#CHARITY

International Women’s Day is a time when Poles honor the women they love, but for the women who are less fortunate, the Plena Luna Foundation (Fundacja Pełnia) makes a difference.

Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, has raised almost €120,000 for one of the country’s largest annual charity drives by offering to host a breakfast at his office.

The previous finales have raised a total of €497 million.

Warsaw’s streets buzzed with excitement for the 100th marathon anniversary.

Fans of a Polish football club have broken the world record in throwing stuffed animals onto a sports field in a charitable “Toss a Teddy Bear” event.

Warsaw residents have started collecting essential aid items for people in towns hit by devastating floods, and the capital’s mayor has said he will ask the city authorities for funds to help the towns of Kłodzko and Nysa.

Polish Paralympian Renata Śliwińska, who clinched a silver medal at the Paris Paralympics on Saturday, has made a heartfelt decision to auction off her medal to raise funds for a seriously ill girl from her hometown of Skwierzyna, Western Poland.

When slalom canoeing sensation Klaudia Zwolińska took silver at this year’s Paris Olympics, she became the first Pole to win a medal at the championships – she also pledged to give it to charity.

A Polish police officer embarked on an extraordinary cycling rally from the Eiffel Tower in Paris to Warsaw on Saturday morning.

Two Polish organizations have sent medical equipment to a children’s hospital in Kyiv that was hit in a Russian missile strike earlier this month.

The detritus of war could be transformed into unlikely pieces of art that not only can be sold to raise money for soldiers at the front but also serve as testament to Ukraines resilience and defiance in its struggle with Russia.