receive help in addressing their addiction problems. Now, we have expanded our target group to all Middle-and-Eastern European migrants and aim to support individuals within whole of The Netherlands. In our migrant support projects, we work in the teams of two persons: a leader and a soci...