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Dominika Kulczyk’s appeal: we should talk about children living in places that aren’t good for them!
“I have seen classes where notebooks were ripped apart so every child would have something to write on. I will never forget the tearful face of 8-year-old Santa from Bangladesh, who wants to be a teacher but has to work in a factory to have money for food. Children’s rights include children from these faraway lands,” says Kulczyk Foundation President Dominika Kulczyk, who was invited by Minister and Commissioner for Children’s Rights Marek Michalak to attend the Polish Children's Rights Day celebration in Świdnica, near Wrocław. It was there that she presented The Domino Effect Global Education plan, which the Foundation has sent out to every elementary and middle school in Poland.

“We all have the right to peace, life, food, education. (...) All children in the world have similar dreams, but some have a harder time making them come true,” Dominika Kulczyk told Dzień Dobry TVN. Global Education Week starts on Monday, 16 November, and all schools in Poland will receive materials for the Domino Effect Global Education program.

The 13th Annual Warsaw Jewish Film Festival will take place on 2-8 November at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews and JCC Warsaw. This year’s festival is dedicated to Mike Nichols, who died last year. There will be 30 films that will compete for the Grand Prix (PLN 15,000 prize) funded by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage and for the special prize funded by the President of Polish Television (PLN 10 000). Admission to all films is free of charge.

The generosity of Poles has resulted in the collection of 9,000 food packages to be distributed among the elderly in eastern Ukraine to give them a real chance to survive, as well as PLN 220,000. The campaign of the Onet.pl Group, Polish Rotary International Clubs, and Kulczyk Foundation is producing amazing results. “I want to thank everyone who has contributed to the campaign. It is still going. If you want to take part, you can still do something good,” encourages Dominika Kulczyk, one of those who initiated the campaign.