Begging for Change
100,000 children in Senegal are condemned to daily slave labor, humiliation, beating and hunger. Illegal Quranic schools operate there. Teachers, called marabouts, exploit their students, forcing them to beg in the streets. Every day the children have to collect a certain amount of money. Otherwise they are beaten and persecuted. Dominika Kulczyk together with the CNN International team visited the Senegalese city of Saint-Louis and supported the Maison de la Garde organization.
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How does the Domino Effect work?
The aim of the Domino Effect is to trigger actions that lead to a permanent social change.
It serves as the fundament of all Foundation’s projects, and consists of the following stages:
- Change of reality
- Change of social awareness
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Selecting a social problem
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Finding local partners
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Establishing and implementing an aid project
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Presenting the issue in documentary movies
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Educational projects
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Encouraging others to act
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Our documentary films show the problems of communities around the world and the related activities of non-governmental organizations supported by the Foundation. "Domino Effect" series is created thanks to cooperation with TVN - the largest private television in Poland. This partnership results also in other documentaries - awarded at film festivals around the world. Kulczyk Foundation also cooperates with CNN International in the production of documentary films as a part of the CNN Freedom Project. Modern slavery is their main topic.
Since the beginning of its existence, Kulczyk Foundation has been working to shape the socio-emotional competences of children and adolescents. To this end, we prepare unique lesson plans that, in an attractive and adapted to various stages of education way, explain the complex world of universal values and emotions, encourage reflection and the ability to draw conclusions, thus helping to build knowledge about ourselves and the world, as well as to shape attitudes towards the reality that surrounds us. We also support the development of teaching staff by means of organizing workshops, conferences, and by integrating the teacher community. We believe that regardless of the region of the world, wise education, implemented in a spirit of freedom and empathy, is a basic component of sustainable development for every human being, as well as a chance for a good start in adult life.
Documentaries
Our documentary films show the problems of communities around the world and the related activities of non-governmental organizations supported by the Foundation. "Domino Effect" series is created thanks to cooperation with TVN - the largest private television in Poland. This partnership results also in other documentaries - awarded at film festivals around the world. Kulczyk Foundation also cooperates with CNN International in the production of documentary films as a part of the CNN Freedom Project. Modern slavery is their main topic.
Programs for teachers
Since the beginning of its existence, Kulczyk Foundation has been working to shape the socio-emotional competences of children and adolescents. To this end, we prepare unique lesson plans that, in an attractive and adapted to various stages of education way, explain the complex world of universal values and emotions, encourage reflection and the ability to draw conclusions, thus helping to build knowledge about ourselves and the world, as well as to shape attitudes towards the reality that surrounds us. We also support the development of teaching staff by means of organizing workshops, conferences, and by integrating the teacher community. We believe that regardless of the region of the world, wise education, implemented in a spirit of freedom and empathy, is a basic component of sustainable development for every human being, as well as a chance for a good start in adult life.
News
Dominika Kulczyk examines child slavery in Senegal for third film in CNN Freedom Project and Kulczyk Foundation documentary series
Forced begging is the most prevalent form of human trafficking in Senegal. Human Rights Watch estimates that every day more than 100,000 talibés – children living in religious schools to learn the Quran – are forced on to the streets under the threat of violence to beg for food or money.
New mental health support for women and children living in Cox’s Bazar District as a result of Kulczyk Foundation and HOPE Foundation partnership
The Kulczyk Foundation has today announced a new project in partnership with the HOPE Foundation for Women & Children of Bangladesh. The project will improve access to mental health and psychological support services (MHPSS) for those living in the region, with a particular focus on women and children living in Bangladesh including the country’s significant Rohingya community.
Stolen Son: A CNN Freedom Project Documentary
Persecuted in Myanmar, forced to seek refuge in neighboring Bangladesh and then exploited and trafficked to places unknown. That’s the reality for many Rohingya Muslims living in Cox’s Bazar – now the world’s largest refugee camp accommodating nearly one million people – as they are targeted by human traffickers and lured from the refugee camp with false promises of employment and better living conditions.
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We support organizations and people to effectively help. We support infrastructure projects and social investments in developing countries. We make sure that those who receive help also receive the support and knowledge necessary to change their own fate further on.