SPORTS AS A UNIFIER OF YOUNG PEOPLE

Pelota de Trapo Program

Pelota de Trapo was born thanks to the mission of Pope Francis in Mozambique. During this visit, the HolyFather said: "there is one thing that really touched my heart" he then showed a small ball made of rags given to him by a young man with which, in the absence of a soccer ball, the children of that region play. "When I was a child, I played with a rag ball" Francis recalled.

Launching like this the Pelota de Trapo Program, a Scholas Sports curriculum implemented in all five continents!

Uniting youth through sports!

"Young people aren't the future, they are the present"
Pope Francis

GIVE CHILDREN AND YOUTH THE RIGHT TO PLAY!!

Sports with its true essence of the game. Where a rag ball and a square become the biggest soccer stadium, where a ball of paper and a hoop up high becomes a basketball field, where a simple piece of wood can be a baseball bat or a field hockey stick, where a box becomes a football helmet.

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LEARNING

How to Work Together
How to Play Together
How to Be Together
Step 1

Building a Community of Young Leaders

The Rag Ball (Pelota de Trapo) is a unique piece, built from different materials that all combined create the ball. Building a community of young leaders is the aim of this first step. A community that is characterized by its uniqueness and diversity.

Scholas Global Citizenship Program

Having a common concern, sharing a common issue is what so many times brings people to work together.In this program, 500 students between 15 and 18 years old from different schools from the same city come together in an educational experience that trains community leaders.

Heart

Without hearing the heart of one another, their personal and common concerns, we cannot build community.

Head

Once we identify the common issue, we want to of course solve it, but it is important first to understand it. Knowledge is a key component for leadership.

Hands

Embracing collective action around a social issue is important not only to create community, but also to educate students in civil engagement.

The making of Pelota de Trapo

As a celebration of the community, the young people will construct their first Rag Ball as a symbol of the work they begin to develop in the community. Each one arrived as a separate piece and they end up sharing all of them in that PDT.

Step 2

Training of Pelota de Trapo Training

The young people will receive intensive theoretical and practical training to be able to carry out sports activities as facilitators with children between 6 and 10 years old.

During the training each young person will have to choose in which sport he/she wants to specialize his/her workshop and will then receive a specific methodology.

Young Pelota de Trapo Trainers

Step 3

Pelota de Trapo Workshops for Childrens

Youth as leaders of younger generations!!

In groups if 10 students will carry out the Pelota de Trapo workshop for groups of 25 children

1
Warm-up!

Warm-up! Icebreakers to initiate playing!

2
Creating

The children will have to make with their own hands the accessories to develop the sport.

3
Let's Play!

Students will become referees of the sport played with the recycled materials.

4
Conclusions

We will invite children to reflect on their experience with questions that allow them to realize the importance of playing

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First Scholas Pelota de Trapo in Los Angeles

If you are interested in participating in PDT

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Educational program for the formation of high school students

We aim to bring students closer to their immediate reality through a scheme that rescues the importance of participation and social, civic and political commitment.

our pedagogy

Scholas Pedagogy was born in 2001 in Argentina.

The program seeks to bring them closer to their community from a constructive perspective, where young people become creators of projects that respond to problems and allow for change in their community.

Scholas Occurrentes Pedagogy believes that education is built from the harmony of three languages: The head, the heart and the hands. This philosophy is at the core of Scholas work and specially shown at the Scholas Citizenship Program.

Heart

It is essential to depart from what is in the heart of young people.

Head

Once the youth have identified an issue, knowledge comes into play.

Hands

Young people must also take action to create positive change.

Scholas is Based on the Culture of Encounter.

We teach young people the importance of coming together, listening to each other, and respecting one another.

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Citizenship Miami

Implemented in 2019 in Ponce de Leon High School, in Miami, Florida. students from 9 High Schools (North Miami, Miami Edison, Miami Beach, Westland Hialeah, Ronald Reagan, Coral Gables, Miami Southridge, Miami Sunset and Cutler Bay) participated. Choosing the issue of Mental Health and Gun Violence as the topics to work on their projects.

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Citizenship Los Angeles

Implemented in May 2023, students accompanied by their teacher chaperones, from four (4) local Catholic high schools in Los Angeles representing diverse neighborhoods in the city. The studentsvoted to dissect the issue of Mental Health in their respective communities focusing on the effects at home, school, and on social media.

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Citizenship New York

Scholas Citizenship in New York on June 2023 had more than 80 young people from 8 High Schools of New York. The issue selected was Social Media Abuse. And they addressed it through three projects regarding: Addiction to Social Media by students; the problem of fitting in and self-esteem issue that produces social media in teenagers; and the miss-use of technology through inappropriate content.

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In order to fulfill our mission of having students from the most diverse social backgrounds participating, Scholas offers its programs ENTIRELY FOR FREE for Students and Teachers.

If you are interested in donating for our programs in Africa and Latina America you can also make your donation here or visit www.scholasoccurrentes.org

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Scholas Communities in Motion

An educational program that brings young people together to listen, discuss, and create new collective points of view about social pains that are part of their reality.

Communities in Motion is an educational program that brings young people together to listen, discuss, and create new collective points of view about social pains that are part of their reality. 

This program is launched for three days and it is the foundational first experience to continue the educational cycle with the invitation to create a Scholas Club in each school.

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Scholas Service

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Universidad del Sentido

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FUnd our programs by donating

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In order to fulfill our mission of having students from the most diverse social backgrounds participating, Scholas offers its programs ENTIRELY FOR FREE for Students and Teachers.

If you are interested in donating for our programs in Africa and Latina America you can also make your donation here or visit www.scholasoccurrentes.org

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