In the premiere episode of the sixth season of the "Domino Effect", Dominika Kulczyk travels to Lake Volta in Ghana, where she participates in the rescue of child-slaves, who live in terrible conditions and work as fishermen. Some children are forced into slave labor when they are only 4 years old. Almost all of them work several hours a day, and are severely punished for any disobedience. Many of them eat only once a day. Some, unfortunately, die. The support provided by Kulczyk Foundation enables PACODEP - a local NGO fighting against slavery - to save more children, and provide a better care for those who manage to free themselves from their "masters". In the "Village of Life" run by PACODEP, children find a safe home and school. They regain childhood and receive a chance for a better future.

Sumba is one of the poorest islands of Indonesia. A large percentage of children are malnourished. Sumba is also a place where the percentage of malaria is one of the highest in Southeast Asia. There are areas on the island where every third mother has lost at least one child due to malaria. That is why the work of the Sumba Foundation, which was founded in 2001 and whose main goal is to eliminate the disease from the island, is so important. The organization is extremely successful in that matter. Dominika Kulczyk decided to support the malaria program implemented by the foundation.

The district of Kibera in the Kenyan capital - Nairobi is one of the largest slums in the world. This is a place where residents fight a ruthless struggle for survival every day. Most families live here without access to water and sanitary facilities. Electricity is a luxury. After dark, the district becomes extremely dangerous, especially for girls and women. It was in these conditions that Mike Wamaya grew up. As a teenager, he worked as a car mechanic, but a great passion for dance allowed him to become a professional dancer and one of the best ballet teachers in the world. Today, Wamaya shares his skills with children from Nairobi slums. He runs Project Elimu, whose main goal is to make ballet a tool to fight for freedom of Kibera's children. Dominika Kulczyk, together with Kulczyk Foundation, supports him in this mission.

"Over half of Lesotho's population lives below the poverty line. Moreover, the country has the second highest HIV prevalence in the world. It is estimated that every fourth adult resident of the country is infected with the virus. Mass emigration and the HIV / AIDS epidemic have resulted in a high number of orphaned children who are forced to work instead of going to school. In Lesotho, Dominika Kulczyk supports the SOS Children’s Villages Lesotho, which helps abandoned and orphaned children by providing them with shelter and care. In Quthing, the Polish philanthropist meets the beneficiaries of the Family Strengthening Program, which is supported by Kulczyk Foundation. The organization helps families that take care of orphans or children that are at risk of abandonment."

Since the escalation of the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela in 2018, every day thousands of people have been crossing the Simon Bolívar Bridge into neighboring Colombia. They run away from poverty, violence, and hunger. In January 2019, Dominika Kulczyk traveled to Cúcuta, a Colombian border town, in order to tell the world about the fate of Venezuelans in this increasingly difficult situation. Kulczyk Foundation supported the activities of the Comparte Por Una Vida organization, which implements child nutrition programs in Colombia. Thanks to it, Venezuelan children receive not only education at school, but also a meal.

The border between India and Nepal is open. It extends over the mountain slopes of the Himalayas, and is over 1,700 km long. The trail is unfortunately an excellent route for brokers involved in human trafficking. Providing people with false promises of a better life, they draw them to India. Others are taken by force. Most victims of traffickers are women and children. 3Angels Nepal's employees and volunteers patrol the border to save people deprived of their liberty or those that are close to losing it. They save the victims of human trafficking and help them return to their normal life. They carry out activities aimed at building public awareness in Nepal - a country where, due to poverty and lack of access to education, people are fooled by the promises of traders. Dominika Kulczyk travels to Nepal to support the rescue of the victims of trafficking and their rehabilitation together with the 3Angels Nepal organization.

Namibia is a country full of economic and social contrasts. Although it is one of the richest African countries, still almost 30% of its inhabitants live below the poverty line. Many of them cannot even afford to travel to work or to distant schools and hospitals. In response to this problem, the local NGO BEN Namibia, supported by Kulczyk Foundation, provides the poorest with access to bicycles. To this end, it has created a network of dozens of stores and service centers, where people can buy a bike at an affordable price. Profits from sales are allocated to maintaining the network of stores and service points, thanks to which it is possible to reach thousands of people across the country. Bicycles provided free of charge go to people who need them most, but above all, to employees and medical volunteers who can reach more patients.

