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Zambia is one of the poorest countries of the world. Over half of its population lives below the poverty line. In most cases, they have no knowledge of how to grow crops and are unable to make a living from agriculture. Therefore, many Zambians resort to poaching and burning charcoal. As a result, hundreds of hectares of jungle have been cut down, and thousands of wild animals killed. Over 85% of Zambia’s residents are uneducated farmers who together account for only 15% of the national income.

In developing countries, over 14 million girls below the age of 18 are married off each year. In most cases, it is against their will. In fact, there are 700 million women in the world who were forced to marry when they were children. In Ethiopia, marrying off children has been illegal for 8 years. And yet, tradition and financial motives often prevail over law. For every 5 girls in Ethiopia, 2 are married off before their 18th birthday.

It was not a swamp, but rather hell” – this is how Rysiek, one of the subjects of the sixth episode of the Domino Effect, describes his life as an immigrant. He was able to transform his fate thanks to Stowarzyszenie Pomocy Wzajemnej ‘Barka’ (the Barka Foundation for Mutual Aid). Today he lives and works in one of the communities run by the Foundation in Chudobczyce, a village close to Poznań.

They are called the fish-people because of their extraordinary diving skills and the fact that they hardly ever leave the sea. But the life of the Badjao people, who reside along the coasts of Borneo and nearby islands of the Philippines, has been changing in a dramatic and irreversible way. Dominika Kulczyk and the crew of TVN will present the story of the 12-member family of Mahlinan and Sofina that lives traditionally on a boat.