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‘The Domino Effect’ draws the audience’s attention to problems faced by the most disadvantaged, both in Poland and abroad. The idea behind the program is not only to make us more sensitive to those problems, but also to encourage us to help those in need. It presents several aid campaigns out of the dozens organized yearly by Kulczyk Foundation. Each of them features infrastructure-related activities. The new infrastructure will serve the subjects in each film for years to come.

Two years ago, the world was shocked by the news of the largest construction catastrophe in the contemporary textile industry. In the capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, an eight-story factory collapsed, leaving 1,137 people dead and 2,500 permanently injured. The fatalities and casualties also included children. This tragedy drew the attention of the world to the issue of exploitation and child labor. When shooting the first episode of the 2nd season of “The Domino Effect,” we visited Dhaka and an organization called Educo, which helps working children find time for education.

“I was speechless when I saw how much was destroyed in the Philippines – it was a true apocalypse. There were cars on trees, the piles of rubble were three stories high, most streets were flooded, and there were bodies everywhere,” recalls Elsa Thomasma, a survivor of the strongest cyclone in history to make landfall.

Today marked the end of roof renovation work at the SOS Children’s Village in Biłgoraj. The funds provided by Dominika Kulczyk and Kulczyk Foundation supported the renovation of 6 roofs. The work started on 4 July.