In Peru, there is the largest city in the world, Inquitos, to which no land road leads. You can get there only by plane or by boat. Belén - the poorest district of the city, is flooded with Amazon waters for six months. This results in many problems for the local community, such as drowning and diseases related to water pollution. When the river level is raised, most of the waste is discharged directly into the river. In such water, people wash clothes and dishes. Children from Belén have problems getting to school or finding a safe place to play. The employees of the INFANT organization support them by implementing actions aimed at changing the surrounding reality. These include "Children to the rescue" project, which involves patrolling places where there are children who cannot swim, or organizing swimming lessons for the youngest. Children are also involved in the fight against domestic violence.

Breathtaking nature and ancient culture. Dominika Kulczyk, together with Kulczyk Foundation, reached out to Papua New Guinea. She came face to face with the natives who admit that in order to follow their customs, they have been murdering people. Accusations of witchcraft are usually cast there on those most vulnerable - women and children. Victims are helped by the network of Human Rights Defenders in Simbu, founded by Monika Paulus, which has several hundred members and continues to grow. Dominika Kulczyk supported her activity in order to save the lives and health of people accused of witchcraft, as well as to provide education that helps fight the terrifying custom of "witch hunts".

Can anyone be sentenced to worse in the name of tradition? Dominika Kulczyk does not agree to harm women. In Swaziland (since 2018 - Eswatini), she helps women to support other women. This is not an easy task, because in this country, it is an honor to be one of the many wives of the same man. The state is ruled by an absolute ruler, and the woman becomes the property of her husband at the time of marriage. In Swaziland, Kulczyk Foundation supported an amazing social enterprise where women produce hot pepper sauce - that's why they are called Spice Girls. Such professional activation of women allows them to somehow survive in a community in which HIV is intertwined with domestic violence.

What is it like to live on the landfill site? In the Philippines, thousands of people know the answer. Dominika Kulczyk reaches out to the gigantic garbage dump in the Philippines, which has become the home and workplace for numerous children. There, she supports an amazing initiative - a children's football club, including a girls' football team! Fairplay For All is an educational initiative, social enterprise, and nutrition program for children from poor families. And a group of football talents who want to change their own lives. Dominika Kulczyk and Kulczyk Foundation help them.

El machismo, or male domination. It is like an ax hanging over hundreds of women who, fleeing from the armed conflict in Colombia, came to the slums, where they were greeted by humiliation. Is there any escape from it? There is! Dominika Kulczyk supports Colombian women who have decided to say no to humiliation. Kulczyk Foundation has donated funds to the City of Women - an organization founded by a lawyer, Patricia Guerrero, where victims of forced relocation, rape, physical and psychological violence have found shelter.

Rwanda. Here, people will never forget that there was a time when human life meant as much as one shot or hit with a machete. It is a country with genocide in the background. A country, in which there still live those who are treated as unnecessary, worse. Here, Dominika Kulczyk helps deaf children. Some of them hear their parents' voices for the first time thanks to their hearing aids. Dominika supports Louis - a teacher by vocation. He decided to change something, and in 2013, he founded his own school for deaf and hearing-impaired children. This is a place where the children not only learn sign language and school knowledge, but also acquire other useful life skills. They get a chance to live as they dream.

Cox’s Bazar... Once, the largest tourist center of Bangladesh and the longest continuous beach strip in the world - over 120 km. Now, the largest refugee camp in the world. Here, 880 thousand of Rohingya people have found refuge from genocide. Dominika Kulczyk reached out to Cox’s Bazar to support a women's field hospital, and to show the dramatic stories of families escaping death. In this episode of the "Domino Effect", Dominika Kulczyk will visit the HOPE Foundation, which runs one of the largest medical assistance systems for refugees. In the camp, the foundation runs a field hospital for women, which is supported by Kulczyk Foundation, as well as numerous medical points, and it carries out medical transport around the clock.

In Indian Calcutta, there live Dalits that are called untouchables... This is not a metaphor. In this country, centuries-old tradition divided people into caste. The Dalits were at the bottom of the social hierarchy that had been in force for thousands of years. Condemned to perform the worst, so called "unclean" professions. It is hard to imagine breaking free from such a stigma. And yet, Dominika Kulczyk reaches out to Calcutta to support a project aimed to help children of prostitutes and of Dalits. Kulczyk Foundation supports the New Light organization led by Urmi Basu - it provides children with shelter, a warm meal, and the opportunity to learn.

From history lessons, we know the stories about the rich Mayan culture. What is happening to them now? This is presented by Dominika Kulczyk in the next episode of the "Domino Effect". This is a story about members of the once powerful community that is now fighting against poverty and malnutrition. The head of the Kulczyk Foundation delivers an aid project in a magical place called Casa Guatemala. This is a boarding school located on the Dulce River. Little Maya Kekchi, who were born in villages surrounded by jungle, can go to school here and, at the same time, cultivate indigenous traditions. In Casa Guatemala, in addition to the Kekchi language, they also learn Spanish and English.

