{"id":18839,"date":"2026-02-16T20:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T19:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/?p=18839"},"modified":"2026-02-16T22:46:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T21:46:30","slug":"a-small-school-with-a-huge-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/en\/un-colegio-pequeno-con-corazon-enorme\/","title":{"rendered":"A small school with a huge heart"},"content":{"rendered":"

The CEIP Virgen de la Soledad school once again demonstrated that greatness is not measured by the number of students, but by values. On January 30, 2026, the small school in Bolea, with just 20 children between the ages of 2 and 6th grade, celebrated the School Day of Non-Violence and Peace with a clear message: peace is built every day.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The date is not just another one on the center's calendar. It is part of the activities of the international Living Peace network, a project that promotes peace as a real and everyday practice, capable of educating, uniting, and transforming communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From that commitment was born one of the town's most recognizable symbols: the Giant Peace Dice. The sculpture, located in the park next to the church, has become a landmark for residents and visitors alike. So much so that the area is now popularly known as Peace Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the School Day of Non-Violence and Peace, all the students went to Peace Park to experience a different kind of morning: cooperative and collaborative games around the Giant Peace Dice. It wasn't just about celebrating a special day, but about experiencing peace as a real way of relating to one another, helping each other, and living together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back in the classroom, the day took on a more reflective tone. Inspired by Unai Quir\u00f3s's proposal, the students set out to find the "formula for peace." Through questions, dialogue, and active participation, they arrived at a conclusion as simple as it was powerful: peace is built with science, patience, and awareness; a recipe that, according to them, requires essential ingredients such as empathy, listening, respect, and, again, a great deal of patience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the day, a highly symbolic craft activity was also carried out. The students made small, colorful kites to hang on their backpacks, a simple gesture but with profound meaning: kites, capable of crossing invisible boundaries in the sky, represent universal peace, without borders.
The message is clear: just as a kite needs balance between the wind and the person holding the string, peace only takes flight when there is harmony between challenges and the human will to overcome them. In Afghanistan, where flying kites is an ancient tradition that was banned for years, they have now become a symbol of freedom and hope.

But the school wanted to go a step further and take its message of peace to the world. The idea then arose of contacting a school experiencing a difficult situation due to the war.
Thus began a relationship with a school in Afghanistan, also linked to Living Peace. Through letters and emails, a relationship full of respect, emotion, and closeness developed between the two schools. To support them, the students of Bolea decided to sell handmade bracelets and school t-shirts, raising 200 euros, which they sent with great enthusiasm. On February 3, 2026, the money arrived at its destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Afghan school expressed their deep gratitude for the gesture and explained that they would be helping a school with more than 500 children, and that part of the aid would be discreetly allocated to support the education of girls, whose right to learn is not guaranteed there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond the financial aid, the most valuable thing has been the human connection created, the new friends, the shared words, and the certainty that peace is built with small, real gestures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As one of the phrases that has accompanied this experience aptly states: "A single drop is not the sea, but without drops the sea would not exist."\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Bolea, that sea of peace has already begun to grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On January 30, 2026, the CEIP Virgen de la Soledad celebrated the School Day of Non-Violence and Peace with a clear message: peace is built every day.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":18841,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[40,54],"class_list":["post-18839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-dialogo-y-fraternidad","tag-testimonio"],"yoast_head":"\nUn colegio peque\u00f1o con coraz\u00f3n enorme - Movimiento de los Focolares<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"El 30 de enero de 2026, el CEIP Virgen de la Soledad celebr\u00f3 el D\u00eda Escolar de la No Violencia y la Paz con un mensaje claro: la paz se construye cada d\u00eda.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/focolares.es\/en\/a-small-school-with-a-huge-heart\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Un colegio peque\u00f1o con coraz\u00f3n enorme - Movimiento de los Focolares\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"El 30 de enero de 2026, el CEIP Virgen de la Soledad celebr\u00f3 el D\u00eda Escolar de la No Violencia y la Paz con un mensaje claro: la paz se construye cada d\u00eda.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/focolares.es\/en\/a-small-school-with-a-huge-heart\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Movimiento de los Focolares\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-16T19:08:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-16T21:46:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/focolares.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/claseok.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1365\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Inma Tersa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Inma Tersa\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/focolares.es\/un-colegio-pequeno-con-corazon-enorme\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/focolares.es\/un-colegio-pequeno-con-corazon-enorme\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Inma Tersa\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/focolares.es\/#\/schema\/person\/8b058c1a27e387feee62383131d93e9e\"},\"headline\":\"Un colegio peque\u00f1o con coraz\u00f3n enorme\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-16T19:08:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-16T21:46:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/focolares.es\/un-colegio-pequeno-con-corazon-enorme\/\"},\"wordCount\":687,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/focolares.es\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/focolares.es\/un-colegio-pequeno-con-corazon-enorme\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/focolares.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/claseok.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Di\u00e1logo y fraternidad\",\"Testimonio\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Uncategorized\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/focolares.es\/un-colegio-pequeno-con-corazon-enorme\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/focolares.es\/un-colegio-pequeno-con-corazon-enorme\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/focolares.es\/un-colegio-pequeno-con-corazon-enorme\/\",\"name\":\"Un colegio peque\u00f1o con coraz\u00f3n enorme - Movimiento de los Focolares\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/focolares.es\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/focolares.es\/un-colegio-pequeno-con-corazon-enorme\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/focolares.es\/un-colegio-pequeno-con-corazon-enorme\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/focolares.