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“Goal is higher than the mountain’: Award-winning barman to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro while JUGGLING to raise money for children with disabilities

Raising money to build Africa’s first ever rehabilitation centre for for children with cerebral palsy, autism and Down’s Syndrome, Krzysztof Drabik hopes to collect 589,500 PLN “because Mount Kilimanjaro is 5,895 meters above sea level.” Krzysztof Drabik/Facebook

VIDEO: Raising money to build Africa’s first ever rehabilitation centre for for children with cerebral palsy, autism and Down’s Syndrome, Krzysztof Drabik hopes to collect 589,500 PLN “because Mount Kilimanjaro is 5,895 meters above sea level.”

Poland world's most pro-American country in US survey

Poland is the most pro-US country in the world, with 93 percent of the population speaking positively about America, a Tuesday-published survey by the American Pew Research Center shows.

Fashion designer honoured by Forbes uses sewing school to help tackle issue of menstrual poverty in Africa

With sanitary pads being out of reach for most women in Kenya, Maja Kotala from Chorzów has enlisted the help of fashion brands and students from her ‘Sewing Together’ school to make the free, renewable pads.

Kenyan rapper quits music biz to work as builder in Poland

VIDEO:  Once hotly tipped for the top, Majirani saw his musical ambitions cruelly cut short after falling foul of unscrupulous recording companies and envious rivals. The former music sensation has now turned a new leaf to work on construction sites while juggling academic studies in Poland.

Poland donates coronavirus vaccines to Kyrgyzstan

Poland has donated 55,200 Covid-19 vaccine doses to Kyrgyzstan, the second Central Asian country to receive Polish vaccines, the Foreign Ministry has reported.

Engine trouble forces emergency landing of Polish plane in Ethiopia

A plane belonging to Poland's Enter Air made an emergency landing in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Saturday due to engine problems, a Polish government official wrote on Twitter.

Poland to donate Covid-19 vaccines to Uzbekistan and Kenya

Poland will donate over 460,000 Covid-19 vaccines to Uzbekistan and Kenya, a deputy foreign minister announced on Friday.

Model quits the catwalk to teach sewing and fashion design to underprivileged women in Kenya

Starting last year, Maja Kotala’s Sewing Together school has now partnered with the Salvation Army Kenya and has 20 graduates with their own products being available to buy online.

Kenyan wins women's race of Half Marathon Championships Gdynia 2020

Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya won on Saturday the women's race of the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships in Poland's northern city of Gdynia, having clocked 1:05:16 and improving her own world record in a women-only race.

Poles Saving Lives Around the World

Syria, Somalia, Yemen, Kenya, South Sudan, Venezuala, Iraq, Kurdistan, Ukraine - what do they all have in common?

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