Sister Zeph, winner of the best teacher award in the world in 2023; Rose Busingye, nurse and head of the Kampala Meeting Point. Introduced by Matteo Severgnini, Principal of Regina Mundi School in Milan, head of Student Youth.

“It takes a village to educate” is the title of the concluding meeting of this year’s Meeting in Rimini, with the participation of Rose Busingye and Sister Zeph. This statement, often recalled by Pope Francis, highlights the importance of communion and community in education: the entire village is necessary to raise a person. Rose Busingye, a nurse working in the Ugandan slums, testifies how the encounter with Monsignor Luigi Giussani made her discover that she was loved, relaunching her relationship with hundreds of women affected by HIV. Women cursed by society were reborn in their encounter with the nurse and wanted to build generative places for their children and the children of Uganda, so they could know their infinite value. Sister Zeph, winner of the 2023 Global Teacher Prize, founded a school for poor children in her backyard in Pakistan at the age of 13, creating vital educational places. Two extraordinary stories showing how education is offering one’s life and the essential that the human heart seeks, in a responsibility that requires sharing and the commitment of entire communities.