Pro bono

Agora’s Foundation

For many years, Agora and Agora-Holding have been engaged in activities pro publico bono in Poland. All our media initiate and support noteworthy social campaigns. We also provide financial support for disadvantaged children in cooperation with other foundations.

In autumn 2004 we established the Agora Foundation which brings together the activities of the Group under a single umbrella and is tasked with growing them faster. Currently, Agora’s foundation offers financial means for severely ill and disabled children, provides scholarships, as well as supports social campaigns initiated by Gazeta Wyborcza.

Activities pro publico bono in Poland

The NIKE Literary Award

The Literary Award NIKE is an annual and exclusive prize presented for the Polish book of the year. Its sole purpose is to promote Polish literature in its homeland.

Humane Birth

The objective of the Polish nationwide Humane Birth campaign is to improve the conditions of giving birth to children. The campaign was conducted four times in 1994-1995, 2000 and 2006. Every time it received strong feedback from the women and brought a great deal of positive alterations in maternity wards of Polish hospitals. As a result of the campaign a guide containing an evaluation of best Polish hospitals was published. Thanks to the scale of this activity and the continuance of positive changes the campaign was acknowledged to be the most effective social activity in Poland ever organized by media organization.

Transparent Poland

The campaign is directed to local authorities who — through cooperation with non-government organizations and citizens — strive to improve governing and administering by reducing corruption.

School with Class

School with Class is a nationwide educational campaign which involves more the 6 thousand schools. It became an educational brand and a pride of many teachers. It is an important school evaluation system which serves as a guide for the parents.

Zeszyty Literackie

Zeszyty Literackie is literary quarterly which was first published abroad as an émigré dissident publication over two decades ago. Its chief purpose is to combine the emigrant and Polish literature and to promote accepting exile literature in Poland. Zeszyty also supports the youngest generation of Polish writers through publishing their debut works.

Humane Death

Gazeta Wyborcza and The Hospice Foundation started the campaign Humane Death. The action is designed to discuss the subject of decent death, to support hospices and promote volunteering.