Pushing together in Uruguay

Rugby Sin Fronteras (Rugby Without Borders) continues its way, always with the vision to forge a community that lives in harmony and peace.

On October 9, 2014, our vice-president and co-founder Gustavo Zerbino, together with the team from the Foundation, organized the launch of Scholas Occurrentes in Montevideo, Uruguay.
The launch of Pope Francis’ project was carried out with the presence of the Uruguayan president José “Pepe” Mujica, representatives of different religions and sport entities and José María del Corral, director from Scholas.
Those present planted the “Olive of Peace”, symbol of the culture of encounter that the Pope claims, in an event that took place in St. Francis of Assisi Parish, in Ciudad Vieja.
Scrum for Peace
Thousands of people of all ages grouped together in a giant scrum in the Charrúa Stadium, before the Uruguay-Russia match within the qualifying rounds for the Rugby World Cup 2015 tournament. All of them, united in a symbolic hug, under a poster that read “Uruguay pushes for Solidarity, Peace and Respect” .
In this event, carried out together with Scholas Ocurrentes and the Uruguayan Rugby Union, young people from educational and sport institutions from all religions and those present in the stadium built this scrum, with the peculiarity that it was formed by a single group pushing towards one side and with the same objective: peace.
At the end of the event, each participant was handed a sticker with the shape of a rugby ball that quoted “I push for Peace”, to continue training the value of peace in their own lives, plus a ribbon reading “I pushed for Peace”.
“Those characters popularly loved educate million children with their example, and in sports and art, are excellent tools to shape values” Pope Francis.

Translate: Belén Vizzari (www.nuaviz.com)