L’Adige di VeronaFrancesca Tibaldi, the sport of the nationalities present in Verona as an instrument of integration
The school meetings in the Verona area, which talked about inclusivity through sport between the able-bodied and the disabled in the Caliari and Catullo schools, wanted and organized by Professor Francesca Erbisti with the participation of Dr. Francesca Tibaldi, sports psychologist, had a very positive impact on children and teachers. Following this initiative came the idea of organize a circuit of competitions between schools, the “Games for Nations”, in which foreign communities present in the Verona area are involved. The formula could identify some “national” sports of the different original communities of the boys, for example cricket, football, table tennis, volleyball and other competitive and sporting disciplines, form teams of athletes with national origins from the different communities among children and girls, do them during the school period and then, at the end of the year, awarded a prize by ranking for each sport and school district, as a score achieved in several disciplines and several nationalities. The good, in addition to doing more sporting activities, is to unite the whole community in a healthy and playful environment.
Francesca Tibaldi: “We talked about it with the candidate for director Mahamalage Fernando Dixon Rodney, of the same list Sboarina mayor with me, which has already signed a subsidiarity pact with the Municipality of Verona for the care of green areas and the organization of sports activities related to cricketwho considers the initiative an excellent opportunity for the integration through sport of children from different original communities “.