Nyarugusu is one of the largest refugee camps in the world. It was created in 1996 by the Tanzanian government with a view to sheltering Congolese people fleeing a bloody civil war. Some of them are afraid to go home to this day. It was Nyarugus that Kulczyk Foundation, run by Dominika Kulczyk, reached out to, so as to help provide access to clean water. To this aim, Kulczyk Foundation supported the TWESA organization, which manages the camp. Kulczyk Foundation contributed to a water project implemented there, which can be of benefit to up to 130,000 people!

Rio de Janeiro is a city divided into poverty and wealth. It is facing the problem of large social inequalities. Every fifth inhabitant of this metropolis lives in poor neighborhoods called favelas. Some of them are under gang control. Violence is ubiquitous there, it is everyday life. One of the most dangerous favelas is Maré, located in the northern part of the city. It is in this favela that Yvonne Bezerra de Mello has been running her school, Projeto Uerê, since 1998. This favela is a real symbol of social exclusion. Dominika Kulczyk decided to support a school operating in such difficult conditions.

The problem of child malnutrition is present not only in developing countries, but also in Poland. In many schools, teachers and educators notice that their students have a problem with access to nutritious food. This is often the result of not only poverty, but also neglect on the part of parents. For this reason, Kulczyk Foundation launched the Yellow Plate program, which provides food for the youngest in several hundred schools and care facilities throughout Poland. About 15,000 kids benefit from the program!

Dominika Kulczyk, with her aid project, reaches out to one of the poorest countries in the world - Malawi. It is a country haunted by drought and floods that destroy crops, and a country with one of the poorest access to medical care in the world. Over 6.5 million Malawians need food assistance. In this episode, Dominika Kulczyk visits the Neno district, where one of the best NGOs in the world - Partners In Health, runs a hospital. A health care system for over 150,000 residents has been operating there since 2007, including food and social assistance.

Pregnant girsl at the age of 13 or grandmother at the age of 26 are of no surprise in Colombian slums. In the poorest sections of society, violence against women takes particularly vivid forms: rape, sexual abuse or sex trafficking among minors. Colombia is a country that has suffered over 50 years of brutal civil war and ruthless drug cartels. Colombian women, who are additionally exposed to domestic violence and discrimination resulting from the Latin American machismo culture, are in the worst situation. Dominika Kulczyk, president of the Kulczyk Foundation, together with Catalina Escobar, reaches out to the most needy slum dwellers to offer them a chance to change their fate. Catalina is a wise, strong, and beautiful woman who fights to free teenage mothers from the hell of violence and poverty. For over 10 years, the Juanfe Foundation, which she runs, has been helping 350 teenage mothers each year.

East Timor is one of the youngest countries in the world. After many years of foreign occupation, there are wounds that are still wide open. Social wounds. One of them is domestic violence against women and, consequently, against children. Dominika Kulczyk, together with her foundation, reaches out to East Timor. There, she meets Bella Galhos, a heroic woman who once fought for independence, and now fights against poverty that humiliates people. Drawing on her own experience, she helps women in East Timor understand that they do not have to give in to aggression at home. In the town of Maubisse, she runs a social enterprise and the Leublora Green School. The school teaches organic farming to the local population, which gives them hope and a chance to overcome poverty.

In many African countries, thousands of children who are considered sorcerers are abandoned, tortured, and even murdered. The Bariba ethnic group inhabiting the northern part of Benin are extremely cruel in that matter. Members of this ethnic group believe that “wrongly born” children – for instance, those born in the breech position, with their head down or with tooth buds ¬– are witches having evil magic powers. Bariba people do not believe that such a child can be "healed" - the tradition is merciless: they must die. One of such children was Djamila, now a grown-up woman, who was miraculously saved by her aunt and Catholic priest. Dominika Kulczyk meets them, and she also visits the SOS Children's Village, where Djamila and other children who managed to escape death sentence grow up. Kulczyk Foundation supports the nutrition of children in Benin.

Vietnam is one of the fastest developing countries in Southeast Asia, but not everyone benefits from this development. Every year, thousands of families from poor Vietnamese villages migrate to cities in the hope of a better future. Most of them go to the slums, joining the ranks of the urban poor. It is in Vietnam that Dominika Kulczyk supports those who are the last resort for poor people. The Kulczyk Foundation has donated funds to the Christina Noble Children's Foundation, financing child nutrition and access to healthcare.

