Scholas Occurantes, a program to unite young people created by Pope Francis and implemented with the help of the World Boxing Council in Mexico, has enjoyed a successful and memorable week in the State of Mexico.

At the Casa Del Emprendor  Poder Joven in Naucalpan, one hundred young people from five schools, enthused with the energy and hope with which youth are blessed, presented the findings of their week of surveys about discrimination, and how to resolve the issue of lack of opportunities together with a vivid painting they created.

They devised a facebook group entitled: “It depends upon you,” to bring about change, to create opportunities and concrete actions to tackle problems and indifference.  The initiative stresses that young people can and will change today`s World for a better future.

World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman, who`s spent and shared  a good portion of the week with them, advising, encouraging and also applauding their energy and confidence said: “They have gathered together, combined and worked to resolve these two issues that we encounter every day. We don`t see it, but we live with it. So having young people looking into this and doing something about it is crucially important.”