Barka UK representatives attended a meeting with local partners in Hamburg to discuss the way forward to establish a Barka project supporting Eastern European migrants in social and economic difficulties in Hamburg.
The meeting was attended by:
Mr Urlich Hermannes and Mr Andreas Stasiewicz (Chief Executive & Social worker of the Stadtmission Hamburg),
Mr Andrzej Osiak and Ms Karolina Kowalska (Consul General of the Republic of Poland and Assistant, Polish Embassy to Hamburg),
Ms Verena Orth from the Social Department of Local Council of Hamburg,
Reverend Henryk Rozanki, Polish Catholic Mission Hamburg,
Miss Ewa Sadowska, Chief Executive of Barka UK, London.
Practicalities of the migrants’ reconnection project as well as staff and budget matters were discussed. The project is planned to start in October 2010.
