BARAKA is a non-governmental, apolitical and non-profit youth organization based in Bucharest, Romania. It has been founded in June 2002 to help in building co-operation network among young people from the Balkans and Europe through social and cultural activities, inspired by values of volunteerism, peace and tolerance.

Why ''BARAKA''?:
Within the entire Balkan region, the meaning of baraka is similar; it represents a limited, poor space for living. As each of us is the heir of a significant bundle of stereotypes, which determines us to often refuse to leave our own “barrack”, our association’s aim is to challenge the validity of these pattern images by experiencing the difference through social and cultural programmes. Hence, BARAKA Association’s undertaking to open the pathways to and from our own “barrack”.

Membership in our association is free and it does not depend on gender, religious or national belief. Our members, interns and volunteers are young people, high school and university students.