Polish Children's Rights Day in Świdnica
“The more people are aware of the actual living conditions of children throughout the world, the more people talk about them, and the more likely it will be that many of them will say: I want to change it; I want to do something! We can start the domino effect,” says Dominika Kulczyk. Together with Minister Michalak, she attended a press conference and a meeting at the headquarters of the Świdnica-based Serce Foundation. She also visited the local hospital with gifts for the mothers and children as well as a school, to take part in a class conducted according to the Domino Effect Global Education plan. “This is proof that we have amazing teachers and smart and wonderful children. Just like Janusz Korczak said – we should respect them and treat them like partners on difficult subjects. They are much more sensitive than we, adults, think,” notes Dominika Kulczyk.
The Domino Effect Global Education is a very important project of Kulczyk Foundation. Its main objective is to develop the instinct in children to help others. “The only way to do this is by letting children learn the truth for themselves, when we start to talk with them instead of only ‘teaching.’ The problems presented in the plans are the biggest challenges of the contemporary world: hard-working children without access to schools, medical care, and food. We want Polish children to become aware that even though their peers from across the world have different cultures and customs, they have the same need for joy, safety, and a normal life. Awareness is not too far from compassion, and there is just as little distance between compassion and the will to help,” the creator of Kulczyk Foundation’s project explained.