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/claseok.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-16T19:08:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-16T21:46:30+00:00\",\"description\":\"El 30 de enero de 2026, el CEIP Virgen de la Soledad celebr\u00f3 el D\u00eda Escolar de la No Violencia y la Paz con un mensaje claro: la paz se construye cada d\u00eda.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/focolares.es\/un-colegio-pequeno-con-corazon-enorme\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/focolares.es\/un-colegio-pequeno-con-corazon-enorme\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/focolares.es\/un-colegio-pequeno-con-corazon-enorme\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/focolares.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/claseok.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/focolares.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/claseok.jpg\",\"width\":2048,\"height\":1365},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/focolares.es\/un-colegio-pequeno-con-corazon-enorme\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Portada\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/focolares.es\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Un colegio peque\u00f1o con coraz\u00f3n enorme\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/focolares.es\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/focolares.es\/\",\"name\":\"Movimiento de los Focolares\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/focolares.es\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/focolares.es\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/focolares.es\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Movimiento de los Focolares\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/focolares.es\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/focolares.es\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/focolares.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Logo_focolares-1024x944-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/focolares.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Logo_focolares-1024x944-1.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":944,\"caption\":\"Movimiento de los Focolares\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/focolares.es\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/focolares.es\/#\/schema\/person\/8b058c1a27e387feee62383131d93e9e\",\"name\":\"Inma Tersa\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/focolares.es\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/7dbc96ecf8c314c6a9f957a8eec59e2a.jpg?ver=1776177242\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/focolares.es\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/7dbc96ecf8c314c6a9f957a8eec59e2a.jpg?ver=1776177242\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/focolares.es\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/7dbc96ecf8c314c6a9f957a8eec59e2a.jpg?ver=1776177242\",\"caption\":\"Inma Tersa\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/focolares.es\/en\/author\/inma\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A small school with a huge heart - The Focolare Movement","description":"On January 30, 2026, the CEIP Virgen de la Soledad celebrated the School Day of Non-Violence and Peace with a clear message: peace is built every day.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/en\/a-small-school-with-a-huge-heart\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Un colegio peque\u00f1o con coraz\u00f3n enorme - Movimiento de los Focolares","og_description":"El 30 de enero de 2026, el CEIP Virgen de la Soledad celebr\u00f3 el D\u00eda Escolar de la No Violencia y la Paz con un mensaje claro: la paz se construye cada d\u00eda.","og_url":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/en\/a-small-school-with-a-huge-heart\/","og_site_name":"Movimiento de los Focolares","article_published_time":"2026-02-16T19:08:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-02-16T21:46:30+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2048,"height":1365,"url":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/claseok.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Inma Tersa","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Inma Tersa","Estimated reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/un-colegio-pequeno-con-corazon-enorme\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/un-colegio-pequeno-con-corazon-enorme\/"},"author":{"name":"Inma Tersa","@id":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/#\/schema\/person\/8b058c1a27e387feee62383131d93e9e"},"headline":"Un colegio peque\u00f1o con coraz\u00f3n enorme","datePublished":"2026-02-16T19:08:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-16T21:46:30+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/un-colegio-pequeno-con-corazon-enorme\/"},"wordCount":687,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/un-colegio-pequeno-con-corazon-enorme\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/claseok.jpg","keywords":["Di\u00e1logo y fraternidad","Testimonio"],"articleSection":["Uncategorized"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/focolares.es\/un-colegio-pequeno-con-corazon-enorme\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/un-colegio-pequeno-con-corazon-enorme\/","url":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/un-colegio-pequeno-con-corazon-enorme\/","name":"A small school with a huge heart - The Focolare Movement","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/un-colegio-pequeno-con-corazon-enorme\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/un-colegio-pequeno-con-corazon-enorme\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/claseok.jpg","datePublished":"2026-02-16T19:08:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-16T21:46:30+00:00","description":"On January 30, 2026, the CEIP Virgen de la Soledad celebrated the School Day of Non-Violence and Peace with a clear message: peace is built every day.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/un-colegio-pequeno-con-corazon-enorme\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/focolares.es\/un-colegio-pequeno-con-corazon-enorme\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/un-colegio-pequeno-con-corazon-enorme\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/claseok.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/claseok.jpg","width":2048,"height":1365},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/un-colegio-pequeno-con-corazon-enorme\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Portada","item":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Un colegio peque\u00f1o con coraz\u00f3n enorme"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/#website","url":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/","name":"Focolare Movement","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/#organization","name":"Focolare Movement","url":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Logo_focolares-1024x944-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Logo_focolares-1024x944-1.jpg","width":1024,"height":944,"caption":"Movimiento de los Focolares"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/#\/schema\/person\/8b058c1a27e387feee62383131d93e9e","name":"Inma Tersa","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/7dbc96ecf8c314c6a9f957a8eec59e2a.jpg?ver=1776177242","url":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/7dbc96ecf8c314c6a9f957a8eec59e2a.jpg?ver=1776177242","contentUrl":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/7dbc96ecf8c314c6a9f957a8eec59e2a.jpg?ver=1776177242","caption":"Inma Tersa"},"url":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/en\/author\/inma\/"}]}},"views":151,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18839"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18859,"href":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18839\/revisions\/18859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focolares.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}