Malawi belongs to the first infamous ten countries with the highest mortality rates of AIDS. In this small country, people often don't even know they are infected. And they unknowingly pass on the virus to others. Parents dying of AIDS orphan defenseless children, also often carrying a terminal illness in their bodies. In Malawi, Kulczyk Foundation supported an incredible venture - the Jacaranda Vocational School, run by the Jacaranda Foundation. It's a social enterprise that produces great things - from bread to furniture.

In this episode, Dominika Kulczyk and the TVN team travel to Nepal. There, an orphaned child is usually condemned to fight for their lives on the street, if their distant relatives do not show them a bit of heart. Is there anything more terrible? Maybe - the fate of a child whose parents go to prison. Then, the child is left with no opportunities. That is why in Nepal, Kulczyk Foundation has supported organizations that look after children from prisons: Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC) and Prisoners Assistance Nepal (PA Nepal). In prisons, what really counts is the help that allows you to survive and change your own life!

What is it like when you have to fight for your own life, and at the same time, you are pregnant? This is the biggest challenge! Every year, about 300 Polish women who are pregnant find out that they have cancer. Kulczyk Foundation, run by Dominika Kulczyk, helped renovate the clinic for people fighting cancer. It supported the Rak’n'Roll Foundation, which does everything to make future mothers enjoy their lives, despite their terrible illness.

Panama is a country with a very large social stratification. A quarter of the population lives below the poverty line, unable to meet basic needs, and visiting a doctor is an unattainable dream for them. The Floating Doctors organization tries to make such dreams come true by means of reaching out to those most in need. Kulczyk Foundation supported Floating Doctors by financing the renovation and purchase of water ambulances, thanks to which the doctors can reach patients.

The current balance of the conflict in Ukraine is thousands of victims, tens of thousands wounded and about 2 million people who had to leave their homes. People are coming back from the war, but after such a nightmare, they cannot shape their further life, and widows keep fighting to survive the tragedy. Everyone needs help at many levels. The help is provided by organizations supported by Kulczyk Foundation in both Ukraine and Poland. Pizza Vetarano is a place of work that enables war veterans to return to their normal lives, and the Archdiocesan Charity Center Caritas of the Archdiocese of Warmia in Rybaki shelters about 400 Ukrainians of Polish descent.

The first episode of the second series of the "Domina Effect" is devoted to Bangladesh. There, Kulczyk Foundation supported the Spanish NGO, Educo, which for years has been involved in the education of children, including working children. Dominika Kulczyk, together with the TVN team, presents the little heroes and the realities of their lives, introduces the issue of human rights violations, and shows how a project financed by her family foundation is being implemented for the benefit of young and exploited factory workers.

For over a dozen years, the Gajusz Foundation has been helping terminally ill children to survive in decent conditions, in too short a time they have left. For many years, the organization has been running home hospices, in which doctors and volunteers look after the patients. It also opened a stationary hospice. This unique place, called the Palace, is located next to a busy intersection. The old mesh surrounding the area did not give the beneficiaries of the Gajusz Foundation and their families a sense of intimacy and peace. It was therefore necessary not only to isolate the building from the hustle and bustle, but also to create a friendly place for the suffering children. This is a task undertaken by volunteers with the financial support of Kulczyk Foundation.

In Laos, for 10,000 people there are only 2 doctors, and in many areas, especially those mountainous and difficult to access, medical assistance is practically not provided. In one of such places, Kulczyk Foundation financially supported a project enabling several thousand people to access medical care. During a mission undertaken in the province of Phongsali, doctors and nurses provided assistance to over 3,500 people within a few days. The mission was led by the American organization, Lao Rehabilitation Foundation, which was accompanied by Dominika Kulczyk and the TVN team.

In 1966, the infamous Decree 770 of Nicolae Ceaușescu entered into force, by virtue of which women and doctors were imprisoned for termination of pregnancy. This was aimed to rapidly increase the birth rate, but its "side effect" was tens of thousands of unwanted children every year who went to orphanages. Violence, hunger, and poverty are memories of nearly 2 million people that lived in these orphanages. Today, their childhood experiences still hinder their normal lives. Kulczyk Foundation supported the renovation of a Casa Pinocchio children's home in Romania, inhabited by 32 children.

The life of the Badjao people living on the coast of Borneo and the nearby Philippines islands is changing drastically and irreversibly. In this episode, Dominika Kulczyk, together with the TVN team, presents the 12-member family of Mahlinan and Sofina, who live on a boat. The episode shows life in slums, to which the last "sea nomads" move, as they no longer can lead a traditional life on the water. Kulczyk Foundation supported the activities of the Malaysian organization PKPKM, financing the construction of floating educational units and the construction of a new school building in Kampung Halo.

This episode is devoted to presenting the Communities Program - the first and basic project of the Fundacja Pomocy Wzajemnej Barka, which is supported by Kulczyk Foundation. Communities gather people, regardless of age and gender, who came to them in various life crises: evicted families, single mothers, people from orphanages, psychiatric hospitals, people leaving prisons, and many other people affected by homelessness. Community Houses operate on the basis of a long tradition that emphasizes personal development, community and local community development, alcohol abstinence, respect for private property, and non-violence.

In this episode, Dominika Kulczyk and the TVN team are going to Ethiopia, where Kulczyk Foundation supports the organization Yenege Tesfa. The organization helps homeless and orphaned children. The main issue discussed in this episode is forced marriages among young girls, which each year affects 14 million people worldwide. There are currently around 700 million women who were forced to marriage as children. In Ethiopia, child marriages have been illegal for several years; yet, tradition and economic reasons still prevail over the law. Girls often run away from their villages so as to avoid getting married. In this way, they massively hit the street of large cities. However, in the cities, there are many threats waiting for them.

The construction of hives in Zambia is an unusual social undertaking, thanks to which the local population gets a chance for a better life. Kulczyk Foundation has supported the organization Community Markets for Conservation, which runs a program of establishing legal farms, giving families a stable everyday life. The hive makes the locals start living differently, better. Animals cease to die and bees begin to be born. Honey produced in such a social enterprise, consisting of many farms, allows to raise funds for further investments. In this episode of the "Domino Effect", we present the stories of such projects.

The first episode of the "Domino Effect" presents the story of the Volunteers for the Visayans organization, which, thanks to the work of, among others, Elsa Thomasma, a volunteer from the USA, has built a shelter in the village of Cangumbang. Thanks to the building, its residents managed to shelter from the destructive typhoon Haiyan, which in 2013 killed 6,1 thousand people in the central part of the Philippines. Kulczyk Foundation helps to reconstruct the building that saves lives.

The municipality of Mahatalaky in Madagascar is quite extensive, and the local communities are isolated from each other. Students who attend lessons in neighboring villages walk up to 20 km per day on foot, and this is a privileged group, since there are not enough school places for all children. Kulczyk Foundation supports the British organization Azafada, which builds and renovates primary schools in this region of Madagascar. In this episode, Dominika Kulczyk visits the largest African island.

Kulczyk Foundation helps to build houses in Cambodia. In this episode, we learn about the Mekong Big Build project and its part - the Smile Village, which aims to build a "new city" that would shelter homeless families from Phnom Penh, who make a living by gathering rubbish. The goal of the project is to create 50 residential properties to rent and own.

This episode is devoted to the so-called street children living in Georgia. They are socially excluded, lack proper adult care, and suffer from extreme poverty. They are supported by Caritas Georgia - an organization supported by Kulczyk Foundation. Caritas Georgia runs a Day Care Center, offering warm meals, the opportunity to use shower or to wash clothes. It also conducts trainings for street children, which enable them to acquire useful skills.

In September 2010, the pedestrian bridge in Paso Real was almost completely destroyed by cyclone Matthew. A new crossing was necessary, as the destruction of the previous one prevented thousands of people from 24 surrounding towns from communicating - they had no access to schools, hospitals, and shops. This episode of the "Domino Effect" presents the activities of the American organization, Bridges to Prosperity, which is supported by Kulczyk Foundation, and specializes in building and repairing pedestrian bridges, as well as in training local communities in their maintenance.

Playground is part of the Karin Resource Center - a center for former child-soldiers, run by the Childcare and Development Organization Uganda. By running the center, the organization, with the support of Kulczyk Foundation, created a safe haven for children - victims of the conflict, and their families. Playing on the playground is one of the tools of educational and developmental work, allowing, thanks to the combination of therapy and play, to contribute to the rehabilitation of children and to alleviate trauma even more effectively. The organization teaches its beneficiaries mutual respect, kindness, and conflict resolution.

In Togo, Dominika Kulczyk supports the activities of the Belgian organization VZW BISZ, which builds the so-called solar kiosks. In such facilities, villagers can rent solar lamps and recharge them whenever necessary. The installation of such devices allows raising the level of Togo's electrification - in this country, 75% of the local population has no access to electricity.